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347269

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Herefordshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to ensure Kington in Herefordshire has sufficient full-time GPs.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
uin	361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>NHS England is responsible for commissioning general practitioner (GP) services, and is aware of recruiting difficulties in Herefordshire. NHS England is working with the local GP Federation to promote Herefordshire to GP trainees.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Nationally, there has been an increase of 1,677 full-time equivalent GPs (including Registrars and Retainers) since September 2010. At 30 September 2014 the total number of GPs was 36,920, which represents a real increase in capacity.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition this Government is committed to making 5,000 more GPs available by 2020. We will increase the number of GP trainees from 40% to 50% of all trainee doctors and expect Health Education England to ensure this happens. This will mean 3,250 training places for GPs each year from 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England, working with Health Education England, the Royal College of GPs, and the British Medical Association, published ‘<em>Building the workforce’</em> in January 2015, which sets out plans to increase the size of the GP workforce backed with £10 million funding.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 04/06/2015 13:23:45 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

347270

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Herefordshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to maintain the level of out-of-hours GP cover in Herefordshire.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
uin	362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>This is a matter for the National Health Service locally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are advised by NHS England that Herefordshire Clinical Commissioning Group currently commissions out of hours general practitioner services from Primecare and confirms there are no current plans to change the level of provision of these services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 04/06/2015 13:25:02 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

347271

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Locums
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many locum GPs are available; and what the average daily rate is for a locum GP.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
uin	363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The requested information is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>General practitioners (GPs) are independent contractors who provide primary medical services on behalf of the National Health Service. As independent businesses, it is the responsibility of individual GP practices to employ locum GPs to meet their needs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In employing locums, GP practices must meet the requirements set out in the GP contract regulations to ensure that they are appropriately qualified and registered.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 04/06/2015 13:27:26 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

347272

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to increase the number of GPs employed full-time.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
uin	364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The National Health Service does not employ general practitioners (GPs) directly. GPs either work as, or are employed by independent contractors who hold contracts with NHS England to provide primary healthcare services for the National Health Service and it is for them to determine the hours worked by GPs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are already 1,677 more full-time equivalent GPs working and training in the NHS than in September 2010. Health Education England (HEE) is responsible for delivering a better health and healthcare workforce for England and for ensuring a secure future supply. HEE has plans in place to increase the number of GP training places to 3,250 each year from 2016. We have also committed to make available 5,000 more GPs by 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 04/06/2015 16:49:03 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

347275

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Asbestos: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what health and safety regulations apply to the demolition of buildings containing asbestos and prior exposure of staff who previously worked in such buildings.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Demolition is construction work as defined by the Construction Design and Management Regulations 2015 (CDM). Asbestos is a hazard which may give rise to risk and so information on its presence in a building should form part of the pre-construction information which the client must make available to the contractors involved.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, all work with asbestos (including demolition) is subject to the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 (CAR) which requires exposure to asbestos to be prevented or reduced to as low a level as reasonably practicable. In cases of final demolition the employer’s plan of work must, so far as is reasonably practicable, specify that asbestos must be removed before any demolition starts, unless removal would cause a greater risk to employees than leaving it in place.</p><p> </p><p>CAR also requires the owner, or person responsible for maintenance (the ‘duty holder’) of a non-domestic building to record the location and condition of any asbestos-containing materials (ACMs) and to put into place a plan to manage the risk they present. The duty holder is responsible for managing the risk at the time they hold the duty; they are not responsible for prior exposure to earlier building occupants. The record of the location and condition of any ACMs, and management plan, must be available for as long as ACMs are present in the building.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 03/06/2015 14:47:03 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

347276

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Asbestos: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what regulations apply to the recording and maintenance of information on asbestos in buildings; and for what period such records should be maintained by building owners.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 (CAR) requires the owner, or person responsible for maintenance (the ‘duty holder’) of a non-domestic building to record the location and condition of any asbestos-containing materials (ACMs) and to put into place a plan to manage the risk they present. The duty holder is only responsible for managing the risk at the time they hold the duty; they are not responsible for prior exposure to earlier building occupants. The record of the location and condition of any ACMs, and management plan, must be available for as long as ACMs are present in the building.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 03/06/2015 14:56:35 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

347279

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Abortion: Maternal Mortality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of whether there is a correlation between access to abortion and maintaining a low maternal mortality rate; and what the evidential basis is for that assessment.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department has made no assessment on whether there is a correlation between access to abortion and maintaining a low maternal mortality rate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 04/06/2015 15:08:38 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

347280

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Maternal Mortality
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 reduce the UK's maternal mortality rate.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2015 answer text <p>Maternal mortality rates in the United Kingdom are falling, from 13.95 deaths per 100,000 women giving birth in 2003–05 to 10.12 in 2010-12. Internationally, UK maternal mortality rates are similar to France and Germany, but still higher than in Norway, Spain and Sweden.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A range of actions have been taken to help improve outcomes for both women and babies. The Department aims to ensure that women receive the highest quality maternity care by focusing on improving health outcomes and women’s experience of care, and giving women greater choice over childbirth.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To support the National Health Service in improving outcomes in pregnancy, labour and immediately after birth, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has developed quality standards on antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care designed to drive up standards and measure priority quality improvements. The standards are derived from the best available evidence and are central to improved care focussing on delivering the best possible outcomes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is the responsibility of NHS organisations to ensure high quality care and choice for women in pregnancy and during childbirth. Clinical commissioning groups are responsible for commissioning maternity services locally. To assist with the commissioning of safe maternity services that reflect the needs and preferences of local maternity users, NHS England has developed a maternity commissioning resource pack for clinical commissioning groups which is currently being updated.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK has the most robust data in the world and a long established programme to review maternal deaths, which widely disseminates its findings and recommendations to help reduce the number of such deaths in the future. Since the programme was established in the early 1950s, there has been a 90% reduction in maternal deaths due to direct obstetric complications.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, we now have over 2,000 more midwives and over 4,000 more health visitors since 2010.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 05/06/2015 11:47:15 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

347287

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hepatitis: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the national improvement framework for hepatitis C being developed by NHS England and Public Health England is expected to be released.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2015 answer text <p>NHS England is currently reviewing the commissioning strategy for hepatitis C. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is considering the new oral drugs for hepatitis C treatment. Once NHS England has completed its process and NICE has published new treatment guidelines, NHS England, in partnership with Public Health England and the Department, will review the draft Improvement Framework and make amendments where necessary to ensure it is ‘fit for purpose’.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 05/06/2015 11:53:18 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

347290

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Assessments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on how many countries currently conduct testing of four year olds.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold information on how many countries currently conduct testing of four-year-olds.</p><p> </p><p>There is a variety of international sources on Early Years. Information on this subject has been published online by the European Commission:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/education/eurydice/documents/key_data_series/166EN.pdf" target="_blank">eacea.ec.europa.eu/education/eurydice/documents/key_data_series/166EN.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/06/2015 14:43:51 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell