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999577

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
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	Social Services: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding from the public purse was allocated by his Department to enable local authorities in England to fund the full disregard of war pensions in social care financial assessments in (a) 2016, (b) 2017 and (c) 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	187153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>In response to the Royal British Legion’s ‘Insult to Injury’ campaign, the Government made a commitment in the 2016 Budget statement to introduce a disregard in the adult social care charging rules for War Pension Scheme payments to veterans to take effect from April 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The Department provided specific funding allocations to local authorities from 2017 when the disregard commenced and which fully funds the new burden on local government.</p><p> </p><p>The allocations are as follows:</p><p>2017/18: £14 million</p><p>2018/19: £13 million</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 07/11/2018 12:51:16 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

997167

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what has been the cost to the public purse of the common technology services programme; and what progress has been made on the implementation of that programme since it began.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	185092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Common Technology Services programme has spent £28.4m to the end of September 2018. <br> <br> Over the last 3 years, the programme has: supported government departments in obtaining cheaper alternatives to large technological contracts; has delivered a technology template to implement shared technology in multi-tenancy buildings, successfully completing its implementation in the first of the Government Property</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 12/11/2018 09:46:16 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

991256

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cybercrime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home department, what recent estimate he has made of the cost of cybercrime to the UK economy.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	181654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>Although estimates of the cost of cyber crime vary considerably, there are millions of individual victims, many thousands of corporate victims and correspondingly substantial losses. Therefore, whilst there is no robust estimate of the total cost of cyber crime to the UK economy it is likely to be billions.</p><p>The Economic and Social Costs of Crime report (Home Office, 2018) estimated a cost of £1.1bn from computer misuse incidents against individuals in the financial year 2015/16. However, it should be noted that this estimate is based upon experimental statistics and should be considered as a partial estimate as it excludes some key costs, such as the costs to businesses.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 20/11/2018 17:21:58 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

994264

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK: Infrastructure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Foreign involvement in the Critical National Infrastructure - the implications for national security, published by the Intelligence and Security Committee in 2013, what steps the Government has taken to ensure that it has adequate powers to intervene in cases of foreign investment in critical national infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	183493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 answer text <p>The UK benefits substantially from open trade and inward investment and is one of the foremost destinations of inward investment in the world. However, it is important that the Government considers any national security implications arising from foreign investment, such as those set out in the 2013 Intelligence and Security Committee report, ‘Foreign Involvement in the Critical National Infrastructure – the Implications of National Security’.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government is therefore taking steps to ensure it has adequate powers to mitigate risks that may arise from such investments. In particular, the ‘National Security and Investment’ White Paper, published for consultation on 24 July 2018, sets out how the Government proposes to reform its powers in the long term to protect national security from potential adversaries using ownership or significant influence or control over businesses in ways that harm UK national security. Consultation on the White Paper closed on 16 October and the Government will announce next steps in due course.</p><p> </p><p>In the short term, on 11 June 2018 the Government amended the Enterprise Act 2002 to introduce measures enabling Ministers to scrutinise mergers in the economy on national security grounds that previously fell outside the scope of the Act. These measures amended the thresholds for the turnover and share of supply tests within the Enterprise Act for military and dual use technologies, quantum technology, and computing hardware.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 30/10/2018 15:01:36 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

993602

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
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	Ophthalmology: Waiting Lists
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 Referral to Treatment (RTT) Waiting Times: Monthly Referral to Treatment (RTT) waiting times for incomplete pathways, between January 2017 and January 2018, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the decline in the number of Clinical Commissioning Groups meeting the 18-week RTT for ophthalmology.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	182826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s mandate to NHS England for 2018-19 continues to set NHS England an objective to maintain and improve performance against core patient access standards. This includes a clear expectation that the statutory referral to treatment standard should be met.</p><p> </p><p>Progress has been made during 2018/19. At the end of September 58% of hospital eye services are in the process of implementing this work, and 89% of clinical commissioning groups have commenced eye health capacity reviews. Both actions require completion by 31 March 2019.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 31/10/2018 12:24:37 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

993605

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
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	Ophthalmology: Waiting Lists
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of people that suffered sight loss as a result of a (a) delayed and (b) cancelled ophthalmology hospital appointment in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	182827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department and NHS England take any evidence of delays in treatment affecting outcomes very seriously and are currently carefully considering the recommendations of the recent wide-ranging report from the All Party Parliamentary Group on eye health “Seeing the light”.</p><p> </p><p>Outcome data on avoidable sight loss is collected nationally. It is published regularly through the sight loss indicator in the Public Health Outcomes Framework. This data is published at national, regional and unitary authority level. Sight loss is strongly linked to, among other factors, demographics. It is not possible to identify through the data collected nationally any impact of delays in treatment. There are no current plans to publish this data in a different format such as by clinical commissioning group and doing so would not enable outcomes to be linked specifically to any delays in treatment.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 182829 question first answered 31/10/2018 12:15:47 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

993608

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
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	Ophthalmology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on patients' health of the reduction in the front-loading of ophthalmology follow-up services to first attendance prices from 30 per cent to 20 per cent.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	182828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 31/10/2018 12:20:34 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

993611

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
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	Ophthalmology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to collect outcome data in ophthalmology at a Clinical Commissioning Group level.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	182829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department and NHS England take any evidence of delays in treatment affecting outcomes very seriously and are currently carefully considering the recommendations of the recent wide-ranging report from the All Party Parliamentary Group on eye health “Seeing the light”.</p><p> </p><p>Outcome data on avoidable sight loss is collected nationally. It is published regularly through the sight loss indicator in the Public Health Outcomes Framework. This data is published at national, regional and unitary authority level. Sight loss is strongly linked to, among other factors, demographics. It is not possible to identify through the data collected nationally any impact of delays in treatment. There are no current plans to publish this data in a different format such as by clinical commissioning group and doing so would not enable outcomes to be linked specifically to any delays in treatment.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 182827 question first answered 31/10/2018 12:15:47 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

991184

registered interest
date	19/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Infected Blood Inquiry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 18 October 2018, Infected Blood Inquiry, HCWS1021, when his Department became aware that the email containing the retention notice was not delivered to Government Departments; and what assesment he has made of the contents of any files that may have been destroyed.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	181623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office became aware of this issue at the beginning of October, and took</p><p>immediate steps to ascertain what had happened and why, and to seek reassurance from</p><p>departments that they had received the notification when it was resent on 11 June, and</p><p>that they had not destroyed any records relevant to the Inquiry during the period 3 April</p><p>to 11 June.</p><p> </p><p>All relevant departments and relevant areas within departments worked urgently to</p><p>confirm that they have not destroyed any records relevant to the Inquiry during the</p><p>period between 3rd April and 11th June, and have provided confirmation.</p><p> </p><p>The Department of Health and Social Care put in place a moratorium on the destruction of historical records as soon as the Inquiry was announced in July 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Because of their size and the complexity of some of the records they hold, HM Courts and Tribunals Service and the Legal Aid Agency are continuing to work to provide this assurance and have committed to doing so as urgently as possible. All other relevant departments and agencies have already been able to provide assurances that no information relevant to the inquiry was destroyed during that period.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 26/10/2018 14:26:52 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

990402

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electronic Government: Proof of Identity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many registered users of Gov.UK verify there were at February 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	181337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The number of GOV.UK Verify accounts (historic and current) is published on the GOV.UK website and is regularly updated.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 23/10/2018 09:41:04 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt