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417288

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date	07/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cancer: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department and the NHS provided to research projects related to the treatment of cancer in each financial year since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	9266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>Spend by the Department’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) on cancer research is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>100.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>104.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>133.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>129.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>134.7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This funding provides direct and indirect support for research projects relating to cancer aetiology, prevention, screening, detection, diagnosis, treatment and care. Total NIHR spend on research relating specifically to cancer treatment cannot be separated from total cancer research expenditure.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 15/09/2015 12:16:01 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

417307

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list what policy evaluations have been carried out by external organisations for his Department and its agencies in each financial year since 2010-11; whether the output of those evaluations was published; which organisation carried out each such evaluation; and what the value of each contract to provide that evaluation was.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	9251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department commissions research-based evidence for policy development, implementation and evaluation through the Policy Research Programme (PRP). Details of projects, initiatives and long-term programmes of research currently funded by the PRP are available on the website of the PRP Central Commissioning Facility: <a href="http://www.prp-ccf.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.prp-ccf.org.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These details include research summary, contractor, start date, estimated date of completion, and value of the award. The website also has links to summary final reports received since April 2011.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 15/09/2015 11:53:36 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

227302

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what amount his Department and its agencies spent on research and development in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion such spending was of total departmental spending.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	227561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>Total spend by the Department and its agencies on research and development (R&amp;D) in the years 2010-11 to 2013-14 is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>R&amp;D spend (£ million)</p></td><td><p>966</p></td><td><p>966</p></td><td><p>995</p></td><td><p>1,049</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>R&amp;D spend as proportion of total departmental spend (per cent)</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td><td><p>0.9</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 20/03/2015 12:52:12 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

227305

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what technologies are being developed with support from the Small Business Research Initiative programmes of (a) his Department and (b) NHS England; and what assessment he has made of the future potential uses of those technologies.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	227523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department, through the Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI), is currently funding the development of a number of technologies aimed at promoting patient empowerment and sustainability in kidney care. Six phase 2 SBRI contracts valued at £2 million were awarded in February 2015. The technologies being developed range from diagnostics to digital solutions, for use in the home and in secondary care. Potential uses include early infection detection in patients on peritoneal dialysis, prevention of acute kidney injury and renal patient transport.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department is also supporting, through SBRI, the development of enabling technologies for genomics sequence data analysis and interpretation. In March 2015 five phase 2 SBRI contracts, valued at £8 million, were awarded for the development of next generation sequencing technologies which were assessed as having the potential to help deliver the Prime Minister’s 100,000 Genome Project. Potential uses are in the areas of diagnostics related to genome screening, clinical research, gene-discovery and wider use of stratified medicine. The technologies are hoped to provide more accurate variant calling and annotation pipelines, new ways of expressing the reference genomes, improving human leukocyte antigen genotyping and intuitive user interfaces to allow clinicians to interpret variants from next generation sequencing machines.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The NHS England SBRI Healthcare programme currently has 138 contracts with companies to develop innovative technologies to address known healthcare needs. These range from diagnostics to digital management solutions; embracing conditions such as cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, dementia and patient safety and bringing solutions for mental health, primary and acute care. Assessment of the programme by the Office of Health Economics and the SBRI Healthcare team in 2014 has shown that since 2012 the pipeline has a potential to secure £434 million efficiency savings each year for the next decade. Assessment of the programme also shows that 150 jobs have been created, 31 patents awarded and over £10 million of additional investment has been leveraged.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The technologies supported include a light therapy sleep mask for the prevention of diabetic retinopathy; ultraviolet scope enabling intraoperative visibility of cancer cells in surgery; a point of care cardiac diagnostic to fully diagnose a heart attack within 20 minutes and a blood test to definitively rule out a diagnosis of colorectal cancer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 20/03/2015 14:35:19 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

224739

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the amount (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on procurement was paid to small and medium-sized enterprises (i) directly and (ii) through the supply chain in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	226061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government has overhauled public procurement to open it up to businesses of all sizes. On 25 February 2015, we announced that central government spent an unprecedented £11.4 billion with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in 2013-14, a record 26.1% of direct and indirect spend. This meets our aspiration, set in 2010, that 25% of government procurement spend would be with SMEs by the end of this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The data on central government spend with SMEs in 2013-14 is available on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/central-government-spend-with-smes-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/central-government-spend-with-smes-2013-to-2014</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 10/03/2015 16:18:20 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

224870

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of undisputed invoices his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies paid within five days in the last period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	226077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>The last period for which complete figures are available is the 2013-14 financial-year i.e. 12 months ended 31 March 2014. The table below details the proportion (%) of undisputed payments made, by individual body:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Body</p></td><td><p>Proportion of invoices paid within 5 days</p><p>(% to nearest 1%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department of Health</p></td><td><p>95</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency</p></td><td><p>76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Human Tissue Authority</p></td><td><p>95</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Monitor</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">92</del><ins class="ministerial">0*</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public Health England</p></td><td><p>81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Care Quality Commission</p></td><td><p>89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Litigation Authority</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health Education England</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health Research Authority</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health and Social Care Information Centre</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Institute for Health &amp; Care Excellence</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Blood and Transplant</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Property Services</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Business Services Authority</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS England</p></td><td><p>54</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial">*Monitor return is 0% because it works towards paying all valid invoices within 10 working days not five. The 10-day compliance for 2013-14 was 92%.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 10/03/2015 16:36:28 question first ministerially corrected 16/03/2015 17:31:17 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter previous answer version 49032 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	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

224871

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what requirements his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies place on suppliers in respect of their payment terms to subcontractors as part of their standard terms and conditions.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	226170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>A full response to this question would require a review of all the terms and conditions held by the Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are aware of the latest guidance around the prompt payment code and either have introduced or are introducing the new approach into their standard terms and conditions:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/hancock-big-firms-should-pay-small-suppliers-in-30-days" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/hancock-big-firms-should-pay-small-suppliers-in-30-days</a></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 10/03/2015 17:20:16 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

224872

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of suppliers to his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are signatories to the Prompt Payment Code.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	226154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department is a signatory to the Prompt Payment Code and has done so on behalf of its agencies and non-departmental public bodies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, no data is collected centrally on the proportion of suppliers providing goods and/or services to the Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies, who have signed up to this code.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 10/03/2015 15:07:21 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

224874

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of suppliers to his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies paid subcontractors within 30 days in the last period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	226186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not collect separate prompt payment data related to subcontractors. It therefore places no obligation on its agencies and non-departmental public bodies to collect this type of data.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 10/03/2015 17:21:25 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

222950

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS England: Small Business Research Initiative
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total (a) number and (b) value was of new Phase 3 Small Business Research Initiative contracts awarded by NHS England in 2014-15 to date; and what the total (i) number and (ii) value is of such contracts it has budgeted to award in 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	225050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>The table below relates to NHS England’s Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) contracts:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of Phase 1 Contracts</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Value of Phase 1 Contracts</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>£4.08 million</p></td><td><p>£2.52 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of Phase 2 Contracts</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Value of Phase 2 Contracts</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>£2.99 million</p></td><td><p>£18.52 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of Phase 3 Contracts</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Value of Phase 3 Contracts</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>£6.36 million</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>56 contracts valued at £13.43 million</p></td><td><p>46 contracts valued at £21.09 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2014-15: In addition to the above mentioned 26 Phase 1 contracts that have already been awarded, it is estimated that a further 15 Phase 1 contracts will be awarded in this financial year. It is budgeted to award a total of 41 Phase 1 contracts with a total value of £4.08 million in 2014-15.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2015-16: Budgets for 2015/16 programmes have not yet been agreed by the NHS England Board.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below relates to the Department of Health SBRI Contracts:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of Phase 1 Contracts</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Value of Phase 1 Contracts</p></td><td><p>£1.07 million</p></td><td><p>£2.96 million</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of Phase 2 Contracts</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Value of Phase 2 Contracts</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>£2.63 million</p></td><td><p>£10.15 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of Phase 3 Contracts</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Value of Phase 3 Contracts</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>13 contracts valued at £1.07 million</p></td><td><p>23 contracts valued at £5.59 million</p></td><td><p>11 contracts valued at £10.15 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2012-13: In addition to the above, the Department contributed £500,000 to a Phase 2 SBRI competition that was led by the East of England Strategic Health Authority. The Department also contributed £500,000 to a Phase 1 SBRI competition that was led by the Technology Strategy Board.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2013-14: In addition to the above, the Department contributed £500,000 to a Phase 2 SBRI competition that was led by the Technology Strategy Board.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2014-15: The Phase 2 figures relate to the number and value of contracts that are being offered and not yet signed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2015-16: The Department is currently engaged in its financial planning process and budgets for the next financial year have not yet been allocated.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2010, the Government set an aspiration that at least 25% of central Government procurement spend would go to small and medium enterprises (SMEs), both directly and through the supply chain, by 2015. The Department agreed its own target of 18% to contributing to the Government’s aspiration. The Department’s total as at September 2014 stands at 17.2%, the target being that at least 18% of the Department’s and its arms-length bodies’ (ALBs) spend shall be awarded to SMEs by 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 225027 225028 225029 225030 225031 225036 225037 225038 225039 225040 225051 225052 225053 225054 225055 225056 225057 225058 question first answered 02/03/2015 15:05:00 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna