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1127120

registered interest
date	16/05/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many paramedic call-outs relating to alcohol there have been in each year since 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	255333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p>The Government has taken action at the national level to tackle alcohol misuse including preventing below cost selling, tightening the rules on irresponsible promotions and introducing new powers to deal with anti-social behaviour.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 21/05/2019 13:12:20 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1124555

registered interest
date	02/05/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: Subsidiary Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the response to consultations undertaken with staff of Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust on that Trust’s decision to set up a wholly owned subsidiary company.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	250463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>An NHS Improvement panel reviews each business case and underlying financial projections to consider the level of inherent risks associated with the proposals to set up a subsidiary. The review considers the specific aims of the business case alongside the overarching governance, financial, quality and operational impacts of the proposals on the trust, the wider health system and its patients.</p><p> </p><p>The guidance states that the trust board should certify that it is satisfied that it has “engaged staff in decisions that affect them and the services they provide as pledged in the NHS Constitution, and has plans to comply with any consultation requirements, including staff consultations.”</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 09/05/2019 13:59:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1124556

registered interest
date	02/05/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS Trusts: Subsidiary Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of NHS Improvement’s guidance of November 2018 that NHS Trust Boards must be satisfied that they have properly involved staff in decision-making when setting up a wholly owned subsidiary company.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	250464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>Following a consultation period, on 26 November 2018, NHS Improvement published new guidance on the creation of subsidiaries by National Health Service trusts and foundation trusts. The revised regulatory framework strikes a balance between what NHS Improvement considers a sound commercial case for setting up subsidiaries and respecting the NHS freedoms and ability to innovate.</p><p>The guidance states that the trust board should certify that it is satisfied that it has “engaged staff in decisions that affect them and the services they provide as pledged in the NHS Constitution, and has plans to comply with any consultation requirements, including staff consultations.”</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 09/05/2019 14:02:17 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1124557

registered interest
date	02/05/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: Subsidiary Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to review the decision taken by Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to proceed with the creation of a wholly owned subsidiary company.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	250465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>An NHS Improvement panel reviews each business case and underlying financial projections to consider the level of inherent risks associated with the proposals to set up a subsidiary. The review considers the specific aims of the business case alongside the overarching governance, financial, quality and operational impacts of the proposals on the trust, the wider health system and its patients.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 09/05/2019 14:04:30 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1124558

registered interest
date	02/05/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS Trusts: Subsidiary Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that any future regulation undertaken by NHS Improvement with respect to the creation of wholly owned subsidiaries is followed by NHS Trusts.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	250466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>In November 2018, NHS Improvement published an addendum to the Transactions Guidance – for trusts undertaking transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, to include further guidance about trusts forming or changing a subsidiary (“the Addendum”). Under that guidance, all subsidiary proposals must be referred to NHS Improvement for consideration.</p><p>The trust may only proceed with the transaction and enter into any legally-binding arrangements in relation to the subsidiary once the proposal has been reviewed by NHS Improvement.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 09/05/2019 14:34:23 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1121870

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding from the (a) Sustainability and Transformation Fund and (b) subsequent Provider Sustainability Fund has been (i) awarded to and (ii) spent by (A) NHS trusts, (B) NHS foundation trusts in each financial year since 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	245796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>The amounts received by National Health Service trusts and foundations trusts from the Provider Sustainability Fund (PSF) have been published by NHS Improvement at the following links:</p><p>2016-17: <a href="https://improvement.nhs.uk/documents/1264/M12_201617_provider_sector_performance_report_-_Fin_Accts_-_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">https://improvement.nhs.uk/documents/1264/M12_201617_provider_sector_performance_report_-_Fin_Accts_-_FINAL.pdf</a></p><p>2017-18:</p><p><a href="https://improvement.nhs.uk/documents/2852/Quarter_4_2017-18_performance_report.pdf" target="_blank">https://improvement.nhs.uk/documents/2852/Quarter_4_2017-18_performance_report.pdf</a></p><p>The final distribution of the 2018-19 PSF will be published by NHS Improvement on 30 May 2019.</p><p>NHS trusts’ expenditure is not reported by its income stream; therefore, it is not possible to determine what proportion of the PSF has been spent, though the intention of the fund is that it directly improves trust’s bottom-line surplus/deficit position.</p><p>The balance sheet shows all assets and liabilities held by trusts. However, trusts do not report the source of these assets, i.e. it is not possible to determine what proportion of cash held relates to the PSF.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 245797 question first answered 25/04/2019 16:30:16 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1121871

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of the funds awarded from the (a) Sustainability and Transformation Fund and (b) Provider Sustainability Fund remained on the balance sheet of each NHS organisation in the 2018-19 financial year; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	245797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>The amounts received by National Health Service trusts and foundations trusts from the Provider Sustainability Fund (PSF) have been published by NHS Improvement at the following links:</p><p>2016-17: <a href="https://improvement.nhs.uk/documents/1264/M12_201617_provider_sector_performance_report_-_Fin_Accts_-_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">https://improvement.nhs.uk/documents/1264/M12_201617_provider_sector_performance_report_-_Fin_Accts_-_FINAL.pdf</a></p><p>2017-18:</p><p><a href="https://improvement.nhs.uk/documents/2852/Quarter_4_2017-18_performance_report.pdf" target="_blank">https://improvement.nhs.uk/documents/2852/Quarter_4_2017-18_performance_report.pdf</a></p><p>The final distribution of the 2018-19 PSF will be published by NHS Improvement on 30 May 2019.</p><p>NHS trusts’ expenditure is not reported by its income stream; therefore, it is not possible to determine what proportion of the PSF has been spent, though the intention of the fund is that it directly improves trust’s bottom-line surplus/deficit position.</p><p>The balance sheet shows all assets and liabilities held by trusts. However, trusts do not report the source of these assets, i.e. it is not possible to determine what proportion of cash held relates to the PSF.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 245796 question first answered 25/04/2019 16:30:16 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1121872

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS: Negligence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many litigation claims have been brought against the NHS as a result of a problem with (a) equipment, (b) technologies and (c) the NHS estate; how many of those claims were successful; and what were the total awards were for those claims in each financial year since 2012-13.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	245798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>NHS Resolution handles clinical negligence claims and non-clinical negligence claims on behalf of National Health Service organisations and independent sector providers of NHS care in England.</p><p>The question has been interpreted as relating to non-clinical negligence claims.</p><p>NHS Resolution manages three non-clinical negligence schemes under the heading of the Risk Pooling Schemes for Trusts:</p><p>- Property Expenses Schemes which covers ‘first party’ losses such as property damage and theft, for incidents on or after 1 April 1999; and</p><p>- the Liabilities to Third Parties Scheme which covers non-clinical claims such as public and employers’ liability.</p><p>In addition, NHS Resolution manages one other non-clinical scheme:</p><p>- Department of Health and Social Care Non-clinical, which covers non-clinical negligence liabilities that have transferred to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care following the abolition of any relevant health bodies.</p><p>The following table shows the number of claims received each year in relation to problems with equipment.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year incident was raised</p></td><td><p>Number of claims received</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>4,566</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>4,367</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>3,760</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2,726</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>1,725</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>590</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>98</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The following table shows the amounts paid out during each financial year for claims relating to problems with equipment. The entries refer to when payments were made and does not necessarily relate to the financial year an incident occurred.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Amounts paid out for claims relating to problems with equipment</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£8,204,771</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£7,014,972</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£8,726,029</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£7,936,048</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£8,436,601</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£7,895,749</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>£9,154,852</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In relation to problems with technologies and problems with the NHS estate, NHS Resolution has advised that it does not have the information in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 25/04/2019 14:07:25 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1110966

registered interest
date	10/04/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Climate Change: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the implications of climate change for young people.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	243452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises that climate change is one of the most urgent and pressing challenges we face, which is why we have set out ambitious plans in our Clean Growth Strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through to 2032 and beyond.</p><p> </p><p>The Strategy builds on the UK’s strong progress we have made towards our legally binding targets, established in the world-leading Climate Change Act. Between 1990 and 2017, the UK reduced its emissions by over 40 per cent while growing the economy by more than two thirds.</p><p> </p><p>Looking ahead to the future, we have commissioned the Committee on Climate Change to provide advice on the implications of the Paris Agreement for the UK’s long-term emissions reduction targets, including on setting a net zero target. This advice is due in May and we will consider it carefully when it is received.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 23/04/2019 16:30:55 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1110971

registered interest
date	10/04/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Climate Change and Environment Protection: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the teaching of (a) environmental protection and (b) climate change in schools.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	243453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan, published in January 2018, sets out the ambition to improve the environment within a generation. As part of the plan the Department for Education (DfE) has worked with Defra and Natural England on the Children and Nature Programme, a £10 million programme which aims to support children from disadvantaged backgrounds to have better access to the natural environment. The programme has been designed to make it possible for schools to undertake a range of activities in natural spaces, such as learning about nature and how to care for the natural environment. This programme complements the scope that already exists to study environmental issues throughout the curriculum, in particular in science and geography lessons.</p><p> </p><p>Defra and the DfE regularly work together on ways to make children aware of issues that impact on the environment and how they can help tackle them. There is scope to study environmental issues throughout the curriculum. For example, in primary school science, pupils are taught that environments can change and this can pose a danger to living things. In geography at key stage 3, pupils will look at how human and physical processes interact to influence and change landscapes, environments and the climate. In GCSE, science pupils will consider the evidence and uncertainties in evidence, for additional anthropogenic causes of climate change. In 2017, we introduced new environmental science A level for those students who want to study this area of science in more detail.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 18/04/2019 10:03:31 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth