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705735

registered interest
date	27/02/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect on UK retirees living in other EU countries and receiving a state pension based on the triple lock of the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	65725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>The reciprocal rights and entitlements that will apply following the UK’s exit are subject to the wider negotiation on our future relationship with the EU. We have not yet begun these negotiations, so it is not possible to set out any positions in advance.</p><p> </p><p>At every step of this negotiation we will seek to ensure the best possible outcome for the British people, at home and overseas.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 02/03/2017 15:42:19 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

693659

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Debts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will launch a consultation on an England and Wales-wide debt breathing space scheme similar to the Debt Arrangement Scheme run by the Scottish Government.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	65339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>The government has committed to exploring whether some form of “breathing space” would be a useful and viable addition to the current range of debt solutions available to consumers and creditors. Work is continuing on this review, and the government plans to report back shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 28/02/2017 15:00:11 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

693709

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Dental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2017 to Question 62638, on how many occasions local authorities have been penalised for failing to meet statutory requirements on oral health.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	65414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 65415 question first answered 03/03/2017 14:56:17 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

693763

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support his Department offers to GP practices which are at risk of closure; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	65309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>NHS England is responsible for the provision of primary medical services in England. As such, it is for NHS England to ensure that patients in all areas have access to general practitioner (GP) services. The General Practice Forward View, published in April 2016, includes a national £508 million five-year Sustainability and Transformation package to support struggling practices, further develop the workforce, tackle workload and stimulate care redesign.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England’s West Midlands regional team prioritised 45 practices for support under the Vulnerable Practices Programme of which 25 were identified in Birmingham South Central and Birmingham Cross City Clinical Commissioning Groups. The criteria for selection may include practices at risk of closure, but will also include practices not necessarily at risk of closure, but identified as vulnerable.</p><p> </p><p>Comprehensive data on practice closures is not held centrally. Practices may close for a variety of reasons, including mergers with neighbouring practices or the retirement of GPs from single-handed practices.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat grouped question UIN 65310 65408 question first answered 28/02/2017 14:14:22 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

693764

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Birmingham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on GP practices in Birmingham which have been identified as vulnerable to closure during the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	65310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>NHS England is responsible for the provision of primary medical services in England. As such, it is for NHS England to ensure that patients in all areas have access to general practitioner (GP) services. The General Practice Forward View, published in April 2016, includes a national £508 million five-year Sustainability and Transformation package to support struggling practices, further develop the workforce, tackle workload and stimulate care redesign.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England’s West Midlands regional team prioritised 45 practices for support under the Vulnerable Practices Programme of which 25 were identified in Birmingham South Central and Birmingham Cross City Clinical Commissioning Groups. The criteria for selection may include practices at risk of closure, but will also include practices not necessarily at risk of closure, but identified as vulnerable.</p><p> </p><p>Comprehensive data on practice closures is not held centrally. Practices may close for a variety of reasons, including mergers with neighbouring practices or the retirement of GPs from single-handed practices.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat grouped question UIN 65309 65408 question first answered 28/02/2017 14:14:22 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

693776

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dental Services: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2017 to Question 62250, how much has been spent on adult tooth extraction in hospitals in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	65382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>The cost of tooth extractions carried out in hospitals is assessed from reference costs.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the estimated cost of tooth extractions for all patients in hospitals from 2012/13 to 2015/16 and for all adults from 2010/11 to 2015/16. The data covers all tooth extractions/removals.</p><p> </p><p>Reference costs are the average unit costs to National Health Service trusts and NHS foundation trusts of providing defined services in a given financial year to NHS patients. Reference costs for acute care are collected by healthcare resource group, which are standard groupings of clinically similar treatments which use common levels of healthcare resource.</p><p> </p><p>Reference Costs: Tooth extractions/removals 2010/11 to 2015/16</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="6"><p>Estimated total cost £ million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </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>Extractions/Removal for all patients</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>117.0</p></td><td><p>123.4</p></td><td><p>129.5</p></td><td><p>131.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Extractions/Removal for Adult</p></td><td><p>70.3</p></td><td><p>71.5</p></td><td><p>71.1</p></td><td><p>72.8</p></td><td><p>73.6</p></td><td><p>75.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Department of Health, Reference Costs</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat grouped question UIN 65127 question first answered 02/03/2017 15:01:49 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

693777

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GP practices in England have been closed since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	65408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>NHS England is responsible for the provision of primary medical services in England. As such, it is for NHS England to ensure that patients in all areas have access to general practitioner (GP) services. The General Practice Forward View, published in April 2016, includes a national £508 million five-year Sustainability and Transformation package to support struggling practices, further develop the workforce, tackle workload and stimulate care redesign.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England’s West Midlands regional team prioritised 45 practices for support under the Vulnerable Practices Programme of which 25 were identified in Birmingham South Central and Birmingham Cross City Clinical Commissioning Groups. The criteria for selection may include practices at risk of closure, but will also include practices not necessarily at risk of closure, but identified as vulnerable.</p><p> </p><p>Comprehensive data on practice closures is not held centrally. Practices may close for a variety of reasons, including mergers with neighbouring practices or the retirement of GPs from single-handed practices.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat grouped question UIN 65309 65310 question first answered 28/02/2017 14:14:22 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

693869

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
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	Energy: Meters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has assessed the potential merits of broadening the smart meter roll out to include manufacturing premises.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	65363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>Manufacturing premises, like other non-domestic premises, are already included in the smart or advanced metering arrangements. Energy suppliers were required to roll out advanced meters to their larger non-domestic energy users by April 2014, ie electricity premises in profile classes 5-8, and gas premises with annual consumption of greater than 732 MWh. The current roll-out of smart meters will cover smaller non-domestic energy users, ie non-domestic electricity premises in profile classes 1-4, and non-domestic premises with annual gas consumption below 732 MWh per year.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/03/2017 14:28:04 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

693871

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 8 February 2017 to Question 61837, what steps she is taking to encourage trailblazers to incorporate energy efficiency and renewable energy elements into new and pre-existing apprenticeship standards.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	65417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>Employers are developing new apprenticeships– they decide the standards they need to meet the skills needs for their sectors.</p><p>A variety of apprenticeship standards at different levels have been developed or are in development which will help provide employers and employees working in the energy sector with the skills they need.</p><p>A list of apprenticeships standards is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/apprenticeship-standards" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/apprenticeship-standards</a></p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 28/02/2017 17:32:33 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

693207

registered interest
date	22/02/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2016 to Question 56344, whether her Department has assessed the merits of requiring industry trailblazers to map out post-apprenticeship career progression possibilities.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	65126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>We do not believe it is desirable for Apprenticeship Trailblazer groups to be asked to map out post-apprenticeship career progression possibilities, for the reasons outlined in my answer to Question 56344 of 19 December 2016.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 28/02/2017 17:32:10 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe