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228569

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on interior decoration since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	228318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The Department does not directly pay a specific amount for interior decoration. EMCOR, the Department’s facilities services provider, holds a contract which includes the routine annual interior decoration of Departmental buildings within a larger fixed price cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The budget for interior decoration within this contract is £246,000 calculated pro rata for the period 2010 to 2015, within the overall fixed price costs of the EMCOR contract. This covers the decoration in the six buildings that it has owned or occupied since May 2010.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 24/03/2015 17:25:38 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

228570

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of nurses registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council were from overseas in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	228319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The table below sets out the total number of nurses and midwives registering to practice in the United Kingdom in each year since 2009 and the proportion from the UK, European Economic Area and overseas.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>United Kingdom</p></td><td><p>European Economic Area (excluding the UK)</p></td><td><p>Overseas</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>22,094</p></td><td><p>19,574 (88.59%)</p></td><td><p>1,970 (8.92%)</p></td><td><p>550 (2.49%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>23,201</p></td><td><p>19,343 (83.37%)</p></td><td><p>2,715 (11.70%)</p></td><td><p>1,143 (4.93%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>23,432</p></td><td><p>19,143 (81.70%)</p></td><td><p>3,137 (13.39)</p></td><td><p>1,152 (4.92%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>25,209</p></td><td><p>20,904 (82.92%)</p></td><td><p>3,436 (13.63%)</p></td><td><p>869 (3.45%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>28,958</p></td><td><p>22,730 (78.49%)</p></td><td><p>5,388 (18.61%)</p></td><td><p>840 (2.90%)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source: </em>Nursing and Midwifery Council</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Notes</em>: For each year data relates to the period of 1 April to 31 March the following year</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 228394 question first answered 24/03/2015 16:12:50 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

228571

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the change in prescription charges has been in real terms in each year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	228320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>Information is provided in the table.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><p>Annual prescription charge increase per item dispensed, in England, in real terms, 2009 to 2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</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></tr><tr><td><p>Gross Domestic Product (GDP) deflator: year on year growth (%)</p></td><td><p>2.6</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td><td><p>1.7</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td><td><p>1.7</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prescription charge per item dispensed (£)</p></td><td><p>7.20</p></td><td><p>7.20</p></td><td><p>7.40</p></td><td><p>7.65</p></td><td><p>7.85</p></td><td><p>8.05</p></td><td><p>8.20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Increase in prescription charge (%)</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td><td><p>3.4</p></td><td><p>2.6</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Real increase in prescription charge (%)</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-2.7</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td><td><p>1.7</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>0.5</p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The GDP deflators for 2014/15 and 2015/16 are based on Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts published in <em>the Economic and Fiscal Outlook</em> (March 2015)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The cost of a three-month Prescription Pre-payment Certificate (PPC) has been frozen since 2011/12 and the 12-month PPC has been frozen since 2009/10. 90% of items are dispensed free.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 24/03/2015 17:31:48 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

228572

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Patients: Travel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of patients attending A&E departments arrive by car.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	228321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The information is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 24/03/2015 15:48:33 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

228573

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
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, what assessment he has made of the financial position of the NHS trust and foundation trust sector at the end of the current financial year; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	228322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The latest position on National Health Service provider deficits can be found in the related Quarter Three performance reports, published on the websites of the NHS Trusts Development Authority and Monitor. These can be found at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS Trusts</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.ntda.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Paper-D-Service-and-Financial-Performance-Report-for-December-2014.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.ntda.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Paper-D-Service-and-Financial-Performance-Report-for-December-2014.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Foundation Trusts</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-foundation-trusts-quarterly-performance-report-quarter-3-201415" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-foundation-trusts-quarterly-performance-report-quarter-3-201415</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 24/03/2015 15:58:24 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

228616

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that women are informed about all of their specific rights and entitlements within the asylum process.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	228305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>We are currently reviewing the information we provide to women asylum applicants at the point of claim to ensure that they are aware of the external services available to them and of their rights in the asylum process, such as the right to request an interviewer and interpreter of a particular gender. In conjunction with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Refugee Council and the Scottish Refugee Council, we will shortly begin a pilot to signpost women who may have been the victims of sexual violence to existing support services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 24/03/2015 15:31:15 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

227127

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
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	Animal Welfare: Convictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people have been convicted of animal abuse since 2005.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	227427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>The number of offenders found guilty at all courts of offences related to animal abuse, in England and Wales, from 2005 to 2013 can be seen in the table attached.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Criminal court proceedings data for 2014 are planned for publication in May 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 17/03/2015 14:51:15 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice attachment 1 file name 1498 - Animal abuse offences.pdf title Animal abuse offences
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

227158

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Prescriptions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on extending beyond three months the length of time for which that GPs can prescribe medications to patients with existing conditions who are leaving the country.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	227474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>When a doctor prescribes a drug, they are clinically and legally responsible for any results of that decision to prescribe. In view of this it would not be considered good clinical practice for a doctor to prescribe large amounts of drugs to a patient going abroad for an extended period of time, whose progress that general practitioner is not able to monitor.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Any patient who leaves the country for three months or more is no longer considered ordinarily resident and, as such, is not entitled to National Health Service treatment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>No representations have been received asking for this period to be extended.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 227473 question first answered 19/03/2015 17:09:54 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

227160

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Prescriptions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the evidential basis is for the limit of three months on the length of time GPs can prescribe medications to patients with existing conditions who are leaving the country.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	227473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>When a doctor prescribes a drug, they are clinically and legally responsible for any results of that decision to prescribe. In view of this it would not be considered good clinical practice for a doctor to prescribe large amounts of drugs to a patient going abroad for an extended period of time, whose progress that general practitioner is not able to monitor.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Any patient who leaves the country for three months or more is no longer considered ordinarily resident and, as such, is not entitled to National Health Service treatment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>No representations have been received asking for this period to be extended.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 227474 question first answered 19/03/2015 17:09:54 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

223994

registered interest
date	26/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Gastrointestinal Cancer: Drugs
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 taking Regorafenib off the Cancer Drugs Fund list on the health outcomes of gastrointestinal stromal tumour cancer patients.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	225505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>NHS England has advised that its review of the national Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) list will ensure that more patients will be able to access drugs that provide better outcomes for their cancers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This re-evaluation of some CDF drugs, including regorafenib (Stivarga) for the treatment of gastrointestinal stromal tumours, will mean that some patients who would have received the drugs to be removed from the list will switch to alternative CDF drugs and the remainder will be offered conventional treatments.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has also assured the Department that no patient whose treatment is currently being funded through the Fund will have funding withdrawn, as long as it is clinically appropriate that they continue to receive that treatment. In addition, no drug will be removed from the Fund where it is the only therapy for that condition.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 05/03/2015 11:41:21 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins