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416592

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Awards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to introduce two clinical excellence awards schemes for both clinical academic excellence and clinical service excellence.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	8874
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>As my Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced in his Written Ministerial Statement of 16 July, we will consult on removal of the current local clinical excellence award scheme in the autumn, alongside proposals for a reformed national clinical excellence award scheme based on the recommendations previously made by the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration. We will be mindful of the importance of recognising those doctors who have national leadership roles in the National Health Service and the substantial contribution made by clinical academics.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 8936 question first answered 14/09/2015 16:45:50 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

416605

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Road Signs and Markings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2015 to Question 2645, if he will lift the moratorium on any new authorisations for traffic signs until the revised Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions are introduced.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	8506
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to lift the moratorium on traffic sign authorisations prior to the new Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions (TSRGD) being introduced. The moratorium does not, however, apply to all traffic sign categories and officials will continue to consider authorisations for those signs not covered by the moratorium.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On 28 August the Department launched a further consultation on the draft TSRGD which runs until 6 October. The new TSRGD is scheduled to come into force in Spring 2016, subject to Parliamentary approval.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 8934 question first answered 11/09/2015 10:19:02 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

416601

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electoral Register
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the change in the number of electors on the electoral register in each (a) constituency and (b) local authority when the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 (Transitional Powers) Order 2015 (S.I., 2015, No. 1520), dated 15 July 2015, are brought into force; and which 10 local authorities will see the biggest fall in the number of electors and what those losses will be.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	8453
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>Individual electoral registration is essential to tackle electoral fraud and ensure a clean democratic process. 96% of electors in Great Britain have already transferred to the new IER registers. The latest figures on electors yet to be registered, broken down to local authority level, are available here:</p><p><a href="http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0007/190465/IER-May-2015-electoral-registers-data.xlsx" target="_blank">http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0007/190465/IER-May-2015-electoral-registers-data.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These figures do not take into account the current annual canvass, which will help encourage the remaining eligible retained electors to register individually ahead of December. As the Electoral Commission has said, many of these retained entries are likely to be redundant, for example because of electors moving home. Figures at a Parliamentary constituency level are not available.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 8544 question first answered 11/09/2015 10:06:40 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

416595

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Road Signs and Markings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2015 to Question 2645, if he will make it his policy to consider new authorisations for traffic signs before the new Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions come into force.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	8934
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to lift the moratorium on traffic sign authorisations prior to the new Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions (TSRGD) being introduced. The moratorium does not, however, apply to all traffic sign categories and officials will continue to consider authorisations for those signs not covered by the moratorium.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On 28 August the Department launched a further consultation on the draft TSRGD which runs until 6 October. The new TSRGD is scheduled to come into force in Spring 2016, subject to Parliamentary approval.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 8506 question first answered 11/09/2015 10:19:02 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

416598

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electoral Register
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the change in the number of electors in each constituency and as a result of the provisions of the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 (Transitional Provisions) Order 2015 (S.I., 2015, No. 1520).
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	8544
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>Individual electoral registration is essential to tackle electoral fraud and ensure a clean democratic process. 96% of electors in Great Britain have already transferred to the new IER registers. The latest figures on electors yet to be registered, broken down to local authority level, are available here:</p><p><a href="http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0007/190465/IER-May-2015-electoral-registers-data.xlsx" target="_blank">http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0007/190465/IER-May-2015-electoral-registers-data.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These figures do not take into account the current annual canvass, which will help encourage the remaining eligible retained electors to register individually ahead of December. As the Electoral Commission has said, many of these retained entries are likely to be redundant, for example because of electors moving home. Figures at a Parliamentary constituency level are not available.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 8453 question first answered 11/09/2015 10:06:40 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

416154

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Hospitals: Parking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to set conditions for the financing of (a) NHS trusts and (b) NHS Foundations Trusts to ensure that these bodies implement the NHS patient, visitor and staff car parking principles.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	8396
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>National Health Service organisations have the freedom to make decisions on their car parking to reflect their local situation and needs. The car parking principles provide clear direction and leadership but a central interference in these freedoms would not help NHS trusts and could result in unwarranted interference in how their clinical services are locally managed and delivered.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The powers available to the Secretary of State for Health under Section 42 of the NHS Act 2006 to provide funding to NHS organisations in distress are not appropriate for car parking. There are no other levers or other conditions available for the financing of NHS organisations to implement the NHS patient, visitor and staff car parking principles.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/09/2015 16:21:03 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

416596

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Professions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's definition is of (a) academic and (b) service consultants.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	8935
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>Clinical academics are doctors and dentists (including consultants and general practitioners) who are employed by higher education institutions, or other organisations, in a research and/or teaching capacity and who also provide services for National Health Service patients as part of honorary NHS contracts.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Service consultants are employed by NHS organisations.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/09/2015 16:43:58 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

416599

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Baby Care Units
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether neonatal units are classified as children's in-patient services for the purposes of Patient-Led Assessments of the Care Environment.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	8412
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>Patient-Led Assessments of the Care Environment are annual ‘snapshot’ assessments of a range of non-clinical services in National Health Service and independent sector organisations. Decisions as to whether neonatal units are classified as children’s in-patient services for the purposes of this assessment are made locally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 11/09/2015 10:57:16 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

416600

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Hospitals: Parking
	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 ensure NHS organisations implement guidance that car parking concessions should be available to (a) visitors with relatives who are gravely ill and (b) visitors to relatives who have an extended stay in hospital.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	8411
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department published National Health Service patient, visitor and staff car parking principles on 23 August 2014. These principles made it clear that NHS trusts should provide concessions for several groups including visitors with relatives who are gravely ill and visitors to relatives who have an extended stay in hospital. They make it clear that NHS trusts should publish:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- their parking policy;</p><p> </p><p>- their implementation of the NHS car parking principles;</p><p> </p><p>- financial information relating to their car parking arrangements; and</p><p> </p><p>- summarised complaint information on car parking and actions taken in response.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In line with our policy of making all key information transparently available to patients, our expectation is that this information including information on concessions will be displayed prominently on trust websites so that patients and the public can hold the NHS locally to account where unfair parking charges and practices remain in place.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Health and Social Care Information Centre collects information annually via the Patient-Led Assessments of the Care Environment (PLACE) on behalf of the Department on NHS compliance with these principles, including the provision of concessions. The published results provide assurance to patients and the public that NHS organisations are complying with the Principles.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To help NHS organisations deliver the above principles the Department published NHS Car Parking Management: Environment and Sustainability (HTM 07-03) on 25 March 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/09/2015 14:52:12 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

416602

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Hospitals: Parking
	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 NHS organisations' responses to the Patient-Led Assessments of the Care Environment and whether (a) they provide car parking charge concessions in accordance with the NHS patient, visitor and staff car parking principles and (b) information about the concessionary scheme is prominently publicised.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	8440
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The National Health Service patient, visitor and staff car parking principles, published on 23 August 2014, ask NHS hospitals to publish:</p><p> </p><p>- their parking policy;</p><p> </p><p>- their implementation of the NHS car parking principles;</p><p> </p><p>- financial information relating to their car parking arrangements; and</p><p> </p><p>- summarised complaint information on car parking and actions taken in response.</p><p> </p><p>We expect this information to be displayed prominently on trust websites so that patients and the public can hold the NHS locally to account where unfair parking charges and practices remain in place.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Results from the 2015 Patient-Led Assessments of the Care Environment (someished car parking princioplesll NHS organisations to take steps to ensurePLACE) collection show that over 75% of sites that charge for car parking currently operate a concessions scheme and display it prominently. We are disappointed that this means a number of hospital boards have not yet decided to follow the best practice set out in the principles.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To check compliance with the principles, the same PLACE questions will be asked in 2016 and we expect to see an improvement in the results.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/09/2015 14:45:23 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake