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801086

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date	05/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has increased the level of funding allocated to A&E departments, maternity units and GP surgeries in (a) England and (b) Kent in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Sevenoaks
tabling member printed	Sir Michael Fallon
uin	117645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement advise that information on funding for accident and emergency departments and maternity units, at both a national and local level, is not held centrally. These services are commissioned locally.</p><p> </p><p>Information on funding for general practice in Kent is not held centrally. Data published by NHS Digital shows that investment in general practice has increased nationally in real terms in each year since 2012-13, as set out in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cash terms (£ million)</p></td><td><p>8,459.881</p></td><td><p>8,830.540</p></td><td><p>9,173.038</p></td><td><p>9,696.562</p></td><td><p>10,203.859</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% Change</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>4.38%</p></td><td><p>3.88%</p></td><td><p>5.71%</p></td><td><p>5.23%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Real terms (£ million)</p></td><td><p>8,960.946</p></td><td><p>9,201.796</p></td><td><p>9,420.326</p></td><td><p>9,890.167</p></td><td><p>10,203.859</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% Change</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2.69%</p></td><td><p>2.37%</p></td><td><p>4.99%</p></td><td><p>3.17%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: NHS Digital</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 13/12/2017 17:14:35 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon

801089

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to maintain police officer numbers in England in 2018-19; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sevenoaks
tabling member printed	Sir Michael Fallon
uin	117648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government has protected police spending since 2015. Since then, Po-lice and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) have received broadly flat cash direct resource funding and we are increasing investment in transformation and improved communications and technology capabilities.</p><p>We know that crime is changing, and we are sensitive to current pressures on policing. That is why I have undertaken a programme of engagement with the sector to understand the impact of changing demands, and to hear how the police are managing this. That includes what more can be done to improve productivity and efficiency, reduce bureaucracy, and make prudent use of financial reserves.</p><p>Decisions about the allocation of police resources and deployment of officers are for Chief Constables and democratically accountable PCCs. They are responsible for ensuring the needs of the local community are met.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 12/12/2017 17:28:44 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon

800695

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Disability: Children
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 monitor the adequacy of health and social care service provision for disabled children in England.
tabling member constituency	Sevenoaks
tabling member printed	Sir Michael Fallon
uin	117316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>Health and social care services for disabled children are monitored by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and Ofsted respectively. In May 2016, Ofsted and the CQC began a five-year programme of joint inspections of all local areas on their effectiveness in jointly commissioning services for children and young people with special educational needs and disability.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 12/12/2017 14:22:47 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon

800696

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cystic Fibrosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis under the age of 35 died in England in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14, (e) 2014-15, (f) 2015-16 and (g) 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Sevenoaks
tabling member printed	Sir Michael Fallon
uin	117317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 12/12/2017 15:59:45 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ117317.pdf title UKSA response
tabling member	88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon

800697

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Lumacaftor/ivacaftor
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 effectiveness of Orkambi in treating people diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis.
tabling member constituency	Sevenoaks
tabling member printed	Sir Michael Fallon
uin	117318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>In July 2016, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), the independent body that develops guidance on drugs and treatments for clinical / cost effectiveness for the National Health Service in England and Wales, did not recommend access to the Vertex drug Orkambi as although clinically significant for managing cystic fibrosis, the longer term outcomes and benefits were not sufficient to justify its considerable costs.</p><p> </p><p>Since then there has been a constructive dialogue underway between the company, NHS England and NICE, including discussion hosted through NICE’s confidential ‘Office for Market Access’. Both NHS England and NICE have been consistent in advice to Vertex that progress can only be made by working through NICE appraisal processes and the existing commercial framework.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 12/12/2017 17:10:07 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon

800698

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Graduates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase the number of graduates taking up teaching positions in infant and primary schools in England.
tabling member constituency	Sevenoaks
tabling member printed	Sir Michael Fallon
uin	117319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>The number of teachers is at an all-time high: there are now 457,300 full time equivalent teachers, up 15,500 from 2010, and 222,400 full time equivalent nursery and primary teachers, up 26,000 from 2010.</p><p> </p><p>We have also recruited more than 32,000 new trainee teachers this year. We have successfully recruited more postgraduate primary trainees than last year – 12,905 up from 11,290 the year before – an increase of 1,615 (14%). In the same period, the primary target also increased by 6% to 12,121, meaning 106% of the primary target was achieved. In addition, we have recruited 595 new entrants to Early Years Initial Teacher Training in academic year 2017 to 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to offer a number of generous financial incentives to encourage recruitment of high quality teachers, including the Primary Maths bursary that is available for trainees on a Primary General with Maths or Primary Maths Specialist Initial Teacher Training course.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/12/2017 16:31:58 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon

800699

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crime: Rifles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many criminal incidents were recorded involving rapid firing and 0.50 calibre rifles in (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Sevenoaks
tabling member printed	Sir Michael Fallon
uin	117320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>Information on the number of offences involving a firearm by type of weapon is published on a quarterly basis in the Office for National Statistics ‘Crime in England and Wales’ bulletin (Table 8), available here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesbulletintables" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesbulletintables</a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 11/12/2017 17:05:49 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon

800700

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Sevenoaks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the proposed reorganisation of the NHS will affect GP surgeries in Sevenoaks constituency.
tabling member constituency	Sevenoaks
tabling member printed	Sir Michael Fallon
uin	117321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of local commissioners, overseen by NHS England, to ensure that general practitioner (GP) services meet the needs of local people.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England advises that, in line with its strategic vision, Mapping the Future, NHS West Kent Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) – which covers Sevenoaks – approved in July 2017 a Local Care Plan that describes the model of care, the infrastructure required to deliver this and what will change for people who live in west Kent. In the local care model, the system is organised at four different levels – general practice, cluster, local care hubs and west Kent-wide services. NHS England advises that there are seven ‘clusters’ of general practice in west Kent. Eight general practices form the Sevenoaks cluster; the third largest cluster in west Kent covering a registered population of 79,745.</p><p> </p><p>During 2017, the CCG has, working with health and care partners, developed and started the implementation of the service specification for a core cluster level team, focusing on prevention and planned care covering four main areas: frailty, end-of-life, dementia and mental health. In line with NHS England’s GP Five Year Forward View, the CCG is also working with clusters and practices to implement local programmes to help struggling practices, reduce workload, expand the workforce and also invest in technology and estates where needed.</p><p> </p><p>The cluster model is being implemented in three phases across the seven clusters. Phase 1 went live in October 2017, Phase 2 went live in November 2017 and Phase 3 is planned for April 2018. The practices in the Sevenoaks cluster were in Phase 2. More detailed information on the Local Care Plan can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://www.westkentccg.nhs.uk/about-us/local-care-plan/" target="_blank">http://www.westkentccg.nhs.uk/about-us/local-care-plan/</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 12/12/2017 14:03:59 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon

798019

registered interest
date	30/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Faith Schools: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will remove the 50 per cent faith admissions cap.
tabling member constituency	Sevenoaks
tabling member printed	Sir Michael Fallon
uin	116926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2017 answer text <p>The proposal to remove the 50% cap on faith admissions in faith free schools is set out in the ‘<em>Schools that work for everyone’</em> consultation document. The department plans to respond on this in due course.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 08/12/2017 14:04:30 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon

795681

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Heart Diseases: Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people aged under 40 die of undiagnosed heart conditions each week in England.
tabling member constituency	Sevenoaks
tabling member printed	Sir Michael Fallon
uin	116035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 07/12/2017 10:33:47 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ116035.pdf title UKSA response
tabling member	88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon