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10/12/2014

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Health Professions: Regulation

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25259

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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

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218058

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is ministerial correction

date of answer

15/12/2014

answer text

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. 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: Annual Retention Fee for Healthcare Professions Regulatory Bodies 2010-2015 <table><tbody><tr><td>Year</td><td>Nursing and Midwifery Council</td><td>Health and Care Professions Council</td><td>General Optical Council</td><td>General Medical Council</td><td>General Osteopathic Council</td><td>General Pharmaceutical Council</td><td>General Dental Council</td><td>General Chiropractic Council</td></tr><tr><td>2014-15</td><td>£100</td><td>£80</td><td>£290</td><td>£390</td><td>£570</td><td>£240</td><td>£576</td><td>£800</td></tr><tr><td>2013-14</td><td>£100</td><td>£76</td><td>£260</td><td>£390</td><td>£610</td><td>£240</td><td>£576</td><td>£800</td></tr><tr><td>2012-13</td><td>£76</td><td>£76</td><td>£260</td><td>£390</td><td>£655</td><td>£240</td><td>£576</td><td>£800</td></tr><tr><td>2011-12</td><td>£76</td><td>£76</td><td>£270</td><td>£390</td><td>£750</td><td>£267</td><td>£576</td><td>£800</td></tr><tr><td>2010 -11</td><td>£76</td><td>£76</td><td>£280 (Dispensing optician)£325 (Optometrist)</td><td>£420</td><td>£750</td><td>£262</td><td>£438</td><td>£1,000</td></tr></tbody></table> 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. 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.

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

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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

169516

registered interest

date

10/12/2014

answering body

Department of Health

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Health

answering dept sort name

Health

hansard heading

Health Professions: Regulation

house id

legislature

25259

pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on how many chairs of healthcare regulators have been drawn from outside the healthcare profession.

tabling member constituency

Copeland

tabling member printed

Mr Jamie Reed

uin

218059

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

15/12/2014

answer text

The Chairs of healthcare regulators are drawn from a wide range of backgrounds and are appointed through fair and open competition regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments. The Department holds information contained in the Chairs application forms and CVs. Biographies of all the Chairs are in the public domain and can be found on the healthcare regulators’ websites. <table><tbody><tr><td>Organisation</td><td>Chair</td><td>Biography</td></tr><tr><td>Care Quality Commission</td><td>David Prior</td><td>http://www.cqc.org.uk/content/david-prior</td></tr><tr><td>Monitor</td><td>Baroness Hanham</td><td>http://live.monitor.precedenthost.co.uk/about-monitor/who-we-are/the-board</td></tr><tr><td>Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority</td><td>Sally Cheshire</td><td>http://www.hfea.gov.uk/Sally-Cheshire.html</td></tr><tr><td>Human Tissue Authority</td><td>Ms Sharmila Nebhrajani</td><td>http://www.hta.gov.uk/aboutus/ourpeople/authoritymembers.cfm#Sharmila</td></tr><tr><td>Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency</td><td>Professor Sir Michael Rawlins</td><td>http://www.mhra.gov.uk/NewsCentre/Pressreleases/CON471139</td></tr></tbody></table>

answering member constituency

Central Suffolk and North Ipswich

answering member printed

Dr Daniel Poulter

question first answered

15/12/2014 17:43:33

answering member

3932

label	Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

tabling member

1503

label	Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

169517

registered interest

date

10/12/2014

answering body

Department of Health

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Health

answering dept sort name

Health

hansard heading

Health Professions: Regulation

house id

legislature

25259

pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on how healthcare regulators' annual registration fees are decided; and what recent representations he has received on reducing such fees.

tabling member constituency

Copeland

tabling member printed

Mr Jamie Reed

uin

218060

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

15/12/2014

answer text

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. 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: Annual Retention Fee for Healthcare Professions Regulatory Bodies 2010-2015 <table><tbody><tr><td>Year</td><td>Nursing and Midwifery Council</td><td>Health and Care Professions Council</td><td>General Optical Council</td><td>General Medical Council</td><td>General Osteopathic Council</td><td>General Pharmaceutical Council</td><td>General Dental Council</td><td>General Chiropractic Council</td></tr><tr><td>2014-15</td><td>£100</td><td>£80</td><td>£290</td><td>£390</td><td>£570</td><td>£240</td><td>£576</td><td>£800</td></tr><tr><td>2013-14</td><td>£100</td><td>£76</td><td>£260</td><td>£390</td><td>£610</td><td>£240</td><td>£576</td><td>£800</td></tr><tr><td>2012-13</td><td>£76</td><td>£76</td><td>£260</td><td>£390</td><td>£655</td><td>£240</td><td>£576</td><td>£800</td></tr><tr><td>2011-12</td><td>£76</td><td>£76</td><td>£270</td><td>£390</td><td>£750</td><td>£267</td><td>£576</td><td>£800</td></tr><tr><td>2010 -11</td><td>£76</td><td>£76</td><td>£280 (Dispensing optician)£325 (Optometrist)</td><td>£420</td><td>£750</td><td>£262</td><td>£438</td><td>£1,000</td></tr></tbody></table> 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. 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 they do receive income from a range of fees that are applied.

answering member constituency

Central Suffolk and North Ipswich

answering member printed

Dr Daniel Poulter

grouped question UIN

218058
218061

question first answered

15/12/2014 17:43:27

answering member

3932

label	Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

tabling member

1503

label	Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

169518

registered interest

date

10/12/2014

answering body

Department of Health

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Health

answering dept sort name

Health

hansard heading

Health Professions: Regulation

house id

legislature

25259

pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on how many investigations have been carried out by each healthcare regulator in each of the last five years.

tabling member constituency

Copeland

tabling member printed

Mr Jamie Reed

uin

218061

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

15/12/2014

answer text

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. 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: Annual Retention Fee for Healthcare Professions Regulatory Bodies 2010-2015 <table><tbody><tr><td>Year</td><td>Nursing and Midwifery Council</td><td>Health and Care Professions Council</td><td>General Optical Council</td><td>General Medical Council</td><td>General Osteopathic Council</td><td>General Pharmaceutical Council</td><td>General Dental Council</td><td>General Chiropractic Council</td></tr><tr><td>2014-15</td><td>£100</td><td>£80</td><td>£290</td><td>£390</td><td>£570</td><td>£240</td><td>£576</td><td>£800</td></tr><tr><td>2013-14</td><td>£100</td><td>£76</td><td>£260</td><td>£390</td><td>£610</td><td>£240</td><td>£576</td><td>£800</td></tr><tr><td>2012-13</td><td>£76</td><td>£76</td><td>£260</td><td>£390</td><td>£655</td><td>£240</td><td>£576</td><td>£800</td></tr><tr><td>2011-12</td><td>£76</td><td>£76</td><td>£270</td><td>£390</td><td>£750</td><td>£267</td><td>£576</td><td>£800</td></tr><tr><td>2010 -11</td><td>£76</td><td>£76</td><td>£280 (Dispensing optician)£325 (Optometrist)</td><td>£420</td><td>£750</td><td>£262</td><td>£438</td><td>£1,000</td></tr></tbody></table> 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. 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 they do receive income from a range of fees that are applied.

answering member constituency

Central Suffolk and North Ipswich

answering member printed

Dr Daniel Poulter

grouped question UIN

218058
218060

question first answered

15/12/2014 17:43:27

answering member

3932

label	Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

tabling member

1503

label	Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

169520

registered interest

date

10/12/2014

answering body

Department of Health

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Health

answering dept sort name

Health

hansard heading

Ministers' Private Offices

house id

legislature

25259

pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) external and (b) civil service appointees worked in ministerial offices in his Department (i) between May 2005 and May 2010 and (ii) since May 2010.

tabling member constituency

Easington

tabling member printed

Grahame M. Morris

uin

218056

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

17/12/2014

answer text

The information requested is shown in the table below, in terms of headcount of individuals: <table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2">Joining Period</td></tr><tr><td>Cvil Service Appointees or External ?</td><td>May 2005 to May 2010</td><td>Since May 2010</td></tr><tr><td>External</td><td>43</td><td>40</td></tr><tr><td>Civil Service Starter</td><td>8</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Total</td><td>51</td><td>42</td></tr></tbody></table>

answering member constituency

Central Suffolk and North Ipswich

answering member printed

Dr Daniel Poulter

question first answered

17/12/2014 15:55:01

answering member

3932

label	Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

tabling member

3973

label	Biography information for Grahame Morris

169521

registered interest

date

10/12/2014

answering body

Department of Health

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Health

answering dept sort name

Health

hansard heading

Nurses: English Language

house id

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

is ministerial correction

date of answer

15/12/2014

answer text

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. 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. 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.

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

answering dept short name

Health

answering dept sort name

Health

hansard heading

Official Hospitality

house id

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

is ministerial correction

date of answer

15/12/2014

answer text

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.

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

answering dept short name

Health

answering dept sort name

Health

hansard heading

Temporary Employment

house id

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

is ministerial correction

date of answer

15/12/2014

answer text

The latest published figure for the number of specialist contractors within the ‘core’ Department is 64, as at 31 October 2014. As at 31 October, the longest length of time any specialist contractor has been working for the Department is nine years and two months. The Executive Agencies and Executive Non-Departmental Public Bodies have supplied the information set out in the table below. Further comprehensive data about all contract staff in these bodies can be found on the workforce information website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dh-workforce-information-2014 <table><tbody><tr><td> Name of organisation </td><td> Specialist contract staff working in the organisation as at 31 October 2014 </td><td> Longest length of time any specialist contractor has been working as at 31 October 2014</td></tr><tr><td> Public Health England</td><td>13</td><td>19 months</td></tr><tr><td>Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency</td><td>3</td><td>2 years and 4 months</td></tr><tr><td>NHS England*</td><td>917*</td><td>Not Available</td></tr><tr><td>Monitor</td><td>16</td><td>160 days</td></tr><tr><td>Care Quality Commission</td><td>64</td><td>4 years and 7 months</td></tr><tr><td>National Institute for Health and Care Excellence</td><td>48</td><td>5 years and 3 months</td></tr><tr><td>Health and Social Care Information Centre</td><td>58</td><td>1 year 7 months</td></tr><tr><td>Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority</td><td> 1</td><td> 12 months</td></tr><tr><td>Human Tissue Authority</td><td>0</td><td>Not applicable</td></tr></tbody></table> *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

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

169528

registered interest

date

10/12/2014

answering body

Department of Health

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Health

answering dept sort name

Health

hansard heading

Nurses

house id

legislature

25259

pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2014 to Question 216783, if he will make a comparative assessment of the cost effectiveness of (a) attracting qualified nurses who are no longer nursing back into nursing and (b) training nurses from scratch.

tabling member constituency

Vale of Clwyd

tabling member printed

Chris Ruane

uin

218089

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

17/12/2014

answer text

The Personal Social Services Research Unit at the University of Kent estimates that the average cost of training a nurse in 2013 was £78,604. This figure reflects the total cost of training and therefore includes costs funded through the public purse and by the student. The cost of retraining a nurse varies because each programme is adapted to the individual needs of the nurse. However, Health Education England (HEE) estimates that the average cost to them to support each nurse back into practice is £2,000. This does not include any costs to the student. In addition, HEE has spent £50,000 on a recent social media campaign to attract nurses back to practice. This campaign has resulted in 779 nurses registering to undertake a return to practice programme in the next three months.

answering member constituency

Central Suffolk and North Ipswich

answering member printed

Dr Daniel Poulter

question first answered

17/12/2014 15:57:01

answering member

3932

label	Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

tabling member

534

label	Biography information for Chris Ruane

169529

registered interest

date

10/12/2014

answering body

Department of Health

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Health

answering dept sort name

Health

hansard heading

Buildings

house id

legislature

25259

pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what building refurbishments have been carried out by his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies since May 2010; what the cost was of each such refurbishment by category of expenditure; what building refurbishments are planned by his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies; and what the estimated cost of each such refurbishment is.

tabling member constituency

Oldham East and Saddleworth

tabling member printed

Debbie Abrahams

uin

218109

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

17/12/2014

answer text

As part of the transition to the new Health and Social Care system a number of new organisations were established as part of the Health and Social Care Act 2012. This has required the Department to improve and update its buildings to accommodate these new organisations within its own buildings thus maximising efficiency and effectiveness without purchasing expensive new buildings. We have also taken the opportunity to deliver a number of improvements to our lighting, heating and cooling systems which will make our buildings more energy efficient and help towards delivering our Greener Government targets. In 2009-10 the total cost of the estate was £183,132,952 this was reduced to £121,697,625 in 2012-13. We have also reduced our space occupancy from 14.2 square metres (sqm) per full time equivalent (FTE) to 11.6 sqm per FTE in 2012-13 and are on target to reduce this to below 10 sqm per FTE during 2015-16. Expenditure on office refurbishment undertaken by the Department and its non-departmental public bodies since May 2010 is attached. Refurbishment costs relate to the general fit out, improvement and provision of furniture and equipment and excludes building repair and maintenance. It is not possible to provide a more detailed background of each item by category of expenditure without incurring disproportionate costs. Partial information for non-departmental public bodies can only be provided as some of this data is not available. Estimated expenditure on Building refurbishments that are planned by the Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies is attached.

answering member constituency

Central Suffolk and North Ipswich

answering member printed

Dr Daniel Poulter

question first answered

17/12/2014 16:15:10

answering member

3932

label	Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

attachment

1

file name	Expenditure on office and building refurbishment.doc
title	Expenditure on office & building refurbishments

previous answer version

33605

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

4212

label	Biography information for Debbie Abrahams