On 7 February, we published our Dentistry Recovery Plan to increase patients\u2019 access to NHS dentistry across the country, including in Norfolk.
On 1 March, one element \u2013 the New Patient Premium went live, to increase the number of appointments available.
We will keep the House updated on this and the many other measures set out in the Plan, including our work to reform the dental contract in the longer term.<\/p>"}
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Thanks to the hard work of NHS teams, the government is on track to not only meet our ambition of opening 160 community diagnostic centres more broadly across England by March 2025, but to exceed it.<\/p><\/li>
This will represent a step change in how diagnostics is deployed in the UK and directly supports our agenda to make access to health services faster for patients.<\/p><\/li>
136 centres are currently operational, and over 5 million additional tests have been delivered since July 2021. This includes the centre in my honourable friends\u2019 constituency, Bishop\u2019s Stortford CDC.<\/p><\/li>
I am pleased to endorse the Hon. Members' welcome of the new CDC. Bishops Stortford CDC has been delivering tests and checks to patients since Sept this year.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4399", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Victoria Atkins"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Louth and Horncastle"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Victoria Atkins"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2023-12-05", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2023-12-05T17:42:57.33Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2023-11-29", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Community Diagnostic Centres"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress she has made on increasing the number of community diagnostic centres.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4768", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Julie Marson"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hertford and Stortford"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Julie Marson"} ], "uin" : "900488"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1668407", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1668407/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
Information on how many people have paid voluntary National Insurance contributions and are waiting to have those contributions credited to their National Insurance record is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4399", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Victoria Atkins"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Louth and Horncastle"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Victoria Atkins"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2023-11-13", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2023-11-13T12:04:02.783Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "14"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2023-11-08", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "State Retirement Pensions"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of individuals that have applied to make contributions to fill gaps in their state pension contributions are waiting to commence those contributions as of 8 November 2023.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1604", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Ealing, Southall"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Virendra Sharma"} ], "uin" : "748"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1668449", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1668449/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
Estimates of the number of self-employed individuals is published yearly in the Survey of Personal Income (SPI), which is based on information held by HMRC on individuals who could be liable to UK Income Tax. The estimates for the tax years 2017-2018 to 2020-2021can be found at the following link:<\/p>
<\/p>
Table 3.10.<\/a><\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/p>Notes The off-payroll working rules are designed to ensure that individuals working like employees but through their own company pay broadly the same income tax and National Insurance contributions (NICs) as those who are directly employed.<\/p> <\/p> The government considered the suggestion of an exemption based on the length of a contract when consulting on the reforms to the off-payroll working rules, but concluded that it was not appropriate.<\/p> <\/p> HMRC\u2019s employment status manual (ESM0548<\/a>) explains the role of the length of engagement in determining employment status.<\/p> <\/strong><\/p>"}
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