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1133667

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to support offenders that are veterans of the armed forces (a) before and (b) after release from prison; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	267162
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>HM Prison and Probation Service, or their contractors, provide a range of services to meet the needs of veterans in custody and in the community. The Military Covenant is actively supported by all organisations working within HMPPS.</p><p> </p><p>All offenders newly received into custody are screened at reception, those who declare their military past can access support from military charities who deliver services in the majority of prisons and work with Community Rehabilitation Companies. Staff will also encourage offenders to declare previous military service at any point during their sentence.</p><p> </p><p>Former service personnel benefit from the Veterans in Custody Scheme which aims to raise awareness of the help and support available to them and to their families whilst they serve their sentences and prepare for release.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice will continue to promote existing partnerships and look to develop new alliances with military charities and organisations who have the skills to work with former members of the Armed Forces in custody and upon release.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 27/06/2019 11:59:19 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1136035

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Credit Unions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department offers employees a payroll deduction service to enable staff to join a credit union; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	271348
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not offer the facility to allow staff to join a credit union through payroll deductions.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 09/07/2019 14:02:56 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1136938

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offenders: Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 27 June 2019 to Question 267162, whether he has made additional funding available to support new alliances with military charities to help offenders who are veterans of the armed forces.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	273306
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government has committed £5.7 million to support programmes targeted at former service personnel in the criminal justice system.</p><p> </p><p>Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service advertise grant opportunities for voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations for innovative projects and pilots, that reflect priorities of the agency. All grant funding to voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations, including those wishing to support former members of the Armed Forces, is competed openly and these opportunities are published on the Government contract finder website.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice is committed to ensuring that those who have served in the Armed Forces and who find themselves in the Criminal Justice System are able to access support in custody and the community</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 09/07/2019 14:07:31 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1140581

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Credit Unions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2019 to Question 271348, for what reasons his Department does not offer a payroll deduction service to enable employees to join a credit union; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	279370
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not have the facility to allow staff to join a credit union through payroll deductions. Staff can still make arrangements to contribute to a credit union via direct debit.</p><p> </p><p>Although the Ministry does not currently offer such facility, we continue to explore options to support staff with financial wellbeing.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 29/07/2019 14:46:41 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1146525

	registered interest
	date	26/09/2019
	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	Clinical Commissioning Groups: Greater London
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish data relating to the final two quarters of 2018-19 of Annual Accounts Surplus or Deficit for London Clinical Commissioning Groups; and will he make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	291212
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The 2018/19 summarised national financial results are published in the NHS England Board papers for the 27 June Board meeting and are available from the NHS England website at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/4-Operational-quality-and-financial-performance-update.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/4-Operational-quality-and-financial-performance-update.pdf</a></p><p>Clinical commissioning groups (CCG) financial results are split between regions.</p><p>Annual Accounts are published separately by CCGs on their individual websites and are available either from those websites or by direct approach to a CCG. 2018/19 Month 12 finance papers are all published in the board papers of each CCG. These are available from individual CCG websites.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 04/10/2019 12:08:56 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1150101

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	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	Clinical Commissioning Groups: Greater London
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to make clinical commissioning groups in north-west London financially sustainable; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	857
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>Backed by the Government’s funding commitment for the National Health Service - £33.9 billion a year more by 2023-24 - a new strategy has been developed to take the health system forward: the NHS Long Term Plan.</p><p>In the NHS Long Term Plan, the NHS has committed to meeting the Government’s financial test that the NHS will deliver overall financial balance in every year, and that all NHS organisations will be in balance by 2023-24.</p><p>A new financial framework that is better able to support and encourage the health system to develop in a more sustainable way with a rebalancing of its finances forms part of this plan.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 21/10/2019 13:08:23 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1150913

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2019
	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	Northwick Park Hospital: Accident and Emergency Departments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were seen in Northwick Park's accident and emergency unit in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	2640
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>This data is not collected in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 24/10/2019 11:52:54 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1150914

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2019
	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	Accident and Emergency Departments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will list in numerical order what the top ten accident and emergency departments were by number of patients seen in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	2641
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>This information is not collected in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 24/10/2019 11:52:05 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1150915

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2019
	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	Northwick Park Hospital: Hospital Beds
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of critical care and intensive treatment beds at Northwick Park hospital; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	2642
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>Northwick Park hospital has a total of 31 critical care beds. Beds are constantly flexed according to clinical need.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 24/10/2019 11:53:26 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1150927

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2019
	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	Northwick Park Hospital: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the level of the backlog of maintenance work at Northwick Park hospital; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	2644
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department collects data on backlog maintenance annually from National Health Service trusts through its Estates Returns Information Collection. The accuracy of the data is the responsibility of the contributing NHS organisations. The total backlog maintenance for Northwick Park Hospital for 2018-19 was £141 million.</p><p> </p><p>Improving the quality and safety of the NHS estate is a key part of the NHS Long Term Plan. Reduction and elimination of backlog maintenance is an element of this, combined with simultaneously making the estate better through reconfiguration. These steps will enable NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts, not primary or social care, to maintain their services and ensure they can provide patients with high quality care, both now and in future.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 24/10/2019 14:21:07 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas