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1057000

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2019
	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, what progress his Department has made in reviewing the potential effect of the salary threshold for EU citizens after 29 March 2019 on recruitment in the arts sector.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	218764
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2019 answer text <p>In the event that a deal is reached with the European Union (EU) on withdrawing from the bloc, there will be an implementation period between 29 March 2019 and 31 December 2020 during which nothing will change regarding the ability of EU citizens to come and work in the UK, including those working in the arts sector.</p><p>If the UK leaves the EU without agreeing a deal, the arrangements for EU citizens arriving in the UK after 29 March 2019, whether for holidays or for short visits, for work or study, of up to three months, will not look any different for a transitional period until the new skills-based immigration system is implemented in 2021. However, to stay longer than three months, EU citizens newly arrived in this transitional period will need to apply for European Temporary Leave to Remain, which, subject to identity and criminality checks, will mean that they can remain here, including to work or study, for a further 36 months.</p><p>In either scenario, there will be no minimum salary threshold for those coming here to work.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 13/02/2019 16:44:54 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1058955

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Assistance Animals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to ensure that his Department's service providers display stickers to welcome assistance dogs.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	219334
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>Each contract award is based on criteria relevant to that contract. The displaying of stickers to welcome assistance dogs is not always applicable. Social Value, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion considerations are of importance and these factors are considered during the procurement process as well as throughout the lifecycle of contracts where relevant and proportionate to do so.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 18/02/2019 17:18:31 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

432323

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Crime and Courts Act 2013
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which sections of the Crime and Courts Act 2013 have not yet been implemented.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	17595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <p>Most of the Act has been implemented, but the sections which have not been commenced are listed below.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Provision Not in Force</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>s.26(1), (3)-(8)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>s.40</strong> <strong>ss. 41 &amp; 42 (in so far as they are ancillary to section 40)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>S.56 and Sch.22 </strong> <strong>(commenced in England and Wales only)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sch. 8 (11)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sch. 9 (62) </strong>(Repealed)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sch. 13 Part 4</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>s.44 (only to the extent it enacts the following provisions in Sch. 16)</strong> <strong>Sch. 16, Part 4 (11-21)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sch. 19</strong> <strong>(not commenced in Northern Ireland)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sch. 20 (1-15)</strong> <strong>(not commenced in Scotland)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sch.23</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 03/12/2015 15:07:50 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

693820

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and War Pensions: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many First-tier Tribunals in respect of war pensions and armed forces compensation took place in each quarter in each of the last five years; and in how many of those cases the tribunals found in favour of the complainants.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	65316
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>The number of appeals heard by the First-tier Tribunal (War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Chamber) is published on gov.uk <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2016</a> ; the number which were found in favour of the appellant could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald question first answered 02/03/2017 12:17:30 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1054764

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Sleeping Rough: Death
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that deaths of rough sleepers are recorded.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	216149
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>In England and Wales deaths are recorded by the Registrar of Births and Deaths, who will issue a death certificate. Registrars receive information about the cause of death from either a Qualified Attending Practitioner (who is usually the last attending GP or hospital doctor) or a Coroner, depending upon the type of death. The purpose of the death certificate is to record the cause of death. The death certificate will also record the person’s ‘usual’ address.</p><p>The Secretary of State committed in an Urgent Question on 20 December (Official report, Column 995) to raising with the Ministry of Justice what more could be done to accurately record the housing status of a deceased person on death certificates. Officials are currently taking this work forward.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 07/02/2019 17:46:38 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1054766

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Homelessness: Newcastle-under-Lyme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of homeless people in Newcastle-under-Lyme between 2015 and 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	216150
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government collates data on statutory homelessness from local authorities and publishes them. The figures for the number of households in Newcastle-upon-Lyme that have had a main homelessness duty accepted are shown in the table below. The figures are taken from the published tables that can be viewed via the link below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial <br> year</p></td><td><p>Households in Newcastle-upon-Lyme that have had a main homelessness duty accepted</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19 Q1<br> April - June</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>For 2014/15 to 2017/18 data see &quot;Table 784: local authorities' action under the homelessness provisions of the Housing Acts, financial years 2004-05 to 2017/18 (revised)&quot;.</p><p>For 2018/19 Q1 data, which is the most recent published, see &quot;Main duty tables&quot;.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness</a>.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 07/02/2019 17:43:31 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

533668

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Electronic Cigarettes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Public Health of 17 December 2015, Official Report, column 638WH, when he plans to publish the Public Health Research Consortium report on the effect of e-cigarettes.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	42210
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>The Department’s Policy Research Programme funds the Public Health Research Consortium (PHRC). The PHRC is undertaking the project ‘E-Cigarettes: Development of Tools to Measure Norms Towards Ordinary Cigarettes and Nicotine Use’. This started in April 2015 and is currently in the write-up stage. It is due to go to peer review and publication plans will be developed subsequently.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 42182 question first answered 12/07/2016 14:56:43 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

223302

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which consultancy firm has been commissioned to review the challenged local health economy of (a) Staffordshire, (b) Eastern Cheshire, (c) South West London, (d) North East London, (e) Cumbria, (f) Mid Essex, (g) Cambridge and Peterborough, (h) Leicestershire, (i) Northamptonshire, (j) East Sussex and (k) Devon; and when each such firm started its work in each area.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	225295
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>The work to support the 11 challenged health economies was commissioned jointly by Monitor, NHS Trust Development Authority and NHS England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Consultancy firms were not commissioned to produce reports on the local health economies, as described in the question, but to support the local health economies with the development and strengthening of their strategic plans.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 225293 225294 question first answered 05/03/2015 16:11:22 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison previous answer version 47107 answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

223300

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the consultancy reports he has commissioned into the challenged local health economy of (a) Staffordshire, (b) Eastern Cheshire, (c) South West London, (d) North East London, (e) Cumbria, (f) Mid Essex, (g) Cambridge and Peterborough, (h) Leicestershire, (i) Northamptonshire, (j) East Sussex and (k) Devon has been completed; and when copies of each completed report were delivered to (i) the project's Joint Programme Board, (ii) NHS England, (iii) the Trust Development Authority, (iv) Monitor and (v) his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	225293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>The work to support the 11 challenged health economies was commissioned jointly by Monitor, NHS Trust Development Authority and NHS England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Consultancy firms were not commissioned to produce reports on the local health economies, as described in the question, but to support the local health economies with the development and strengthening of their strategic plans.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 225294 225295 question first answered 05/03/2015 16:11:17 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison previous answer version 47105 answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

533613

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Tobacco
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to include reduced-harm products in the Government's tobacco control plan on account of their potential health benefits to smokers.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	42183
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>For the first time, from May 2016, cessation information to signpost consumers to quitting support has become mandatory on tobacco products. The Government’s advice remains that the best thing a smoker can do is to quit and quit for good. Any smokers wanting to quit, with or without the help of products available on the market, are four times more likely to stop smoking and quit for good with the personalised support offered by local stop smoking services.</p><p> </p><p>The National Centre for Stop Smoking Services has issued guidance on offering advice to those wanting to use e-cigarettes as part of their quit attempts and encouraged local stop smoking services to be open to their use.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that some people have found e-cigarettes helpful in quitting smoking and that they are considerably less harmful than continuing to smoke. The forthcoming tobacco control plan will consider the role of e-cigarettes and other harm reduction products in further reducing the prevalence of smoking in England.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has no current plans to review the restrictions on advertising for tobacco products.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 42180 42181 question first answered 12/07/2016 14:54:44 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

179157

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish the full reports by KPMG he commissioned into the health economies of (a) Staffordshire, (b) Eastern Cheshire, (c) South West London, (d) North East London, (e) Cumbria, (f) Mid Essex, (g) Cambridge and Peterborough, (h) Leicestershire, (i) Northamptonshire, (j) East Sussex and (k) Devon.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	224148
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>As part of NHS England, NHS Trust Development Authority (TDA) and Monitor’s joint project to support 11 challenged local health economies develop clinically and financially sustainable five-year strategic plans, four consultancy firms (including KPMG) were commissioned to support the local areas with the development and strengthening of their plans.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Reports were provided by the consultants to support the project’s Programme Board, consisting of NHS England, TDA and Monitor, to manage the contracts and ensure that the service specification was being met.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Work is ongoing based on the contents of these reports and there are a number of steps that have to be undertaken in each of the local health economies before these reports can be released: the production of the five-year strategic plan, consideration of the plan, consultation on possible reforms to the health economy, recommendations for possible reforms following consultation, and implementation of recommendations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To release the reports ahead of the steps identified above being completed would be likely to prejudice their outcome. The timescales for the above processes will be different in each of the 11 areas and, as the strategic plans are produced, they are made available from the relevant clinical commissioning group websites through their board papers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 224177 question first answered 23/02/2015 16:38:42 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

574104

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Reorganisation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish NHS Sustainability and Transformation Plans for (a) Staffordshire and (b) other constituent parts of the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	44725
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2016 answer text <p>Sustainability and Transformation Plan proposals are currently at a draft stage, but it is expected that all local leaders will be talking to the public and stakeholders regularly as it is vital that people are able to shape the future of their local services. No changes to the services people currently receive will be made without local engagement and, where required, consultation. There are longstanding assurance processes in place to make sure this happens. All footprints will submit an updated plan in October, with further formal public engagement and consultation taking place from this point, as appropriate. Many footprints are already publishing patient-facing summaries as part of their engagement programme.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat grouped question UIN 44736 question first answered 07/09/2016 14:50:03 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

782761

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Community Hospitals: Staffordshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to receive the Independent Reconfiguration Panel's report and recommendations into local authority referrals to his Department of community hospital bed closures in North Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	111041
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department is considering the case, and an announcement will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 06/11/2017 15:43:59 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

782755

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Staffordshire and Stoke On Trent Partnership NHS Trust
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when NHS (a) England and (b) Improvement received the Capped Expenditure Programme report for Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	111038
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2017 answer text <p>As happens prior to the start of every financial year, the National Health Service was asked by the Department to develop a plan for balancing NHS budgets in 2017/18. As part of their plan, NHS England and NHS Improvement have designed and implemented the capped expenditure process (CEP), and they therefore have lead responsibility for it.</p><p> </p><p>CEP is an extension of the annual planning process. Financial performance information for each clinical commissioning group (CCG) (and in total for CCGs) can be found in the quarterly published Financial Performance Reports, accessible via the link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/financial-performance-reports/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/financial-performance-reports/</a></p><p>As with all public services, local NHS areas need to live within the budget agreed – otherwise they effectively take up resources that could be spent on general practitioners, mental health care, and cancer treatment. As part of their financial planning, NHS England and NHS Improvement have been running a process to look at how a small number of areas could do more to balance their financial plans, as many already have.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England have published, at a national level, documents which describe the overall approach. Individual clinical commissioning groups directly affected will reflect the impact of the capped expenditure process as part of their publication of plans, and will comply with any further requirements for consultation.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 111043 question first answered 10/11/2017 12:28:58 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

782765

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Better Care Fund: Stoke on Trent
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the timescale is for his Department's Regional Assurance Panel to decide whether to approve Stoke-on-Trent's Better Care Fund plan.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	111042
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2017 answer text <p>Strong Better Care Fund (BCF) plans are in everyone’s interest. The regional assurance of BCF plans is a joint process between NHS England and local government, with NHS England having the final decision as part of its Senior Responsible Officer Role. As stipulated in the Integration and Better Care Fund Planning Requirements 2017-19, local areas should submit their BCF plans by 11 September 2017 for regional assurance.</p><p> </p><p>Stoke-on-Trent has submitted its BCF plan after the deadline. The BCF plan is now being reviewed by the Regional Assurance Panel. As a next step, the Panel will make a recommendation for Stoke-on-Trent's BCF shortly to the national team.</p><p> </p><p>The Integration and BCF Planning Requirements 2017-19 can be found on NHS England’s website:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/integration-better-care-fund-planning-requirements.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/integration-better-care-fund-planning-requirements.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 08/11/2017 17:44:35 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

782758

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships: Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the staffing budget is for 2017-18 for the team overseeing the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Sustainability and Transformation Plan.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	111040
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2017 answer text <p>Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (STP) are not statutory organisations, and therefore cannot directly employ staff. The vast majority of work conducted within STP areas has therefore been conducted by existing staff from organisations within the STP, sometimes in addition to their duties.</p><p> </p><p>Given this, NHS England has advised that the total staff spend of developing the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent STP could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 08/11/2017 17:25:20 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

782771

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships: Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the final funding gap was for health and social care in (a) Staffordshire and (b) Stoke-on-Trent for 2016-17 to be included in the updated local Sustainability and Transformation Plan process.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	111045
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2017 answer text <p>NHS England advises that the total financial position recorded by healthcare organisations who are members of the Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP) in 2016/17 is as below. A number of organisations span the city and county borders and so it is not possible to apportion the financial positions between Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Surplus (Deficit) in 2016/17 (£ million)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Providers</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (FT)</p></td><td><p>(10.07)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>(47.49)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare NHS FT</p></td><td><p>3.13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>0.84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Partnership NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>(28.83)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total for Providers</p></td><td><p>(82.42)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs)</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>(4.38)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke on Trent</p></td><td><p>(5.67)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stafford and Surrounds</p></td><td><p>(12.66)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East Staffordshire and Seisdon</p></td><td><p>(7.70)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cannock Chase</p></td><td><p>(9.35)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total for CCGs</p></td><td><p>(39.76)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total for STP Footprint</p></td><td><p>(122.17)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Looking forward, the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent STP forecasts that the health service providers will have the following financial positions in each financial year between 2017 to 2021, both if no action is taken and if the STP is implemented.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2017/18 (£'000)</p></td><td><p>2018/19 (£'000)</p></td><td><p>2019/20 (£'000)</p></td><td><p>2020/21 (£'000)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Do Nothing forecast (Deficit)/Surplus</p></td><td><p>(169,268)</p></td><td><p>(212,666)</p></td><td><p>(252,888)</p></td><td><p>(285,402)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Do Something forecast (Deficit)/Surplus</p></td><td><p>(119,557)</p></td><td><p>(111,798)</p></td><td><p>(91,300)</p></td><td><p>1,420</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The forecast position included the £6 million recurrent deficit due to the integration of Cannock Hospital at the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 111039 question first answered 08/11/2017 17:28:57 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

223301

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the expected target dates are for completion of the reports commissioned from consultants into the challenged local health economy of (a) Staffordshire, (b) Eastern Cheshire, (c) South West London, (d) North East London, (e) Cumbria, (f) Mid Essex, (g) Cambridge and Peterborough, (h) Leicestershire, (i) Northamptonshire, (j) East Sussex and (k) Devon; and when he expects copies of reports to be delivered to (i) the project's Joint Programme Board, (ii) NHS England, (iii) the Trust Development Authority, (iv) Monitor and (v) his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	225294
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>The work to support the 11 challenged health economies was commissioned jointly by Monitor, NHS Trust Development Authority and NHS England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Consultancy firms were not commissioned to produce reports on the local health economies, as described in the question, but to support the local health economies with the development and strengthening of their strategic plans.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 225293 225295 question first answered 05/03/2015 16:11:21 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison previous answer version 47106 answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

782762

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships: Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the current and projected funding gap are for health and social care in (a) Staffordshire and (b) Stoke-on-Trent for (i) 2017-18, (ii) 2018-19, (iii) 2019-20 and (iv) 2020-21 within the updated local Sustainability and Transformation Plan process.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	111039
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2017 answer text <p>NHS England advises that the total financial position recorded by healthcare organisations who are members of the Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP) in 2016/17 is as below. A number of organisations span the city and county borders and so it is not possible to apportion the financial positions between Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Surplus (Deficit) in 2016/17 (£ million)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Providers</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (FT)</p></td><td><p>(10.07)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>(47.49)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare NHS FT</p></td><td><p>3.13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>0.84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Partnership NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>(28.83)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total for Providers</p></td><td><p>(82.42)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs)</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>(4.38)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke on Trent</p></td><td><p>(5.67)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stafford and Surrounds</p></td><td><p>(12.66)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East Staffordshire and Seisdon</p></td><td><p>(7.70)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cannock Chase</p></td><td><p>(9.35)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total for CCGs</p></td><td><p>(39.76)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total for STP Footprint</p></td><td><p>(122.17)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Looking forward, the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent STP forecasts that the health service providers will have the following financial positions in each financial year between 2017 to 2021, both if no action is taken and if the STP is implemented.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2017/18 (£'000)</p></td><td><p>2018/19 (£'000)</p></td><td><p>2019/20 (£'000)</p></td><td><p>2020/21 (£'000)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Do Nothing forecast (Deficit)/Surplus</p></td><td><p>(169,268)</p></td><td><p>(212,666)</p></td><td><p>(252,888)</p></td><td><p>(285,402)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Do Something forecast (Deficit)/Surplus</p></td><td><p>(119,557)</p></td><td><p>(111,798)</p></td><td><p>(91,300)</p></td><td><p>1,420</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The forecast position included the £6 million recurrent deficit due to the integration of Cannock Hospital at the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 111045 question first answered 08/11/2017 17:28:57 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

789099

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Bradwell Hospital
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the public purse has been of (a) redundancies and (b) the decommissioning of facilities following the closure in March 2017 of wards at Bradwell community hospital in Newcastle-under-Lyme.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	112896
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally. Commissioning decisions are taken by the local National Health Service and include working with local people and with clinicians to ensure that changes are in the best interests of patients. Data on redundancies that is centrally held cannot be sufficiently disaggregated to this level.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 22/11/2017 17:15:32 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

533611

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Smoking: Health Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to advise smokers on the range of harm-reduction products available to help them quit smoking.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	42181
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>For the first time, from May 2016, cessation information to signpost consumers to quitting support has become mandatory on tobacco products. The Government’s advice remains that the best thing a smoker can do is to quit and quit for good. Any smokers wanting to quit, with or without the help of products available on the market, are four times more likely to stop smoking and quit for good with the personalised support offered by local stop smoking services.</p><p> </p><p>The National Centre for Stop Smoking Services has issued guidance on offering advice to those wanting to use e-cigarettes as part of their quit attempts and encouraged local stop smoking services to be open to their use.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that some people have found e-cigarettes helpful in quitting smoking and that they are considerably less harmful than continuing to smoke. The forthcoming tobacco control plan will consider the role of e-cigarettes and other harm reduction products in further reducing the prevalence of smoking in England.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has no current plans to review the restrictions on advertising for tobacco products.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 42180 42183 question first answered 12/07/2016 14:54:44 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

533612

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Electronic Cigarettes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent work his Department has commissioned with the Public Health Research Consortium on the effects of e-cigarettes.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	42182
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>The Department’s Policy Research Programme funds the Public Health Research Consortium (PHRC). The PHRC is undertaking the project ‘E-Cigarettes: Development of Tools to Measure Norms Towards Ordinary Cigarettes and Nicotine Use’. This started in April 2015 and is currently in the write-up stage. It is due to go to peer review and publication plans will be developed subsequently.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 42210 question first answered 12/07/2016 14:56:43 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

533610

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Tobacco: Advertising
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to review advertising regulations for reduced-harm tobacco products to take account of the potential of those products to help people quit smoking.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	42180
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>For the first time, from May 2016, cessation information to signpost consumers to quitting support has become mandatory on tobacco products. The Government’s advice remains that the best thing a smoker can do is to quit and quit for good. Any smokers wanting to quit, with or without the help of products available on the market, are four times more likely to stop smoking and quit for good with the personalised support offered by local stop smoking services.</p><p> </p><p>The National Centre for Stop Smoking Services has issued guidance on offering advice to those wanting to use e-cigarettes as part of their quit attempts and encouraged local stop smoking services to be open to their use.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that some people have found e-cigarettes helpful in quitting smoking and that they are considerably less harmful than continuing to smoke. The forthcoming tobacco control plan will consider the role of e-cigarettes and other harm reduction products in further reducing the prevalence of smoking in England.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has no current plans to review the restrictions on advertising for tobacco products.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 42181 42183 question first answered 12/07/2016 14:54:44 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

782770

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what financial reports (a) his Department, (b) NHS England and (c) NHS Improvement have received since placing University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust in special measures; and if he will publish those reports in the Library.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	111044
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2017 answer text <p>NHS Improvement is responsible for overseeing foundation trusts and National Health Service trusts and, as part of its remit to support these providers deliver financially sustainable healthcare, will lead on all direct action needed with providers in financial difficulty. This may include placing a provider into special measures for financial reasons as a regulatory measure to bring about swift improvement in challenged NHS providers’ finances. With the help of these measures, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is making progress, and plans to achieve financial balance in 2019-20.</p><p> </p><p>All trusts under these measures will provide routine monthly financial reports to NHS Improvement. These are in the public domain and published as part of the Board papers on trusts’ websites.</p><p> </p><p>Financial reports on specific trusts in financial special measures are not routinely collected by the Department or NHS England.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 08/11/2017 10:50:06 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

782756

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Clinical Commissioning Groups: Staffordshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions (a) his Department, (b) NHS England or (c) NHS Improvement have had with the six clinical commissioning groups in Staffordshire regarding merging those groups into one body.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	111046
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2017 answer text <p>NHS England has an ongoing relationship with all the clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in Staffordshire.</p><p> </p><p>With the agreement of NHS England, the Staffordshire CCGs have agreed to the appointment of a joint Accountable Officer (AO), shared by all the CCGs. On 25 October, it was announced that, following a competitive interview process, Marcus Warnes has been appointed to this post. He is currently the AO of North Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent CCGs. Marcus Warnes starts his new role from 1 November 2017 for five out of the six CCGs. He will be supported by Tony Bruce who will remain as AO for East Staffordshire CCG until he leaves in March 2018. Marcus Warnes will then take on the role for East Staffordshire CCG.</p><p> </p><p>The CCGs are also currently working through a process to bring together a joint executive team. This process is at a relatively early stage.</p><p> </p><p>Each CCG will retain its own legal status, ensuring decisions are locally led.</p><p> </p><p>The Department and NHS Improvement have not had any direct discussions with CCGs in Staffordshire about merging.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 08/11/2017 17:41:35 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

782759

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Haywood Hospital
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions (a) NHS England or (b) NHS Improvement have had with (a) North Staffordshire and (b) Stoke-on-Trent Clinical Commissioning Groups on the future of wards at the Haywood Hospital in Stoke-on-Trent.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	111051
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2017 answer text <p>Decisions on configuration such as this are best made by the local National Health Service, who can assess how to meet the needs of people in their area. NHS England and NHS Improvement have issued guidance to the system that can help to support local areas in making these decisions.</p><p> </p><p>For any significant system reconfiguration, the expectation is that all local parts of the system talk to the public and stakeholders regularly.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, all significant service change is subject to a full public consultation and proposals must meet the Government’s four reconfiguration tests. These are support from clinical commissioners, clarity on the clinical evidence base, robust patient and public engagement and support for patient choice. There is additional NHS England guidance which means that proposed service reconfigurations should be tested for their impact on overall bed numbers in the area.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 08/11/2017 17:45:40 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

523531

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Visual Impairment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of whether the Government is on target to eliminate avoidable blindness by 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	39772
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>The indicator within the Public Health Outcomes Framework brings together the range of information on levels of preventable sight loss in a single place.</p><p>The indicator is made up of four sub-indicators which are measuring the crude rates of Age-Related Macular Degeneration, glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy, and of the rate of sight loss certifications per 100,000 population.</p><p>The latest data published by the Public Health Outcomes framework show that there were the following new certifications of visual impairment in 2013/14:</p><p> </p><p>- 11,055 for age related macular degeneration, a decrease of 90 from 2012/13;</p><p>- 3,432 for glaucoma, an increase of 141 from 2012/13;</p><p>- 1,563 for diabetic eye disease, a decrease of 29 from 2012/13; and</p><p>- 22,911 overall new certifications (all causes), an increase of 264 from 2012/13.</p><p> </p><p>Early detection is essential to tackling preventable sight loss. A range of treatment and services are in place in the National Health Service to deal with the key causes of preventable sight loss.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 13/06/2016 08:33:18 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

789124

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Reorganisation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answers of 8 November 2017 to Questions 111039 and 111045, on NHS: reorganisation, what the final funding gap was for social care in (a) Staffordshire and (b) Stoke-on-Trent for 2016-17; and what the projected funding gaps for each such organisation are for (i) 2017-18, (ii) 2018-19, (iii) 2019-20 and (iv) 2020-21 within the updated local sustainability and transformation plan process.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	112835
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not collect this information.</p><p> </p><p>We have taken several steps to help secure a strong and sustainable social care system, including the Budget announcement of an extra £2 billion in funding. Taken together, Government funding decisions since 2015 will give councils access to £9.25 billion more dedicated funding for social care over the next three years.</p><p> </p><p>Adult social care is a locally delivered system and it is up to local authorities to plan how best to use their available funding to provide services for their residents based on knowledge of local need.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 22/11/2017 15:19:35 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

789122

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Partnership NHS Trust
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answers of 10 November 2017 to Questions 111038 and 111043, if he will instruct (a) his Department, (b) NHS England, (c) NHS Improvement or (d) the local clinical commissioning groups to publish the Capped Expenditure Programme report for Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	112833
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>Specific reports on the detail of capped expenditure processes were not produced. This process was one of a series of measures that were used to help local National Health Service organisations to develop balanced financial plans for the year. Therefore the results of these measures are embedded in local plans.</p><p> </p><p>The financial challenge for the region is clearly set out in their Sustainability and Transformation Plan “Transforming health and care for Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent - STP – October 21st Submission”:</p><p><a href="http://www.twbstaffsandstoke.org.uk/index.php/document-library/5-161215-transforming-health-and-care-for-staffordshire-stoke-on-trent-stp/file" target="_blank">http://www.twbstaffsandstoke.org.uk/index.php/document-library/5-161215-transforming-health-and-care-for-staffordshire-stoke-on-trent-stp/file</a></p><p>Progress to manage that financial challenge will be reported individually by trusts and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in plans and board papers, for example:</p><p> </p><p>In operational plans, CCGs will explain their measures to recover any financial planning gaps, in some cases produce financial recover plans. Operational plans for CCGs in the region can be found via the following links:</p><p> </p><p>- Stafford and Surrounds, Cannock Chase and South East Staffordshire and Seisdon Peninsula CCGs:</p><p><a href="http://www.staffordsurroundsccg.nhs.uk/news-events/publications/our-strategies-and-plan/467-staffordshire-ccgs-operation-plan-2017-19/file" target="_blank">http://www.staffordsurroundsccg.nhs.uk/news-events/publications/our-strategies-and-plan/467-staffordshire-ccgs-operation-plan-2017-19/file</a></p><p> </p><p>- Stoke on Trent and North Staffordshire CCGs:</p><p><a href="https://www.stokeccg.nhs.uk/governance/annual-reports/2017-4/889-north-staffordshire-stoke-on-trent-ccgs-annual-review-summary-2016-17/file" target="_blank">https://www.stokeccg.nhs.uk/governance/annual-reports/2017-4/889-north-staffordshire-stoke-on-trent-ccgs-annual-review-summary-2016-17/file</a></p><p>- East Staffordshire CCG:</p><p><a href="http://eaststaffsccg.nhs.uk/publications/annual-reports/541-looking-back-and-looking-forward-2017/file" target="_blank">http://eaststaffsccg.nhs.uk/publications/annual-reports/541-looking-back-and-looking-forward-2017/file</a></p><p>In monthly board reports, trusts will explain their current position against agreed plans, measures to eliminate risk and deliver against financial controls. Latest board papers for trusts in the region can be found via the following links:</p><p> </p><p>- Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Partnership NHS Trust:</p><p><a href="https://www.staffordshireandstokeontrent.nhs.uk/About-Us/meetings-and-papers.htm" target="_blank">https://www.staffordshireandstokeontrent.nhs.uk/About-Us/meetings-and-papers.htm</a></p><p>- University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust:</p><p><a href="http://www.uhnm.nhs.uk/aboutus/TrustBoardPapers/Pages/TrustBoardPapers.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.uhnm.nhs.uk/aboutus/TrustBoardPapers/Pages/TrustBoardPapers.aspx</a></p><p>- Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust:</p><p><a href="http://www.burtonhospitals.nhs.uk/trust-meetings.htm" target="_blank">http://www.burtonhospitals.nhs.uk/trust-meetings.htm</a></p><p>- North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust:</p><p><a href="https://www.combined.nhs.uk/about-us/our-board/previous-board-meetings/" target="_blank">https://www.combined.nhs.uk/about-us/our-board/previous-board-meetings/</a></p><p>- South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust:</p><p><a href="http://www.sssft.nhs.uk/about/board-meetings" target="_blank">http://www.sssft.nhs.uk/about/board-meetings</a></p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 22/11/2017 14:22:58 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

789127

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships: Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent
	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 8 November 2017 to Question 111051, on Haywood Hospital, what the remuneration is of the (a) new Chair of the Health and Transformation Board overseeing the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) and (b) the Director overseeing the STP; and what the combined remuneration is of the (i) Assistant Director, (ii) Finance Director and his support staff and (iii) Medical Director of that STP
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	112838
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (STPs) are not statutory organisations, and cannot directly employ staff. The vast majority of work within STP areas has therefore been performed by existing staff, sometimes in addition to existing duties. It is therefore difficult to differentiate the salary between the individuals existing work, and their new work on the STP.</p><p> </p><p>The total remuneration for the overall roles requested, including both existing work and STP duties, is £480,297.10.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 22/11/2017 14:59:53 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

789126

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Haywood Hospital
	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 8 November 2017 to Question 111051, on Haywood Hospital, what discussions the new Accountable Officer for the six clinical commissioning groups in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire has had with (a) NHS England and (b) NHS Improvement on the future of wards at the Haywood Hospital in Stoke-on-Trent.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	112837
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement have both advised that no discussions have taken place with local clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), or the Accountable Officer for the six CCGs, specifically relating to the future of wards at the Haywood Hospital.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 22/11/2017 15:06:05 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

789121

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Clinical Commissioning Groups: Staffordshire
	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 8 November 2017 to Question 111046, what discussions NHS England has had with the six clinical commissioning groups in Staffordshire on merging those groups into one county-wide body; and who led any such discussions.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	112832
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>NHS England advises that there are no plans to merge the clinical commissioning groups and that no discussions have taken place regarding this matter.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 22/11/2017 14:48:31 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

789123

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
	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 8 November 2017 to Question 111044, on University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, for what reasons (a) his Department and (b) NHS England do not receive financial reports on NHS trusts in financial special measures.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	112834
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>It is for NHS Improvement to oversee and regulate National Health Service providers and, when necessary, to intervene to ensure the delivery of financially sustainable healthcare. This intervention may include placing a provider into special measures for financial reasons, and monitoring the progress of those individual providers. NHS England and the Department do not intervene in specific NHS providers matters such as these. The Department holds NHS Improvement to account for the delivery of their objectives, and fully supports their actions to improve the finances of the sector.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 22/11/2017 14:14:46 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

789125

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Better Care Fund: Stoke on Trent
	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 8 November 2017 to Question 111042, on Better Care Fund: Stoke-on-Trent, whether the Regional Assurance Panel has made a recommendation to his national team on Stoke-on-Trent's Better Care Fund Plan.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	112836
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>I informed the hon. Member in my answer of 8 November 2017 to Question 111042 that the Regional Assurance Panel will make a recommendation on Stoke-on-Trent's Better Care Fund (BCF) plan shortly to the national team.</p><p> </p><p>We can now provide an update that the national team has received and considered the recommendation from the Regional Assurance Panel. As stipulated in the Integration and Better Care Fund Planning Requirements 2017-19, advice on approval is first reviewed by the Integration Partnership Board (IPB), which is jointly chaired by the Department of Health and Department for Communities and Local Government, with representation from partners including the Local Government Association, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services and NHS England, before NHS England make the final decision as part of its Senior Responsible Officer Role. The Regional Assurance Panel’s recommendation on Stoke-on-Trent’s BCF plan has been circulated to the IPB for consideration and forwarded to NHS England. We expect that a decision and formal letter will be issued shortly.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 22/11/2017 15:01:24 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

789128

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Haywood Hospital
	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 6 November 2017 to Question 111041, on Haywood Hospital, when his Department received the Independent reconfiguration Panel's report and recommendations into local authority referrals of community hospital bed closures in North Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent; and what advice he has received on the legal basis of the local clinical commissioning group's decision to close beds in the hospitals before that consultation is complete.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	112839
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to my previous reply on 6 November. An announcement will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 22/11/2017 14:17:25 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

574112

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Staffordshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the NHS Sustainability and Transformation Plan for Staffordshire which was presented to the Chief Executive of NHS England in July 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	44736
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2016 answer text <p>Sustainability and Transformation Plan proposals are currently at a draft stage, but it is expected that all local leaders will be talking to the public and stakeholders regularly as it is vital that people are able to shape the future of their local services. No changes to the services people currently receive will be made without local engagement and, where required, consultation. There are longstanding assurance processes in place to make sure this happens. All footprints will submit an updated plan in October, with further formal public engagement and consultation taking place from this point, as appropriate. Many footprints are already publishing patient-facing summaries as part of their engagement programme.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat grouped question UIN 44725 question first answered 07/09/2016 14:50:03 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

782768

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Staffordshire and Stoke On Trent Partnership NHS Trust
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the Capped Expenditure Programme report for Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent submitted to NHS England and NHS Improvement.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	111043
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2017 answer text <p>As happens prior to the start of every financial year, the National Health Service was asked by the Department to develop a plan for balancing NHS budgets in 2017/18. As part of their plan, NHS England and NHS Improvement have designed and implemented the capped expenditure process (CEP), and they therefore have lead responsibility for it.</p><p> </p><p>CEP is an extension of the annual planning process. Financial performance information for each clinical commissioning group (CCG) (and in total for CCGs) can be found in the quarterly published Financial Performance Reports, accessible via the link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/financial-performance-reports/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/financial-performance-reports/</a></p><p>As with all public services, local NHS areas need to live within the budget agreed – otherwise they effectively take up resources that could be spent on general practitioners, mental health care, and cancer treatment. As part of their financial planning, NHS England and NHS Improvement have been running a process to look at how a small number of areas could do more to balance their financial plans, as many already have.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England have published, at a national level, documents which describe the overall approach. Individual clinical commissioning groups directly affected will reflect the impact of the capped expenditure process as part of their publication of plans, and will comply with any further requirements for consultation.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 111038 question first answered 10/11/2017 12:28:58 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

179165

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library copies of the full reports by KPMG he has commissioned into the health economies of (a) Staffordshire, (b) Eastern Cheshire, (c) South West London, (d) North East London, (e) Cumbria, (f) Mid-Essex, (g) Cambridge and Peterborough, (h) Leicestershire, (i) Northamptonshire, (j) East Sussex and (k) Devon.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	224177
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>As part of NHS England, NHS Trust Development Authority (TDA) and Monitor’s joint project to support 11 challenged local health economies develop clinically and financially sustainable five-year strategic plans, four consultancy firms (including KPMG) were commissioned to support the local areas with the development and strengthening of their plans.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Reports were provided by the consultants to support the project’s Programme Board, consisting of NHS England, TDA and Monitor, to manage the contracts and ensure that the service specification was being met.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Work is ongoing based on the contents of these reports and there are a number of steps that have to be undertaken in each of the local health economies before these reports can be released: the production of the five-year strategic plan, consideration of the plan, consultation on possible reforms to the health economy, recommendations for possible reforms following consultation, and implementation of recommendations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To release the reports ahead of the steps identified above being completed would be likely to prejudice their outcome. The timescales for the above processes will be different in each of the 11 areas and, as the strategic plans are produced, they are made available from the relevant clinical commissioning group websites through their board papers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 224148 question first answered 23/02/2015 16:38:42 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

789068

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Bradwell Hospital
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ask (a) the local clinical commissioning groups and (b) University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust to publish the reasons for (i) closing wards in March 2017 and (ii) re-opening wards from November 2017 at Bradwell community hospital in Newcastle-under-Lyme; and what the cost to the NHS was of such decisions.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	112952
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>Commissioning decisions are matters for the local National Health Service and are taken after working with local people and with clinicians to ensure that changes are in the best interests of patients. The financial data requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 22/11/2017 17:14:15 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

574108

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Reorganisation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff working for the Health and Care Transformation Boards in (a) Staffordshire and (b) other constituent parts of the UK receive a higher salary than the Prime Minister.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	44729
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2016 answer text <p>We are unsure what is meant by Health and Care Transformation Boards. However in regards to Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs):</p><p> </p><p>STP footprints are not statutory bodies, but collective discussion forums which aim to bring together health and care leaders to support the delivery of improved health and care based on the needs of local populations. They do not replace existing local bodies, or change local accountabilities. Each footprint has been asked to determine governance arrangements for agreeing and implementing their STP. Individuals who are leading the development of STPs within each footprint, which include National Health Service provider Chief Executives, Clinical Commissioning Group Accountable Officers, local authority senior leaders, are responsible for convening and chairing system-wide meetings, facilitating the open and honest conversations that will be necessary to secure sign up to a shared vision and plan. In the overwhelming majority of cases this is a voluntary, non-statutory role and they are not being paid over and above the remuneration they receive for their existing role. Their salary details will be available in the individual annual reports of the organisations by whom they are substantively employed.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 07/09/2016 14:45:43 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

789097

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Clinical Commissioning Groups: Staffordshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many applications were received for the new position of Joint Accountable Officer for the six clinical commissioning groups in Staffordshire, how many initial interviews were held with applicants; and how many applicants were shortlisted for second interviews.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	112895
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>NHS England North Midlands confirmed that they received a total of six applications, of which three were shortlisted for interview. Two candidates attended an interview and one applicant withdrew.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 22/11/2017 14:46:28 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

574111

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Reorganisation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS staff are working on the NHS Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) for (a) Staffordshire and (b) other areas of the UK; and what the NHS staffing budgets are for each of the STPs in progress.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	44737
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2016 answer text <p>Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) footprints are not statutory bodies, but collective discussion forums which aim to bring together health and care leaders to support the delivery of improved health and care based on the needs of local populations. They do not replace existing local bodies, or change local accountabilities. Each footprint has been asked to determine governance arrangements for agreeing and implementing their STP. Individuals who are leading the development of STPs within each footprint, which include NHS provider Chief Executives, Clinical Commissioning Group Accountable Officers, local authority senior leaders, are responsible for convening and chairing system-wide meetings, facilitating the open and honest conversations that will be necessary to secure sign up to a shared vision and plan. In the overwhelming majority of cases this is a voluntary, non-statutory role and they are not being paid over and above the remuneration they receive for their existing role. Their salary details will be available in the individual annual reports of the organisations by whom they are substantively employed.</p><p> </p><p>As above, each STP footprint has been asked to determine governance arrangements for agreeing and implementing their STP. As these are locally led health and care transformation programmes, resourcing relating to each STP will be available at a local level.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 07/09/2016 14:50:59 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

789098

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Hospital Wards: Staffordshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons his Department (a) re-opened wards at Bradwell community hospital in Newcastle-under-Lyme, (b) recommissioned facilities at Brighton House in Newcastle-under-Lyme and (c) reopened Ward 4 at the Harplands hospital in Stoke-on-Trent; and if he will publish the projected financial costs of each such decision.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	112949
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>Commissioning decisions are matters for the local National Health Service and are taken after working with local people and with clinicians to ensure that changes are in the best interests of patients. The financial data requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 22/11/2017 14:15:49 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1016320

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2018
	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	Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the transition period set out in the agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union, whether the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency will retain its status as a competent authority; and whether existing CE marks assigned under that agency will be valid from 29 March 2019 until the end of that transition period.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	196736
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The agreement of an implementation period will ensure that access to medicines and medical devices continues, and patient safety is maintained, in both the United Kingdom and European Union markets.</p><p> </p><p>The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) will continue to be the UK competent authority during this period.</p><p> </p><p>For medical devices, CE marks are assigned by notified bodies (rather than competent authorities such as the MHRA), and during the implementation period UK notified bodies will continue to conduct third-party conformity assessment in the UK, and the results of these tests will continue to be used and recognised for both the UK and EU markets.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 03/12/2018 18:29:34 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

943862

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2018
	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	Eating Disorders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report, Ignoring the alarms: How NHS eating disorder services are failing patients, published in December 2017, what steps (a) NHS Improvement and (b) NHS England have taken to (i) improve and ii) better co-ordinate eating disorder services.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	165492
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government takes seriously the Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman (PSHO) report: ‘Ignoring the alarms: how NHS eating disorder services are failing patients’.</p><p> </p><p>In response to the PHSO report, NHS England have convened a working group with NHS Improvement, Health Education England (HEE), the Department and other partners to address the recommendations and take them into account in planning for improvements to eating disorder services.</p><p> </p><p>HEE is reviewing its current education and training offer and will work with subject matter experts to scope existing evidence-based practice to inform any new education and training resources. HEE is also considering how the capacity of the existing workforce may be used more innovatively and is exploring workforce planning interventions that can increase specialism in the field of eating disorders.</p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has run a consultation on the quality standard on eating disorders, which included two statements aimed at improving co-ordination of care. The quality standard is currently in its final stages of internal review and is expected to be published in September 2018.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 165489 165491 question first answered 23/07/2018 16:11:16 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

943861

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2018
	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	Eating Disorders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report, Ignoring the alarms: How NHS eating disorder services are failing patients, published by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman in December 2018, what progress NICE has made on including co-ordination of services in its new quality standard for eating disorders.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	165491
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government takes seriously the Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman (PSHO) report: ‘Ignoring the alarms: how NHS eating disorder services are failing patients’.</p><p> </p><p>In response to the PHSO report, NHS England have convened a working group with NHS Improvement, Health Education England (HEE), the Department and other partners to address the recommendations and take them into account in planning for improvements to eating disorder services.</p><p> </p><p>HEE is reviewing its current education and training offer and will work with subject matter experts to scope existing evidence-based practice to inform any new education and training resources. HEE is also considering how the capacity of the existing workforce may be used more innovatively and is exploring workforce planning interventions that can increase specialism in the field of eating disorders.</p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has run a consultation on the quality standard on eating disorders, which included two statements aimed at improving co-ordination of care. The quality standard is currently in its final stages of internal review and is expected to be published in September 2018.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 165489 165492 question first answered 23/07/2018 16:11:17 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

943860

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2018
	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	Eating Disorders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report, Ignoring the alarms: How NHS eating disorder services are failing patients, published by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman in December 2018, what progress (a) his Department and (b) NHS England have made on reviewing the existing (i) quality and (ii) availability of adult eating disorder services to achieve parity with child and adolescent services.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	165490
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government takes seriously the Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman (PSHO) report: “Ignoring the alarms: how NHS eating disorder services are failing patients”. NHS England and NHS Improvement are committed to meet the PSHO’s recommendations.</p><p> </p><p>Commencing in March 2018, the National Clinical Director for Mental Health, Professor Tim Kendall was asked by the NHS England Board to establish a working group with other arm’s length bodies named in the PHSO report to help oversee and co-ordinate actions being taken to implement the recommendations.</p><p> </p><p>The national review of adult eating disorder services that NHS England commissioned in 2017 is now complete. Data collected on activity, investment and workforce is being reviewed with stakeholders to inform NHS England’s understanding of current provision and existing levels of parity with eating disorder services for children and young people. The data will inform modelling to understand the finance and workforce gaps to achieving greater levels of parity.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England will work with the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Quality Improvement and Accreditation Networks, specifically the Quality Eating Disorder Network, to help embed recommendations in service standards used to review the quality of care delivered in eating disorder services.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Improvement has completed an engagement programme to inform a review of the Serious Incident Framework for the National Health Service. Further information about the engagement programme is available on NHS Improvement’s website at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/future-of-patient-safety-investigation/" target="_blank">https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/future-of-patient-safety-investigation/</a></p><p> </p><p>NHS England is working closely with NHS Improvement to analyse responses from the engagement programme and will give particular consideration to how the different parts of the system can be brought together to improve the way incidents that are complex and/or involve multiple providers are investigated.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 25/07/2018 10:40:18 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

943859

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2018
	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	Eating Disorders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the recommendations of the report Ignoring the alarms: How NHS eating disorder services are failing patients, published by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman in December 2017, what progress Health Education England has made on tackling the gaps in the provision of (a) education, (b) training and (c) numbers of eating disorder specialists in the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	165489
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government takes seriously the Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman (PSHO) report: ‘Ignoring the alarms: how NHS eating disorder services are failing patients’.</p><p> </p><p>In response to the PHSO report, NHS England have convened a working group with NHS Improvement, Health Education England (HEE), the Department and other partners to address the recommendations and take them into account in planning for improvements to eating disorder services.</p><p> </p><p>HEE is reviewing its current education and training offer and will work with subject matter experts to scope existing evidence-based practice to inform any new education and training resources. HEE is also considering how the capacity of the existing workforce may be used more innovatively and is exploring workforce planning interventions that can increase specialism in the field of eating disorders.</p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has run a consultation on the quality standard on eating disorders, which included two statements aimed at improving co-ordination of care. The quality standard is currently in its final stages of internal review and is expected to be published in September 2018.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 165491 165492 question first answered 23/07/2018 16:11:16 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

931790

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2018
	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	Hearing Impairment: Staffordshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s guideline on hearing loss in adults, published in June 2018, what assessment he has made of North Staffordshire Clinical Commissioning Group’s decision to restrict hearing aids for people with mild or moderate hearing loss.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	158182
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>Individual clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are responsible for the provision of hearing aids for mild to moderate hearing loss to meet the needs of their local population. As with other services CCGs commission, they should take into consideration assessments of local need and any relevant guidance, such as that published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). NICE clinical guidelines are not mandatory, although we expect service commissioners to take them into account alongside local priorities in the design of services.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 02/07/2018 15:29:53 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

984726

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2018
	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	Eating Disorders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which clinical commissioning groups do not commission specialist eating disorder services for people aged 18 and over (a) in the community and (b) as in-patient services.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	177617
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>Specialist in-patient eating disorder services for people aged over 18 are commissioned by NHS England. Specialist community services for people aged over 18 with eating disorders are commissioned by clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). NHS England does not hold information about all of the specific services commissioned by individual CCGs.</p><p> </p><p>We know that early intervention is vital and can prevent problems continuing into adulthood, that is why in 2015 the Government introduced waiting time targets to improve access to eating disorder services for children and young people.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also investing £150 million to expand eating disorder community-based care and as a result 70 dedicated new or extended community services are now either open or in development. This means at least 3,350 children and young people a year will receive swift, effective eating disorder treatment in the community.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 16/10/2018 14:18:59 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 78285 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly