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749928

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Employment: Epilepsy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the rise in indemnity costs, resulting from the change in the discount rate on personal injury payouts, on the incentives for doctors to practise in general practice.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department is aware that the rising cost of indemnity is an area of concern for general practitioners (GPs).</p><p> </p><p>In July 2016 NHS England published a GP Indemnity review which gathered evidence from GPs about the impact on rising costs of indemnity, which found that:</p><p> </p><p>- 95% of GPs surveyed have experienced a rise in their indemnity costs in the recent years;</p><p>- four fifths of GPs responded that they had been deterred in some way from taking certain types of clinical sessions due to the rise in their indemnity costs; and</p><p>- GPs told us that that if indemnity costs continue to rise at recent rates, this may act as a break on the willingness of GPs to join the profession, to remain in the profession, or to increase their workload.</p><p>In recognition of the rising costs of indemnity, NHS England put an extra £30 million in to the GP contract in March 2017 to cover indemnity-related inflation for GPs from 2016-17. A further sum of approximately £30 million will be made available for April 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The change in the personal injury discount rate announced by the former Lord Chancellor (Elizabeth Truss MP) in February 2017 has significantly increased the cost of claims. The Department is working closely with GPs and Medical Defence Organisations to ensure that appropriate funding is available to meet additional costs to GPs, recognising the crucial role they play in the delivery of National Health Service care.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 14/07/2017 13:03:53 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

749929

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Prisoners' Transfers: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to provide financial support to general practitioners to meet the increase in indemnity costs as a result of the change to the discount rate on personal injury payouts.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>The cost of indemnity to general practitioners (GPs) is already recognised as a business expense, and reflected in the sums received by GP practices via the GP contract. In recognition of the rising costs of indemnity, NHS England put an extra £30 million in to the GP contract in March 2017 to cover indemnity-related inflation for GP’s from 2016-17. A further sum of approximately £30 million will be made available for April 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The change in the personal injury discount rate announced by the former Lord Chancellor (Elizabeth Truss MP) in February 2017 has significantly increased the cost of claims. The Department is working closely with GPs and Medical Defence Organisations to ensure that appropriate funding is available to meet additional costs to GPs, recognising the crucial role they play in the delivery of National Health Service care.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 14/07/2017 13:03:11 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

749950

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Kingston Hospital
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what was the size of the Privy Council on 1 July 2017.
tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
uin	HL635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>The information is set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Privy Counsellors</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1 July 2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>671</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>A list of current Privy Council members can be found here:</p><p> </p><p>https://privycouncil.independent.gov.uk/privy-council/privy-council-members/privy-counsellors/</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 13/07/2017 12:06:21 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

749999

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Low Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people working in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK earn less than £10 per hour.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
uin	3920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 13/07/2017 13:57:02 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ 3920.pdf title UKSA Response to PQ3920
tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn

750031

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Government Securities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list by country where stocks of gilts are held by overseas investors and foreign central banks; and how much and what proportion of such stocks are held in different countries.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	3931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>The Treasury does not hold information on the organisations or individuals who hold gilts. However, information on gilt holdings by different sectors is published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The most recent publication shows that at the end of March 2017, overseas investors hold 27% of gilts in issuance, but this does not include a breakdown of gilt holdings by country.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 3932 question first answered 14/07/2017 12:17:37 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

750033

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Sector Debt
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list by country flows of interest payments on UK central Government debt held by overseas investors and foreign central banks.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	3932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>The Treasury does not hold information on the organisations or individuals who hold gilts. However, information on gilt holdings by different sectors is published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The most recent publication shows that at the end of March 2017, overseas investors hold 27% of gilts in issuance, but this does not include a breakdown of gilt holdings by country.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 3931 question first answered 14/07/2017 12:17:37 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

750035

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many contracts exist between HM Revenue and Customs and (a) KPMG, (b) Ernst & Young, (c) Deloitte and (d) PwC; and what the value is of each such contract.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	4094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs’ current contracts with these organisations are as follows.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Organisation</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Contract</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>KPMG</p></td><td><p>Civil Service Learning Training Contract</p></td><td><p>£3.86m pa</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ernst &amp; Young</p></td><td><p>None</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Deloitte</p></td><td><p>Forensic Accountancy Services</p></td><td><p>£538k pa</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PwC</p></td><td><p>Estates Transformation Support</p></td><td><p>£225k total</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 13/07/2017 16:11:42 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

750171

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department plans to publish the (a) consultation on improving social care and (b) green paper on social care funding.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	3910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government will work to address the challenges of social care for our ageing population, bringing forward proposals for consultation to build widespread support. We are committed to listening to people’s views on how to reform the social care system, to ensure it is sustainable for current and future generations and that the quality of care improves.</p><p> </p><p>We will provide further details on the next steps on social care in due course.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 12/07/2017 09:17:03 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

750174

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to (a) publicise adolescent mental health issues on the internet and (b) support the prevention of adolescent mental health issues arising from social media.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
uin	3922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government works with the online sector and other stakeholders to address the impact of potentially harmful content online given that online harms can have a negative effect on individual's mental health.</p><p>The Department has invested:</p><p>- £3 million in MindEd, an online training platform for professionals working with children and young people to recognise when a child needs mental health support; and</p><p>- £12 million between 2016-20 in Time to Change to challenge mental health stigma, which has reached 750,000 children and young people through social marketing campaigns and improved attitudes of over 4.1 million people in England.</p><p>Public Health England has also launched Rise Above, a website to build emotional resilience in young people to help deal with the pressures of growing up, including mental health.</p><p>The Government expect websites, including social media companies, to respond quickly to reports of harmful content/abusive behaviour on their networks.</p><p>The joint Department of Health and Department of Education Green Paper on children and young people’s mental health will consider action to minimise the risks social media poses, whilst maximising its benefits. Work has started on the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport led cross-Government internet safety strategy which will give us the opportunity to consider issues of online safety for children and young people. We are considering how this will be taken forward under the Digital Charter.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 13/07/2017 13:37:21 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

750192

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Government's policy paper, entitled Safeguarding the position of EU citizens in the UK and UK nationals in the EU, published on 26 June 2017, whether EU citizens with indefinite leave to remain in the UK will need to reapply for settled status once the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Nicky Morgan
uin	3748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>EU citizens with indefinite leave to remain (ILR) in the UK will not need to appy for settled status once the UK has left the EU.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 14/07/2017 14:52:01 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes