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169513

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Huntington's Disease
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 that people suffering from Huntington's Disease have access to appropriate care and support from healthcare professionals.
tabling member constituency	Pudsey
tabling member printed	Stuart Andrew
uin	218022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>Patients with Huntington's disease have access to a range of services including the services of their general practitioner, Associated Health Professionals Neurology services, Occupational Therapy, Speech and Language therapy, local mental health services for sufferers and their families, palliative care where appropriate and online resources, including factsheets on england.nhs.uk</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Neurosciences Clinical Reference Group is continuing to work on the development of a draft Neuropsychiatry service specification and hope to have this completed for consideration in the next few months which will, if implemented, be of relevance for patients with Huntington’s Disease.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 15/12/2014 17:26:00 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew

169515

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Professions: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what amount each of the healthcare regulators charged for annual registration fees in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	218058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The regulatory bodies are independent and it is therefore for them to set their fees appropriately. All professional regulators, are aware of the Governments position, as set out in the 2011 Command Paper, `Enabling Excellence’, that we would not expect registration fees to increase, unless there is a clear and strong case that any increase is essential to ensure the exercise of statutory duties.</p><p> </p><p>There are eight Healthcare Professions Regulatory Bodies (excluding the Pharmaceutical Society in Northern Ireland where responsibility is devolved to the Northern Ireland Assembly). The Department does not hold information on the fees of the regulatory bodies. However, we have obtained data from each of the regulatory bodies on the Annual Retention Fee for the last five years which shows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Annual Retention Fee for Healthcare Professions Regulatory Bodies 2010-2015</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Nursing and Midwifery Council</p></td><td><p>Health and Care Professions Council</p></td><td><p>General Optical Council</p></td><td><p>General Medical Council</p></td><td><p>General Osteopathic Council</p></td><td><p>General Pharmaceutical Council</p></td><td><p>General Dental Council</p></td><td><p>General Chiropractic Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£100</p></td><td><p>£80</p></td><td><p>£290</p></td><td><p>£390</p></td><td><p>£570</p></td><td><p>£240</p></td><td><p>£576</p></td><td><p>£800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£100</p></td><td><p>£76</p></td><td><p>£260</p></td><td><p>£390</p></td><td><p>£610</p></td><td><p>£240</p></td><td><p>£576</p></td><td><p>£800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£76</p></td><td><p>£76</p></td><td><p>£260</p></td><td><p>£390</p></td><td><p>£655</p></td><td><p>£240</p></td><td><p>£576</p></td><td><p>£800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£76</p></td><td><p>£76</p></td><td><p>£270</p></td><td><p>£390</p></td><td><p>£750</p></td><td><p>£267</p></td><td><p>£576</p></td><td><p>£800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010 -11</p></td><td><p>£76</p></td><td><p>£76</p></td><td><p>£280 (Dispensing optician)</p><p>£325 (Optometrist)</p></td><td><p>£420</p></td><td><p>£750</p></td><td><p>£262</p></td><td><p>£438</p></td><td><p>£1,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold data on the number of investigations that have been carried out by each of the healthcare professions regulatory bodies. We understand that this information is published by each of the regulatory bodies.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has five national bodies which have regulatory functions. They are the Care Quality Commission, Monitor, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, the Human Tissue Authority and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency. None of these bodies charge an annual registration fee but <ins class="ministerial">all except Monitor </ins><del class="ministerial">they do</del> receive income from a range of fees that are applied.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 15/12/2014 17:43:27 question first ministerially corrected 18/12/2014 14:09:00 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter previous answer version 33732 answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

169521

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses: English Language
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 ensure that the Nursing and Midwifery Council prevents nurses who do not have requisite skills in speaking, listening to, reading and writing English from being employed in the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	218114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is the independent regulator of nurses and midwives in the United Kingdom and is responsible for operational matters concerning the discharge of its statutory duties, including registration of nurses.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, this Government is firmly committed to improving public protection by ensuring that only healthcare professionals who have a sufficient knowledge of the English language are able to work in the UK. Accordingly, we are currently consulting the public on amending legislation to enable the NMC to apply language controls, where appropriate, for nursing and midwifery applicants from within the European Economic Area (EEA). This consultation will end on the 15 December 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The NMC already requires overseas (non-EEA) applicants to complete the academic version of the International English Language Testing System achieving level 7.0 across all four aspects of listening, reading, writing and speaking.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 15/12/2014 17:15:39 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

169522

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Official Hospitality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on events for departing staff since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	218105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not use its budget to fund events for departing staff. Public money is not used to fund occasions such as social gatherings, retirement or office parties.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 15/12/2014 17:33:41 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

169523

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Temporary Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many contract staff work for his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies; and what is the longest length of time any contractor has been working for each.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	218103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The latest published figure for the number of specialist contractors within the ‘core’ Department is 64, as at 31 October 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As at 31 October, the longest length of time any specialist contractor has been working for the Department is nine years and two months.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Executive Agencies and Executive Non-Departmental Public Bodies have supplied the information set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Further comprehensive data about all contract staff in these bodies can be found on the workforce information website at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dh-workforce-information-2014</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p><p>Name of organisation</p><p> </p></td><td><p> </p><p>Specialist contract staff working in the organisation as at 31 October 2014</p><p> </p></td><td><p> </p><p>Longest length of time any specialist contractor has been working as at 31 October 2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>Public Health England</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>19 months</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2 years and 4 months</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS England*</p></td><td><p>917*</p></td><td><p>Not Available</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Monitor</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>160 days</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Care Quality Commission</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>4 years and 7 months</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Institute for Health and Care Excellence</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>5 years and 3 months</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health and Social Care Information Centre</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>1 year 7 months</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority</p></td><td><p> </p><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p><p>12 months</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Human Tissue Authority</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>Not applicable</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>*</strong>The NHS England figure of 917, taken from the organisation’s 2013-14 annual report and accounts, also includes other individuals engaged on a non-permanent basis such as agency staff and secondees</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 15/12/2014 17:42:02 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

169524

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Thyroid Gland: Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will commission research on the potential effectiveness of liothyronine (T3) and natural desiccated thyroid for patients with hypothyroidism.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	218084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) South West Peninsula has partly supported a review of treatment for primary hypothyroidism published in 2012 in the journal <em>Drug Design, Development and Therapy</em>. The review considered approaches including triiodothyronine (liothyronine) therapy, trioodothyronine-levothyroxine combination therapy, and the use of natural desiccated thyroid.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 15/12/2014 17:22:03 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

169530

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	World Health Assembly
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff from his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies attended the World Health Assembly in Geneva in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	218110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The number of Departmental staff and arm’s length bodies attending the World Health Assembly since 2010 is as follows.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Department of Health</p></td><td><p>Agencies/Non-Departmental Public Bodies</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>2 (Health Protection Agency)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>3 (Public Health England)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>- 4 (Public Health England)</p><p>- 4 (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 15/12/2014 17:25:10 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

169532

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Eating Disorders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the announcement by the Deputy Prime Minister on 2 December 2014, on a £150 million investment to transform treatment for eating disorders, what the source of that funding is.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	218126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The £150 million investment in children and adolescent mental health services, which was set out in the Autumn Statement, is additional funding being made available to the Department from HM Treasury.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 15/12/2014 16:56:13 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

169533

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Public Relations
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 reduce the number of public relations staff employed in the NHS; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	218115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>It is for local National Health Service organisations to determine the number and mix of staff they employ.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 15/12/2014 17:10:57 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

169536

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Eating Disorders
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 14 July 2014 to Question 204136, from the hon. Member for Washington and Sunderland West, if he will estimate the likely cost to the NHS of specialist eating disorder clinics in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	218125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>NHS England is responsible for the commissioning of specialist eating disorder services and has provided the following estimate of cost to the NHS of specialist eating disorder services in 2013-14 and 2014-15:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£82.1 million</p></td><td><p>£87.3 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><ol start="1" type="1"><li>These costs relate to funding of the service that NHS England is solely responsible for and not the whole eating disorder pathway that will also include clinical commissioning group services. These financial values will include inpatient and outpatient services.</li><li>These figures are indicative as the 2014-15 financial year is still to be completed.</li><li>It is not possible to estimate the future cost of specialist eating disorder clinics based on the historic ‘reference cost’ data used in the reply to Question 204136. Reference costs are the average unit cost to National Health Service trusts and foundation trusts of providing defined services in a given financial year to NHS patients.</li><li>The estimates from NHS England include both NHS service direct costs and independent sector services, and as such are not directly comparable with the reference costs.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 15/12/2014 16:57:06 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger