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1082317

registered interest
date	05/03/2019
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: Legal Costs
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 each NHS trust spent on legal fees defending employment tribunal cases relating to (a) discrimination, (b) unfair dismissal and (c) public interest disclosure in each year since 2016.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	228644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>Costs for how much each National Health Service trust spent in legal fees defending employment tribunal cares relating to discrimination, unfair dismissal and public interest disclosure since 2016 is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 12/03/2019 12:42:06 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1081800

registered interest
date	04/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunal: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) average waiting time and (b) longest wait between the Employment Tribunal receiving an employment tribunal application and the date of the first hearing has been in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	227964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The average and the longest waiting times between the Employment Tribunal receiving an employment tribunal application and the date of the first hearing, in each of the last five years can be found in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Waiting time (in weeks) from receipt to first hearing</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>April 14 - March 15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>April 15 - March 16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>April 16 - March 17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>April 17 - March 18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>April 18 – Sept 18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Time (weeks)</p></td><td><p>Time (weeks)</p></td><td><p>Time (weeks)</p></td><td><p>Time (weeks)</p></td><td><p>Time (weeks)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All Claims (Median) </strong><strong>1,2</strong></p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Oldest Claim</strong></p></td><td><p>748</p></td><td><p>530</p></td><td><p>704</p></td><td><p>682</p></td><td><p>561</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>1 Single claims are made by a sole employee/worker, relating to alleged breaches of employment rights.</p><p>2 Multiple claims are where two or more people bring proceedings arising out of the same facts, usually against a common employer. In this instance the lead multiple claim would be listed for hearing. This table provides the average listing time for both single and lead multiple claim cases.</p><p>Median – This shows the waiting time for the claim in the middle of the distribution: half of all claims waited for less time and half waited longer.</p><p>A claim may contain one or more jurisdictional complaint (grounds for the claim). Depending upon the complexity of the jurisdiction this may importantly influence the listing of such claims.</p><p>All data was taken from the Employment Tribunals Central database and as such is management information that is, provisional and subject to change.</p><p>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system, and is the best data that is available at the time of publication.</p><p> </p><p>95% of multiple claims are stayed waiting decisions from a lead claim, as these are usually complex claims involving jurisdictions such as equal pay, holiday pay and pensions and it can take some time for these claims to be dealt with. This explains why the oldest claims in the table exceed ten years in length as they spend the majority of this period as a stayed claim.</p><p> </p><p>All data was taken from the Employment Tribunals Central database and as such is management information that is provisional and subject to change. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system, and are the best data available.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 26/03/2019 17:56:50 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1078537

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to respond to the letter of 14 January 2019 from the right hon. Member for North Norfolk on the security of the UK’s communications infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	226595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>A response to the letter from the Hon Member will be sent shortly.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 04/03/2019 16:57:09 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1078539

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to respond to the letter of 14 January 2019 from the right hon. Member for North Norfolk on the security of the UK’s communications infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	226596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>You will have a response on behalf of Her Majesty's Government shortly.</p> answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson question first answered 04/03/2019 16:51:35 answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1078540

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to respond to the letter of 14 January 2019 from the right hon. Member for North Norfolk on the security of the UK’s communications infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	226597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport will issue a response on behalf of government shortly.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 04/03/2019 17:25:47 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1063732

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
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	East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust: Dismissal
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 has been spent by East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust on (a) legal fees and (b) other costs associated with terminating the employment of Gordon Fleming and defending legal action brought by him.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	222781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>The total legal costs incurred by the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust, since 2014, in respect of all matters, proceedings and appeals involving Mr Gordon Fleming is £252,162.15 plus VAT. This figure includes disbursements and Counsel’s fees. The Trust is unable to quantify other costs.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 21/02/2019 16:53:33 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1063798

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Cannabis: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) prosecuted and (b) cautioned for cannabis possession offences in each police authority area in each of the last two years.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	222733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>As per your previous question (PQ 157684 from 27/06/2018), data is available up to December 2017, and data for the year ending December 2018 will be published in May. Therefore, the response is the same as before:</p><p> </p><p>(a) The number of people prosecuted for cannabis possession in each police authority has been published up to December 2017 and can be found in the ‘Court Outcomes by Police Force Area data tool’, available at the following link: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/733996/court-outcomes-by-pfa-2017-update.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/733996/court-outcomes-by-pfa-2017-update.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>Select court type: ‘02: Magistrates Court’</p><p> </p><p>Select offence: ’92E.01 Possession of a controlled drug - Class B (cannabis)’ and ‘92E.02 Possession of a controlled drug – Class C (cannabis)’ in the ‘Offence’ filter. The number of people proceeded against by police force area can be found in the table.</p><p> </p><p>(b) The number of people cautioned for cannabis possession in each police authority can be found in the table attached.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 26/02/2019 16:52:21 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ222733 table.xlsx title Aformentioned Table
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1063801

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many specialist doctors are licenced to prescribe medicinal cannabis.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	222736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>None. From 1 November 2018, specialist doctors on the Specialist Register of the General Medical Council have been able to prescribe cannabis-based products for medicinal use without the need for a Home Office li-cence.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 26/02/2019 16:41:03 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1061086

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
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	Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what process NICE will use to scope for the review of the NICE appraisal methodology; and whether the issue of combination treatments will be considered within scope.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	221614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is in the process of planning how to conduct its scoping of the review of the methods for technology appraisal and highly specialised technologies evaluations. Scoping will involve industry and other relevant stakeholders, including patient organisations. Additional detail and more information will be made available on the NICE website in due course.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 19/02/2019 17:24:51 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1054755

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has received representations on patient anxieties about access to medicines including for epilepsy and depression; and what plans the Government has for communication on the availability of such medicines.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	216146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>Medicines shortages are an ongoing issue that the Department manages constantly. The Department receives a wide range of representations regarding the availability of medicines on a regular basis.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s Medicines Supply Team has well established procedures to deal with medicine shortages and works closely with all stakeholders to help prevent shortages and to ensure that the risks to patients are minimised when they do arise.</p><p> </p><p>Every shortage is different. The decision to communicate, and type of communication, will depend on a number of factors. We work closely with all stakeholders in these situations to provide advice on management options and to consider how best to communicate a supply problem to those affected. Where necessary, we will engage with relevant patient groups regarding specific medicine shortages, including, for example, several epilepsy patient groups.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 07/02/2019 17:29:16 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb