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426763

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date	06/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Astute Class Submarines: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel have been trained aboard HMS (a) Astute and (b) Ambush.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Steven Paterson
uin	15290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2015 answer text <p>Training onboard Royal Navy Submarines is a continual process with specific Command courses for submarine Captains and organised training for replacement Officers and Other Ranks by suitably qualified and experienced personnel.</p><p>Identifying all those personnel who have undertaken any aspect of training on these vessels could only be provided at disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 11/11/2015 13:59:40 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4392 label Biography information for Steven Paterson

426774

registered interest
date	06/11/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Fracking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals that hydraulic fracturing cannot be conducted from wells that are drilled at the surface of sensitive areas.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	15221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2015 answer text <p>On 4 November 2015, the Government set out proposals to ensure that hydraulic fracturing cannot be conducted from wells drilled at the surface of specified protected areas.<sup>1</sup> The proposed restrictions would be delivered through the inclusion of a licence condition in new Petroleum Exploration and Development Licences (PEDLs) and the development of a policy statement designed to inform the approval process for programmes submitted for approval under existing PEDLs.</p><br /><p>The proposals are now subject to consultation with key stakeholders, including the industry and non-governmental organisations.</p><br /><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/oil-and-gas-licensing-rounds#surface-development-restrictions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/oil-and-gas-licensing-rounds#surface-development-restrictions</a> </em></p><br /> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 11/11/2015 16:35:00 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

426801

registered interest
date	06/11/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Professions: Temporary Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of increased use of temporary doctors and nurses on the (a) quality of the healthcare provision and (b) cost of that provision.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	15236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2015 answer text <p>No formal assessment has been made by the Department on the specific effect of increases in the use of temporary doctors and nurses on the quality of healthcare provision. The Care Quality Commission is responsible for the quality of healthcare services provided overall.</p><br /><p>No formal assessment has been made by the Department on the net effect of increases in the use of temporary doctors and nurses on the costs of providing services.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 11/11/2015 10:09:10 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

426807

registered interest
date	06/11/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Doctors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the density of physicians was in (a) 1985-86, (b) 1995-96, (c) 2005-06 and (d) 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	15256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2015 answer text <p>The information is shown in the following table:</p><br /><p>All figures as at 30 September in each year, except for Dentistry - see note (3) below.</p><p>Numbers of Physicians, Dentists, Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors 1985-2014</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Head Count</p></td><td><p>1985</p></td><td><p>1995</p></td><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Physicians</p></td><td><p>45,911</p></td><td><p>55,590</p></td><td><p>87,043</p></td><td><p>109,689</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dentistry</p></td><td><p>14,334</p></td><td><p>15,951</p></td><td><p>21,111</p></td><td><p>23,947</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nurses, midwives and health visitors</p></td><td><p>271,382</p></td><td><p>277,180</p></td><td><p>344,677</p></td><td><p>353,359</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Source:</p><p>Health and Social Care Information Centre</p><br /><p>Notes:</p><ol start="1"><li>Physicians refers to doctors in Hospital and Community Health Services. New headcount methodology from 2010 onwards means this data is not fully comparable with previous years.</li><li>Dentistry: for (a) 1985-86 and (b) 1995-96 data for dentists on NHS lists at 30 September 1985 and 30 September 1995</li><li>For 2005-06, data are for dentists on primary care trust lists at 31 March 2006. These dentists may not have carried out NHS work in these years</li><li>Data for 2014-15 are not directly comparable with these earlier years as data are now collected for dentists who have recorded NHS activity in the relevant financial year. So 2014-15 data are for dentists who recorded NHS activity 1 April 2014 – 31 March 2015</li><li>Nurses, midwives and health visitors: Figures for 1985 may include Bank Nurses as it has not been possible to specifically exclude them</li><li>In 2011 the bank staff return was ceased, so the 1995 figure has been adjusted to exclude bank staff, to provide increased compatibility with later years</li><li>The figure for 1985 is not directly comparable with later years as it is based upon pay scale information rather than NHS Occupation Codes which were introduced in 1995</li><li>Only headcount figures are available for the number of doctors in 1985, therefore figures have been provided in headcount throughout for consistency.</li></ol> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 15257 15258 question first answered 11/11/2015 10:27:53 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

426808

registered interest
date	06/11/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dental Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the density of dentistry personnel was in (a) 1985-86, (b) 1995-96, (c) 2005-06 and (d) 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	15257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2015 answer text <p>The information is shown in the following table:</p><br /><p>All figures as at 30 September in each year, except for Dentistry - see note (3) below.</p><p>Numbers of Physicians, Dentists, Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors 1985-2014</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Head Count</p></td><td><p>1985</p></td><td><p>1995</p></td><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Physicians</p></td><td><p>45,911</p></td><td><p>55,590</p></td><td><p>87,043</p></td><td><p>109,689</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dentistry</p></td><td><p>14,334</p></td><td><p>15,951</p></td><td><p>21,111</p></td><td><p>23,947</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nurses, midwives and health visitors</p></td><td><p>271,382</p></td><td><p>277,180</p></td><td><p>344,677</p></td><td><p>353,359</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Source:</p><p>Health and Social Care Information Centre</p><br /><p>Notes:</p><ol start="1"><li>Physicians refers to doctors in Hospital and Community Health Services. New headcount methodology from 2010 onwards means this data is not fully comparable with previous years.</li><li>Dentistry: for (a) 1985-86 and (b) 1995-96 data for dentists on NHS lists at 30 September 1985 and 30 September 1995</li><li>For 2005-06, data are for dentists on primary care trust lists at 31 March 2006. These dentists may not have carried out NHS work in these years</li><li>Data for 2014-15 are not directly comparable with these earlier years as data are now collected for dentists who have recorded NHS activity in the relevant financial year. So 2014-15 data are for dentists who recorded NHS activity 1 April 2014 – 31 March 2015</li><li>Nurses, midwives and health visitors: Figures for 1985 may include Bank Nurses as it has not been possible to specifically exclude them</li><li>In 2011 the bank staff return was ceased, so the 1995 figure has been adjusted to exclude bank staff, to provide increased compatibility with later years</li><li>The figure for 1985 is not directly comparable with later years as it is based upon pay scale information rather than NHS Occupation Codes which were introduced in 1995</li><li>Only headcount figures are available for the number of doctors in 1985, therefore figures have been provided in headcount throughout for consistency.</li></ol> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 15256 15258 question first answered 11/11/2015 10:27:52 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

426810

registered interest
date	06/11/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Professions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the density of nursing and midwifery personnel was in (a) 1985-86, (b) 1995-96, (c) 2005-06 and (d) 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	15258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2015 answer text <p>The information is shown in the following table:</p><br /><p>All figures as at 30 September in each year, except for Dentistry - see note (3) below.</p><p>Numbers of Physicians, Dentists, Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors 1985-2014</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Head Count</p></td><td><p>1985</p></td><td><p>1995</p></td><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Physicians</p></td><td><p>45,911</p></td><td><p>55,590</p></td><td><p>87,043</p></td><td><p>109,689</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dentistry</p></td><td><p>14,334</p></td><td><p>15,951</p></td><td><p>21,111</p></td><td><p>23,947</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nurses, midwives and health visitors</p></td><td><p>271,382</p></td><td><p>277,180</p></td><td><p>344,677</p></td><td><p>353,359</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Source:</p><p>Health and Social Care Information Centre</p><br /><p>Notes:</p><ol start="1"><li>Physicians refers to doctors in Hospital and Community Health Services. New headcount methodology from 2010 onwards means this data is not fully comparable with previous years.</li><li>Dentistry: for (a) 1985-86 and (b) 1995-96 data for dentists on NHS lists at 30 September 1985 and 30 September 1995</li><li>For 2005-06, data are for dentists on primary care trust lists at 31 March 2006. These dentists may not have carried out NHS work in these years</li><li>Data for 2014-15 are not directly comparable with these earlier years as data are now collected for dentists who have recorded NHS activity in the relevant financial year. So 2014-15 data are for dentists who recorded NHS activity 1 April 2014 – 31 March 2015</li><li>Nurses, midwives and health visitors: Figures for 1985 may include Bank Nurses as it has not been possible to specifically exclude them</li><li>In 2011 the bank staff return was ceased, so the 1995 figure has been adjusted to exclude bank staff, to provide increased compatibility with later years</li><li>The figure for 1985 is not directly comparable with later years as it is based upon pay scale information rather than NHS Occupation Codes which were introduced in 1995</li><li>Only headcount figures are available for the number of doctors in 1985, therefore figures have been provided in headcount throughout for consistency.</li></ol> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 15256 15257 question first answered 11/11/2015 10:27:53 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

426812

registered interest
date	06/11/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Professions: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an estimate of the number of additional (a) doctors and (b) nurses that will be needed to accommodate the predicted population rise over the next 25 years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	15259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2015 answer text <p>Health Education England (HEE) was established and has been mandated by the Government to provide national leadership on education, training and workforce development in the National Health Service. As one of the arm’s length bodies to help improve the quality of care delivered to patients, it ensures that the future workforce is available in the right numbers with the right skills, values and competencies to meet patient needs today and tomorrow.</p><br /><p>HEE operate a comprehensive planning process to ensure their investments meet the future needs of the population. The period they consider is dependent on the ‘lead in’ time for training. They do not extend these forecasts to a 25 year time horizon. However, HEE has published itsStrategic Framework (‘Framework 15’) focussing on the needs of future patients and the kind of workforce that will be required. This is available at:</p><br /><p><a href="https://hee.nhs.uk/2014/06/03/framework-15-health-education-england-strategic-framework-2014-29/" target="_blank">https://hee.nhs.uk/2014/06/03/framework-15-health-education-england-strategic-framework-2014-29/</a></p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 11/11/2015 09:31:14 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

426815

registered interest
date	06/11/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Liver Diseases: Transplant Surgery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to make access to liver transplantation services more equitable.
tabling member constituency	Bracknell
tabling member printed	Dr Phillip Lee
uin	15191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2015 answer text <p>Livers are retrieved and allocated on a zonal basis and the decision whether or not to list a patient for transplantation is taken by a multi-disciplinary team at the transplant centre, of which there are seven in the United Kingdom.Patients meeting the agreed clinical criteria, and with their consent, will be added to the National Transplant List. All centres must follow a common listing policy to ensure equity of access and that organs are allocated in the most clinically effective way, resulting in 842 liver transplants between 1 April 2014 - 31 March 2015.</p><br /><p>NHS Blood and Transplant, the organ donation organisation for the UK, launched their strategy in July 2013 – <em>Taking Organ Transplantation to 2020</em>, that sets the agenda for increasing organ donation and transplantation rates by increasing consent rates. Encouragingly organ donation rates have increased by around 60% and transplant rates by some 47% since 2008 mainly through a strengthening of the donation infrastructure including increased specialist nurses and improved retrieval arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 11/11/2015 09:43:38 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee

426829

registered interest
date	06/11/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which countries' citizens (a) may and (b) may not enter the UK without a visa.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	15270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p>Appendix 2 to Appendix V of the Immigration Rules - https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-v-visitor-rules - sets out those countries or territorial entities whose nationals or citizens need a visa in advance of travel to the UK for any purpose. Nationals or citizens of countries or territories that are not included in paragraph 1(a) of Appendix 2 do not need a visa in advance of travel to the UK as a visitor or for any other purpose for less than six months.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 10/11/2015 17:08:33 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

426834

registered interest
date	06/11/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she intends to answer the letter of the hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton, dated 28 September 2015, with regard to Mr Ammar Baadj.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Sir Gerald Kaufman
uin	15233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p>I apologise for the delay in responding to the letter sent by Rt. Hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton in respect of Mr Ammar Baadj. A response was sent on <del class="ministerial">3</del><ins class="ministerial">10</ins> November providing a full account of the information requested.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 10/11/2015 17:16:56 question first ministerially corrected 24/11/2015 15:42:17 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 28873 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	451 label Biography information for Sir Gerald Kaufman