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1144677

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2019
	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	NHS: Capital Investment
	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 capital funding has been (a) allocated to and (b) spent by (i) NHS foundation trusts and (ii) NHS trusts per capita in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Totnes
	tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
	uin	286728
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>National Health Service capital expenditure by NHS providers is funded in large part through their ability to generate income via trading activity with Commissioners. This internally generated financing is supplemented by Departmental financing in the form of repayable capital loans and Public Dividend Capital (PDC) for specific strategic initiatives, for example sustainability and transformation partnerships funding; for investment to address pressures on urgent and emergency care over the winter period or for investment in strategic technology fields.</p><p>Details of these investments can be found in the annual report ‘Financial Assistance under Section 40 of the National Health Service Act 2006’, which is published alongside the Department’s Annual Report. This can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dhsc-annual-report-and-accounts-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dhsc-annual-report-and-accounts-2018-to-2019</a></p><p>The following table provides detail of the outturn Capital Departmental Expenditure Limit (CDEL) for foundation trusts and NHS trusts over the past five years.</p><p>It is not possible to provide this information ‘per capita’ as there is no fixed population or geographical boundary for any given hospital trust.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Foundation Trust CDEL Outturn Expenditure (£,000s)</p></td><td><p>1,925,555</p></td><td><p>1,795,693</p></td><td><p>1,815,837</p></td><td><p>2,061,023</p></td><td><p>2,380,091</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Trust CDEL Outturn Expenditure (£,000s)</p></td><td><p>1,381,276</p></td><td><p>1,146,203</p></td><td><p>1,049,501</p></td><td><p>1,002,017</p></td><td><p>1,551,799</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total NHS Provider CDEL Outturn Expenditure (£,000s)</p></td><td><p>3,306,831</p></td><td><p>2,941,896</p></td><td><p>2,865,338</p></td><td><p>3,063,040</p></td><td><p>3,931,890</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 09/09/2019 14:54:15 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

1144678

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2019
	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	Medical Records: Databases
	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 (a) NHS trusts and (b) NHS foundation trusts have implemented an Electronic Patient Record system; and how many patients’ records are recorded on those systems.
	tabling member constituency	Totnes
	tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
	uin	286729
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>NHS Digital has advised that currently there are 71 National Health Service trusts and 108 NHS foundation trusts who have implemented an Electronic Patient Record System. NHS Digital does not routinely collect data on the overall number of patients’ records and therefore the number of patient’s records is not held on the Electronic Patient Record System.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 09/09/2019 16:30:47 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
	tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

1144679

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2019
	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	NHS: Capital Investment
	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 bids for capital spending (a) his Department, (b) NHS England and (c) NHS Improvement have (i) accepted and (ii) fully funded in each of the last five years; and what the total value was of those bids in each of those years.
	tabling member constituency	Totnes
	tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
	uin	286730
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The number of bids received by the Department and NHS England and NHS Improvement for capital spending are not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 09/09/2019 14:55:14 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

1144680

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2019
	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	Hospitals: Heating
	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 overheating occurrences triggering a risk assessment were recorded by (a) NHS trusts and( b) foundation trusts in (i) England and (ii) Totnes in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Totnes
	tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
	uin	286731
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 09/09/2019 17:19:23 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

1145318

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Marriage: Humanism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to amend section 14 of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 to give legal recognition to humanist marriages before waiting for the outcome of the Law Commission’s review.
	tabling member constituency	Totnes
	tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
	uin	287918
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>The Law Commission review that the Government announced this June is a fundamental review of the law on how and where people can legally marry in England and Wales. As part of that review, the Government invited the Law Commission to make recommendations about how marriage by humanist and other non-religious belief organisations could be incorporated into a revised or new scheme for all marriages that is simple, fair and consistent.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 03/10/2019 14:47:41 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

1145319

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Marriage: Humanism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons the Law Commission is undertaking a review into humanist marriages.
	tabling member constituency	Totnes
	tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
	uin	287919
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>The Law Commission review that the Government announced this June is a fundamental review of the law on how and where people can legally marry in England and Wales. The law has been added to over several centuries without any systematic reform.</p><p> </p><p>As part of that review, the Government invited the Law Commission to make recommendations about how marriage by humanist and other non-religious belief organisations could be incorporated into a revised or new scheme for all marriages that is simple, fair and consistent.</p><p> </p><p>The Law Commission has published the terms of reference for the review at https://www.lawcom.gov.uk/project/weddings/.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 03/10/2019 14:47:04 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

1145320

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Marriage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funding has been allocated to the Law Commission review of the law on marriage.
	tabling member constituency	Totnes
	tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
	uin	287920
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>The Law Commission will review the law on how and where people can marry in England and Wales, and will provide recommendations for a simple, fair and consistent system which gives couples choice in to marry in a way that is meaningful to them. The cost of this project will be approximately £400,000.</p><p> </p><p>This cost is for the resource for two years of a project team made up of one full-time lawyer, one full-time research assistant, a proportion of the time of a team manager and some travel, publication and translation costs (totalling approximately £150,000 per year) plus the cost of engaging a specialist academic (£50,000 per year).</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 03/10/2019 14:51:15 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

1146812

	registered interest
	date	27/09/2019
	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	5G
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to introduce safety tests on the proposed 5G pilot projects.
	tabling member constituency	Totnes
	tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
	uin	291573
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>Safety must always be paramount in technological developments and there is no credible evidence 5G is harmful to human health. All proposed 5G Testbeds and Trials (5GTT) projects have to comply with the guidelines published by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection. ICNIRP is formally recognised by the World Health Organization. Public Health England’s Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards takes the lead on public health matters associated with radiofrequency electromagnetic fields, or radio waves.</p><p> </p><p>The 5GTT has strict expectations that all grant funded projects will adhere to ICNIRP guidelines. A considerable amount of research has been carried out on radio waves and per PHE’s advice we anticipate no negative effects on public health.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 08/10/2019 11:11:56 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
	tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

1146813

	registered interest
	date	27/09/2019
	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	5G: Health Hazards
	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 risk to health posed by 5G connectivity.
	tabling member constituency	Totnes
	tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
	uin	291574
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) has published a webpage about exposure to the radio waves from mobile phone base stations, including those for 5G networks, at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mobile-phone-base-stations-radio-waves-and-health/mobile-phone-base-stations-radio-waves-and-health" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mobile-phone-base-stations-radio-waves-and-health/mobile-phone-base-stations-radio-waves-and-health</a></p><p>This explains the health-related reviews and assessments have been performed, as well as the practical measures that are in place to protect public health.</p><p>PHE continues to monitor the health-related evidence applicable to radio waves, including in relation to base stations, and is committed to updating its advice as required.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 02/10/2019 16:32:21 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

1146817

	registered interest
	date	27/09/2019
	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	Abd a-Rahman a-Shteiwi
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Israeli Government on the alleged shooting by the Israeli Defence Force of a 9 year old Palestinian boy, Abd a-Rahman a-Shteiwi on 12 July 2019; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Totnes
	tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
	uin	291575
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>​Our Embassy in Tel Aviv has raised the death of Abd a-Rahman with the Israeli authorities, stressing the importance of protecting civilians, especially children. The Government is very concerned at the high numbers of Palestinian children killed and injured by Israel Defense Forces in the West Bank and Gaza. We have raised the issue of excessive use of force, including use of live ammunition with both the Office of the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories and the Israeli Ministry of Defense.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 02/10/2019 14:56:53 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston