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709717

registered interest
date	09/03/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Post-mortems
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time for carrying out post-mortems for (a) children and (b) adults was in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	67295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 16/03/2017 17:53:30 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

709718

registered interest
date	09/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Post-mortems
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to increase the number of pathologists available to conduct post-mortem examinations for coroners.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	67296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2017 answer text <p>Responsibility for staffing levels rests with individual National Health Service trusts and their boards who are best placed to decide how many staff they need to provide a given service, taking into account skill mix and efficiency.</p><p> </p><p>Working with local providers, it is Health Education England’s responsibility to determine the appropriate numbers of students the NHS needs in training on an annual basis. Its latest Workforce Plan for England covering the period 2016/17 is available in this link:</p><p><a href="https://www.hee.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/documents/Workforce%20Plan%20for%20England%202016-17.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.hee.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/documents/Workforce%20Plan%20for%20England%202016-17.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The most recent NHS workforce statistics from NHS Digital for staff working in trusts and clinical commissioning groups shows that the full time equivalent number of doctors within the pathology specialty group is 4,125 representing an increase of more than 11% increase since May 2010.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 67294 question first answered 17/03/2017 09:52:55 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

709720

registered interest
date	09/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pathology: Staff
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 adequacy of the number of pathologists.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	67294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2017 answer text <p>Responsibility for staffing levels rests with individual National Health Service trusts and their boards who are best placed to decide how many staff they need to provide a given service, taking into account skill mix and efficiency.</p><p> </p><p>Working with local providers, it is Health Education England’s responsibility to determine the appropriate numbers of students the NHS needs in training on an annual basis. Its latest Workforce Plan for England covering the period 2016/17 is available in this link:</p><p><a href="https://www.hee.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/documents/Workforce%20Plan%20for%20England%202016-17.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.hee.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/documents/Workforce%20Plan%20for%20England%202016-17.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The most recent NHS workforce statistics from NHS Digital for staff working in trusts and clinical commissioning groups shows that the full time equivalent number of doctors within the pathology specialty group is 4,125 representing an increase of more than 11% increase since May 2010.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 67296 question first answered 17/03/2017 09:52:55 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

709731

registered interest
date	09/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Forensic Pathology in England and Wales Review
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 publish the Government's response to the Hutton review of forensic pathology in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	67380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2017 answer text <p>The key strategic recommendations of the Hutton review of forensic pathology have been discussed both with Home Office ministers and at a bi-lateral meeting between Home Office and Ministry of Justice ministers.</p><p>Whilst it was recognised the longer-term resilience of both services would be best addressed through a ‘combined autopsy service’, it was decided that more urgent issues in coronial pathology should be addressed first. Therefore the Home Office will retain responsibility for the running of forensic pathology, whilst the Ministry of Justice will work with other relevant government departments to take forward the coronial pathology issues raised by Professor Hutton in his report.</p><p>In addition there have been a number of important changes recommendations that have been implemented, including guidance for first attenders in respect of dealing with sudden and unexpected deaths, the establishment of a national list of paediatric and organ specific pathologists willing to engage in police cases and the commencement of a number of reviews in response to detailed recommendations on training, the Code of Practice/Performance Standards implemented by the Home Office.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 15/03/2017 16:17:24 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

709741

registered interest
date	09/03/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Coroners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of bodies were released by coroners within the Chief Coroner's target of three days in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	67281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 14/03/2017 17:44:02 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

709751

registered interest
date	09/03/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Post-mortems
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will increase the fee paid to pathologists who conduct post-mortem examinations for coroners.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	67379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government keeps statutory fees under review but has no plans at the present time to amend the fees paid for coronial post-mortem examinations.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 16/03/2017 17:45:09 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

709481

registered interest
date	08/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Recruitment
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 implications for his policies of the 90 per cent fill rate for GP positions in England in 2016 as set out in Health Education England's General Practice ST1 recruitment figures; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	67157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to having an extra 5,000 doctors working in general practice by 2020/21. The Department is working with NHS England and Health Education England (HEE) to increase the number of general practitioner (GP) training places. In 2016, HEE recruited the highest ever number of GP trainees (3,019 out of 3,250) – 93% fill rate. In addition to increasing the number of trainees, we are taking forward a range of other measures to increase both recruitment and retention such as encouraging return to general practice, attracting medical students to become GP trainees, as well as a strengthened package of support to help GPs remain in clinical general practice.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat grouped question UIN 67158 question first answered 15/03/2017 15:58:35 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

709482

registered interest
date	08/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Recruitment
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 increase recruitment of GPs.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	67158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to having an extra 5,000 doctors working in general practice by 2020/21. The Department is working with NHS England and Health Education England (HEE) to increase the number of general practitioner (GP) training places. In 2016, HEE recruited the highest ever number of GP trainees (3,019 out of 3,250) – 93% fill rate. In addition to increasing the number of trainees, we are taking forward a range of other measures to increase both recruitment and retention such as encouraging return to general practice, attracting medical students to become GP trainees, as well as a strengthened package of support to help GPs remain in clinical general practice.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat grouped question UIN 67157 question first answered 15/03/2017 15:58:35 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

709483

registered interest
date	08/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what change there will be in GP education budgets in each Health Education England region between 2016-17 and 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	67159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2017 answer text <p>The Department is working closely with Health Education England to agree its budget for 2017-18. Beyond the need to reduce running costs and seek greater efficiency from education support costs, no decisions have been taken on the levels of funding that will be available for any given programme.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 15/03/2017 15:53:35 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

707678

registered interest
date	03/03/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	NHS: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the cost of the Immigration Skills Charge to NHS and social care sponsors of Tier 2 visas in 2016-17; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	66472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>The income raised from the Immigration Skills Charge will support the provision of skills for the resident population, to address the skills gaps that employers face. Further information will be set out in due course. We have not estimated the potential annual cost to NHS and social care sponsors. The cost will depend on employer use of the Tier 2 skilled worker route.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon grouped question UIN 66471 question first answered 09/03/2017 11:39:51 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston