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1022825

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
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	General Practitioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2018 to Question 188904, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the voluntary erasure code in cases where a GP is under investigation.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	200666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to assess the adequacy of the General Medical Council’s (GMC) voluntary erasure code in cases where a general practitioner (or any other doctor) is under investigation.</p><p> </p><p>As the independent regulator of doctors in the United Kingdom the GMC sets the standards all doctors must follow to practise in the UK. It is responsible for how it discharges its statutory duties, including the processes for considering applications for voluntary erasure as set out in legislation.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 13/12/2018 12:05:18 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1022836

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Babylon Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of contracts his Department has with Babylon Healthcare.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	200671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not hold any contracts with Babylon Healthcare Ltd.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 13/12/2018 12:04:24 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1022837

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
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	Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of cases related to EHIC fraud that were (a) investigated, (b) determined to be a probable case of fraud and (c) determined to be a definite case of fraud by the NHS Counter Fraud Authority in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	200672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) fraud case referrals investigated to determine whether a potential fraud has occurred and the number of these referrals determined to be potential fraud cases.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>EHIC fraud case referrals</p></td><td><p>Referrals determined to be potential fraud cases</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These activities are undertaken by the Department’s Anti-Fraud Unit, rather than the NHS Counter Fraud Authority. This is because payments relating to EHIC are paid by the Department, not the National Health Service.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 13/12/2018 10:23:36 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1022918

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Interserve
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the value of contracts held by his Department with Interserve.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	200579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department has no contracts itself with Interserve.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 13/12/2018 12:03:37 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1022921

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Interserve
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the financial health of Interserve.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	200580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>Interserve is an organisation identified by the Cabinet Office as a Strategic Supplier to the Government and as such is closely monitored by them via the Crown Representative who provides regular reports on their Financial Status to the Department of Health and Social Care. Currently these reports indicate that Departments should continue to trade with them as normal and should this situation change then Departments will be notified of any action required.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 13/12/2018 12:02:44 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1023031

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
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: Older People
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 the Government has made of the effect on the provision of adult social care services of projected increases in the elderly population.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	200725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department commissions the Personal Social Services Research Unit to produce projections of the demand for long-term care for older people and younger adults in England to 2040 and beyond and associated future expenditure. The projections are based on specific assumptions about trends in such variables as future mortality rates and disability rates, and are updated regularly as new data become available – for example official population projections published by the Office for National Statistics. In doing so, the model explicitly takes account of projected increases in the elderly population.</p><p> </p><p>More detail is available in Wittenberg R, Hu B and Hancock R (2018) Projections of demand and expenditure on adult social care 2015 to 2040, Personal Social Services Research Unit discussion paper 2944/2, first published in June 2018 and revised in November 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The report is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.pssru.ac.uk/publications/pub-5421/" target="_blank">https://www.pssru.ac.uk/publications/pub-5421/</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 13/12/2018 11:57:26 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1023036

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
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	Health Services: South Yorkshire
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 2018 Budget, how much of the increase in funding allocated to the NHS over the next five years will be allocated to South Yorkshire.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	200730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>We are providing the National Health Service with additional real terms funding of £20.5 billion by 2023/24 to meet future healthcare needs. The NHS is developing the long-term plan which will set out a vision for the future of the health system and ensure every penny is well spent. Funding breakdowns to local areas are yet to be finalised, but will be published in due course. This Government is committed to providing high quality care to meet the needs of people across England, including those in South Yorkshire.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 13/12/2018 11:58:22 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1023037

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
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	Mental Health Services: Children
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 the announcement by the Children's Commissioner's Children's Mental, published November 2018, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of referrals of children with mental health problems being closed before those children entered treatment.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	200731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>The Mental Health Data Set, published by NHS Digital, sets out the number of referrals received by National Health Service specialist children’s mental health services and those that go on to receive treatment.</p><p> </p><p>There are many reasons why a referral to NHS children’s mental health services might be rejected – some cases are not appropriate for NHS treatment and there are more appropriate sources of help. Where possible, patients are referred on to other forms of support.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Government is also committed to expanding access to specialist services and we are on track to see an additional 70,000 children and young people each year by 2020/21.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 13/12/2018 13:49:07 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1020790

registered interest
date	07/12/2018
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	Prescriptions: 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 many NHS prescription penalty notices were issued between August 2017 and August 2018; and how many recipients of those notices have subsequently been confirmed as having made a valid claim for free prescriptions.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	200141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2018 answer text <p>The NHS Business Services Authority (BSA) issued 1,306,138 prescription penalty charge notices between August 2017 and August 2018. The NHS BSA subsequently received notification that 302,761 of these went to people who had a valid prescription charge exemption. Such instances commonly arise when there is a data mismatch, due to an address or name change, and the NHS BSA can cancel the penalty charges upon being contacted by the recipient.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 12/12/2018 15:01:50 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1020791

registered interest
date	07/12/2018
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	Prescriptions: 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, what process is in place for the NHS Business Services Authority to check a claimant's eligibility for free prescriptions with the Department of Work and Pensions.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	200142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2018 answer text <p>The NHS Business Services Authority (BSA) and the Department for Work and Pensions have a data sharing agreement in place. This enables the NHS BSA to verify the accuracy of declarations from people who have claimed exemption from National Health Service prescription charges, on the FP10 prescription form, due to a qualifying Department for Work and Pensions benefit.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 12/12/2018 15:02:32 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle