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915013

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Bedford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many trains servicing Bedford have been (a) cancelled and (b) delayed since the introduction of the new rail timetable on 20 May 2018; and what the average time was for the trains that were delayed.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	148994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Transport does not hold data on train cancellations and delays to this level of detail.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is currently too early to make a detailed assessment of any cost implications of the delays and cancellations since the timetable change. What is clear is that passengers on GTR are facing totally unsatisfactory levels of service and it is the Department’s number one priority to restore reliability to an acceptable level as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p>We are assessing whether GTR met their contractual obligations in the planning and delivery of this timetable change, and whether these issues could have been reasonably foreseen and different action taken to prevent the high levels of disruption passengers are experiencing. If it is found that GTR are materially in breach of their contractual obligations, the Department will take the appropriate enforcement action against them.</p><p> </p><p>On GTR services, passengers are encouraged to apply to their train operator for Delay Repay compensation for affected journeys. GTR passengers can claim delay repay for delays over 15 minutes.</p><p> </p><p>Earlier this week, the Secretary of State announced a special compensation scheme for GTR passengers. It is to be funded by the rail industry and will ensure regular rail customers receive appropriate redress for the disruption they have experienced. The industry will set out more detail of the eligibility requirements and how season ticket holders can claim.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport cannot currently provide an assessment of the impact of the May 2018 timetable changes on overcrowding at Bedford station, as performance of the new timetable has been too unstable to allow for an accurate assessment to be made.</p><p> </p><p>The service provided since the start of the new timetable has been unacceptable and it is the Department’s number one priority to restore reliability on services at Bedford to an acceptable level as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 148995 148996 148998 question first answered 06/06/2018 16:48:32 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

891418

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts: Bedford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when Bedford Magistrate’s Court was closed; and to where the services of that court were relocated.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	138084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>In June 2014 the majority of magistrates’ court work at Bedford Magistrates’ Court (at the Shire Hall building) was centralised into Luton Magistrates’ Court. This was following a judicially-led consultation on revised listing arrangements, which was conducted in 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Magistrates’ family cases, along with civil and tribunal cases, continue to be heard at the court. The Shire Hall building will only close subject to a public consultation, which will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 30/04/2018 16:50:23 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

891419

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts: Bedford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases were heard at Bedford Magistrate’s Court in each year from 2009 to 2017.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	138085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The number of magistrates’ court cases heard at Bedford Magistrates’ Court between 2010 and 2017 are shown below. HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service do not hold data for 2009. Magistrates’ Court cases can require more than one hearing and therefore the data includes instances where there have been multiple hearings in the same case.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of cases dealt with</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>14,652</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>13,059</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>10,955</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>6,396</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>1,912</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>742</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>574</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 30/04/2018 16:53:51 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

891421

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Bedford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the utilisation statistics for all court rooms at (a) Shire Hall in Bedford and (b) Bedford County Court and Family Court for (i) 2015-16, (ii) 2016-17 and (iii) 2017 to date.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	138086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The courts at Shire Hall Bedford sat for the following hours between 2015 and the end of 2017:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Courtroom Data 2015/16</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Courtroom Data 2016/17</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Courtroom Data April-December 2017*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chamber/<br> Courtroom</p></td><td><p>Magstrates' Court</p></td><td><p>County/<br> Family<br> Court</p></td><td><p>Tribunals</p></td><td><p>Magstrates' Court</p></td><td><p>County/<br> Family<br> Court</p></td><td><p>Tribunals</p></td><td><p>Magstrates' Court</p></td><td><p>County/<br> Family<br> Court</p></td><td><p>Tribunals</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chambers 01</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>868</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>874</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>636</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chambers 02</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>620</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>716</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>321</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Courtroom 01</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>185</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Courtroom 02</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Courtroom 03</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>232</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Courtroom 04</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>201</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Courtroom 05</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>703</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>738</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>538</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>129</p></td><td><p>2,272</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>2,516</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2,040</p></td><td><p>185</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>County court utilisation includes the civil and family jurisdictions. Utilisation data for Count Court and Employment Tribunals are manually collected and therefore may be affected by associated measurement and recording errors.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 30/04/2018 16:48:24 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

891422

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Bedford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many employment tribunal hearings have been listed at Shire Hall in (a) 2015–16, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2017 to date.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	138087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>It is not possible to provide an answer to this question from centrally held data as this does not differentiate between different court locations in Bedford. Since the employment tribunal building in Bedford ceased to hold public hearings in September 2017, the administration of cases has moved to Watford and has not differentiated between cases heard in that office and in Bedford.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 30/04/2018 16:55:06 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

891423

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Bedford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has for the future of court services in Bedford when the lease expires on the building that hosts Luton County and Family Court on 9 January 2020; and what provision he has made for court services in Luton and Bedfordshire when that lease expires.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	138088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service is currently considering options regarding the future court estate in Bedfordshire. The Shire Hall building will only close subject to a public consultation regarding the distribution of the work currently heard in the building, which will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 30/04/2018 16:46:03 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

891463

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
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	Palliative Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what targets have for the 2018-19 mandate to NHS England to increase the proportion of people identified as likely to be in their last year of life.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	138089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>In the 2017-18 Mandate to NHS England we asked for the identification of metrics to assess quality and choice in end of life care. As a result, we will shortly have in place a new indicator to measure the proportion of people with three or more emergency admissions in their final 90 days of life, which will help us assess how well patients with end of life care needs are being supported by local health and care services out of hospital and in the community. The 2017-18 objective was met and therefore did not feature in the 2018-19 Mandate.</p><p> </p><p>For 2018-19, the Government’s Mandate asks NHS England to increase the percentage of people identified as likely to be in their last year of life, so that their end of life care can be improved by personalising it according to their needs and preferences at an earlier stage. NHS England will use the Quality Outcomes Framework to demonstrate such an increase by looking at the percentage of people who are on the general practitioner register for supportive and palliative care, and consider expected levels based on local populations Currently the national English average is 0.37%, it is anticipated this figure will increase in the 2018/19 period. Further work will also be undertaken to develop indicators that will enable NHS England to scrutinise the effectiveness of local health economies in delivering choice and quality in end of life care.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2012 the National Survey of Bereaved People (VOICES) survey has provided valuable insight into the quality of care delivered to people in the last three months of their lives, highlighting variations in the quality of care delivered in different areas of the country and to different groups of patients. Following publication of the last set of survey results in June 2016, NHS England held a consultation on the future of the VOICES survey to seek views on the approach and relevance of the survey to ensure that it remained fit for purpose. Whilst the response showed that the VOICES survey remained a valuable tool, key amongst its findings were that the majority of respondents indicated that the VOICES survey would be more helpful if the sample size were made large enough to report at a local commissioner level.</p><p> </p><p>Following this, work was undertaken to revise the survey and consider approaches to a larger sample size and then put in place arrangements to re-commission the VOICES survey. NHS England has been involved in discussions with the Office for National Statistics, which collects the death registration data used to identify survey recipients, about arrangements for access to the data for the new survey. Changes to the safeguarding arrangements on data-sharing, designed to ensure any concerns about care raised via the survey can be appropriately investigated, have resulted in delays to commencing the new VOICES survey. Work is ongoing to resolve this matter.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 138090 138091 138092 question first answered 01/05/2018 14:23:22 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

891467

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
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	Palliative Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has made on the commitment in the mandate to NHS England for 2017-18 to identify metrics to assess quality and choice in end of life care.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	138090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>In the 2017-18 Mandate to NHS England we asked for the identification of metrics to assess quality and choice in end of life care. As a result, we will shortly have in place a new indicator to measure the proportion of people with three or more emergency admissions in their final 90 days of life, which will help us assess how well patients with end of life care needs are being supported by local health and care services out of hospital and in the community. The 2017-18 objective was met and therefore did not feature in the 2018-19 Mandate.</p><p> </p><p>For 2018-19, the Government’s Mandate asks NHS England to increase the percentage of people identified as likely to be in their last year of life, so that their end of life care can be improved by personalising it according to their needs and preferences at an earlier stage. NHS England will use the Quality Outcomes Framework to demonstrate such an increase by looking at the percentage of people who are on the general practitioner register for supportive and palliative care, and consider expected levels based on local populations Currently the national English average is 0.37%, it is anticipated this figure will increase in the 2018/19 period. Further work will also be undertaken to develop indicators that will enable NHS England to scrutinise the effectiveness of local health economies in delivering choice and quality in end of life care.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2012 the National Survey of Bereaved People (VOICES) survey has provided valuable insight into the quality of care delivered to people in the last three months of their lives, highlighting variations in the quality of care delivered in different areas of the country and to different groups of patients. Following publication of the last set of survey results in June 2016, NHS England held a consultation on the future of the VOICES survey to seek views on the approach and relevance of the survey to ensure that it remained fit for purpose. Whilst the response showed that the VOICES survey remained a valuable tool, key amongst its findings were that the majority of respondents indicated that the VOICES survey would be more helpful if the sample size were made large enough to report at a local commissioner level.</p><p> </p><p>Following this, work was undertaken to revise the survey and consider approaches to a larger sample size and then put in place arrangements to re-commission the VOICES survey. NHS England has been involved in discussions with the Office for National Statistics, which collects the death registration data used to identify survey recipients, about arrangements for access to the data for the new survey. Changes to the safeguarding arrangements on data-sharing, designed to ensure any concerns about care raised via the survey can be appropriately investigated, have resulted in delays to commencing the new VOICES survey. Work is ongoing to resolve this matter.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 138089 138091 138092 question first answered 01/05/2018 14:23:22 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

891469

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
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	Palliative Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the commitment to identify metrics to assess quality and choice in end of life care in the Government's mandate to NHS England for 2017-18 was not included in the Government's mandate to NHS England for 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	138091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>In the 2017-18 Mandate to NHS England we asked for the identification of metrics to assess quality and choice in end of life care. As a result, we will shortly have in place a new indicator to measure the proportion of people with three or more emergency admissions in their final 90 days of life, which will help us assess how well patients with end of life care needs are being supported by local health and care services out of hospital and in the community. The 2017-18 objective was met and therefore did not feature in the 2018-19 Mandate.</p><p> </p><p>For 2018-19, the Government’s Mandate asks NHS England to increase the percentage of people identified as likely to be in their last year of life, so that their end of life care can be improved by personalising it according to their needs and preferences at an earlier stage. NHS England will use the Quality Outcomes Framework to demonstrate such an increase by looking at the percentage of people who are on the general practitioner register for supportive and palliative care, and consider expected levels based on local populations Currently the national English average is 0.37%, it is anticipated this figure will increase in the 2018/19 period. Further work will also be undertaken to develop indicators that will enable NHS England to scrutinise the effectiveness of local health economies in delivering choice and quality in end of life care.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2012 the National Survey of Bereaved People (VOICES) survey has provided valuable insight into the quality of care delivered to people in the last three months of their lives, highlighting variations in the quality of care delivered in different areas of the country and to different groups of patients. Following publication of the last set of survey results in June 2016, NHS England held a consultation on the future of the VOICES survey to seek views on the approach and relevance of the survey to ensure that it remained fit for purpose. Whilst the response showed that the VOICES survey remained a valuable tool, key amongst its findings were that the majority of respondents indicated that the VOICES survey would be more helpful if the sample size were made large enough to report at a local commissioner level.</p><p> </p><p>Following this, work was undertaken to revise the survey and consider approaches to a larger sample size and then put in place arrangements to re-commission the VOICES survey. NHS England has been involved in discussions with the Office for National Statistics, which collects the death registration data used to identify survey recipients, about arrangements for access to the data for the new survey. Changes to the safeguarding arrangements on data-sharing, designed to ensure any concerns about care raised via the survey can be appropriately investigated, have resulted in delays to commencing the new VOICES survey. Work is ongoing to resolve this matter.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 138089 138090 138092 question first answered 01/05/2018 14:23:22 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

891472

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
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	National Survey of Bereaved People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the National Survey of Bereaved people was discontinued; and whether he has plans to collect that data by a different method.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	138092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>In the 2017-18 Mandate to NHS England we asked for the identification of metrics to assess quality and choice in end of life care. As a result, we will shortly have in place a new indicator to measure the proportion of people with three or more emergency admissions in their final 90 days of life, which will help us assess how well patients with end of life care needs are being supported by local health and care services out of hospital and in the community. The 2017-18 objective was met and therefore did not feature in the 2018-19 Mandate.</p><p> </p><p>For 2018-19, the Government’s Mandate asks NHS England to increase the percentage of people identified as likely to be in their last year of life, so that their end of life care can be improved by personalising it according to their needs and preferences at an earlier stage. NHS England will use the Quality Outcomes Framework to demonstrate such an increase by looking at the percentage of people who are on the general practitioner register for supportive and palliative care, and consider expected levels based on local populations Currently the national English average is 0.37%, it is anticipated this figure will increase in the 2018/19 period. Further work will also be undertaken to develop indicators that will enable NHS England to scrutinise the effectiveness of local health economies in delivering choice and quality in end of life care.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2012 the National Survey of Bereaved People (VOICES) survey has provided valuable insight into the quality of care delivered to people in the last three months of their lives, highlighting variations in the quality of care delivered in different areas of the country and to different groups of patients. Following publication of the last set of survey results in June 2016, NHS England held a consultation on the future of the VOICES survey to seek views on the approach and relevance of the survey to ensure that it remained fit for purpose. Whilst the response showed that the VOICES survey remained a valuable tool, key amongst its findings were that the majority of respondents indicated that the VOICES survey would be more helpful if the sample size were made large enough to report at a local commissioner level.</p><p> </p><p>Following this, work was undertaken to revise the survey and consider approaches to a larger sample size and then put in place arrangements to re-commission the VOICES survey. NHS England has been involved in discussions with the Office for National Statistics, which collects the death registration data used to identify survey recipients, about arrangements for access to the data for the new survey. Changes to the safeguarding arrangements on data-sharing, designed to ensure any concerns about care raised via the survey can be appropriately investigated, have resulted in delays to commencing the new VOICES survey. Work is ongoing to resolve this matter.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 138089 138090 138091 question first answered 01/05/2018 14:23:22 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin