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751384

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS Professionals: Privatisation
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 5 July 2017 to Question 1506, on NHS Professionals: privatisation, what estimate he has made of the annual saving to the public purse.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	4596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>A key commercial feature of the sale transaction is that NHS Professionals Ltd (NHSP) must act to maintain a business model based on supplying high quality healthcare staff at low margins to National Health Service clients. Breach of this principal gives the Department the right to repurchase its shares.</p><p>As part of the competitive bidding process, bidders were required to submit business plans indicating how growing NHSP will help reduce NHS spend through a combination of greater use of ‘bank’ over agency staff, growth of products such as locum doctors and international recruitment, growth in market share, and reduced costs to customers.</p><p>The Department is currently in confidential commercial negotiations with interested bidders and cannot comment further on the nature or identity of bids. The Department will disclose the full cost of the process upon its completion.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 4597 question first answered 17/07/2017 16:49:27 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

751385

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS Professionals: Privatisation
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 5 July 2017 to Question 1506, on NHS Professionals: privatisation, what the cost has been of the procurement process to date.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	4597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>A key commercial feature of the sale transaction is that NHS Professionals Ltd (NHSP) must act to maintain a business model based on supplying high quality healthcare staff at low margins to National Health Service clients. Breach of this principal gives the Department the right to repurchase its shares.</p><p>As part of the competitive bidding process, bidders were required to submit business plans indicating how growing NHSP will help reduce NHS spend through a combination of greater use of ‘bank’ over agency staff, growth of products such as locum doctors and international recruitment, growth in market share, and reduced costs to customers.</p><p>The Department is currently in confidential commercial negotiations with interested bidders and cannot comment further on the nature or identity of bids. The Department will disclose the full cost of the process upon its completion.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 4596 question first answered 17/07/2017 16:49:27 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

751388

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Professions: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the reasons why healthcare professionals who are nationals of other EU member states have left the employment of the NHS since 23 June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	4583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>In June 2016 there were 58,698 EU27 workers employed in National Health Service trusts and clinical commissioning groups. In March 2017 this had increased by 3,236 to 61,934.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is committed to ensuring that the NHS and social care system have the nurses, midwives, doctors, carers and other health professionals that it needs.</p><p> </p><p>As negotiations continue around the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union, the Department and its arm’s length bodies will continue to support the health and care system to ensure they are able to deliver the services on which patients rely.</p><p> </p><p>The Department continues to monitor and analyse overall staffing levels across the NHS, and is working across Government to ensure there will continue to be sufficient staff to deliver the high quality service that patients expect.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 19/07/2017 13:38:48 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

751389

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses working in the NHS in England were aged 70 years or older in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	4584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes workforce statistics and the following table shows the number of qualified nurses and health visitors who are 70 and over working in the National Health Service in England at 30 September 2012 to 2016. Data for March 2017 is also provided as this is the latest available.</p><p> </p><p>The data is headcount because equality data relates to individuals.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS): Qualified nurses and health visitors by 5 year age band in NHS trusts and clinical commissioning groups in England as at 30 September each specified year and latest data as at 31 March 2017</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Qualified nurses and health visitors age profile (headcount)</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>March 2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>70 and over</p></td><td><p>166</p></td><td><p>209</p></td><td><p>251</p></td><td><p>296</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>411</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: NHS Digital, Provisional NHS HCHS monthly workforce statistics.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 19/07/2017 13:42:53 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

751390

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Professions: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of (a) nurses, (b) junior doctors, (c) consultants, (d) midwives, (e) GPs and (f) allied health professionals are citizens of EU member states other than the UK.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	4585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>Nationality data is not held centrally by the Department.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Digital publishes National Health Service workforce statistics. The latest nationality data for staff working in trusts and clinical commissioning groups, as at 31 March 2017, is available at:</p><p><a href="http://content.digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB24214/hchs-trst-ccg-org-job-type-mar-2017.xlsx" target="_blank">http://content.digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB24214/hchs-trst-ccg-org-job-type-mar-2017.xlsx</a></p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 19/07/2017 13:47:34 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

750178

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings he had on his visit to Houston, Texas in February 2017; and what the (a) purpose and (b) cost to the public purse was of those meetings.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	3830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State did not visit Texas in February 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The former Parliamentary under Secretary of State (Nicola Blackwood) attended the Arab Health Conference on 30 and 31 January 2017 to promote British business, in order to help achieve the Prime Minister’s stated goal of close collaboration and partnership in healthcare. The Minister held meetings with a number Government Ministers and officials from the United Arab Emirates, Dubai and Saudi Arabia, and engaged with representatives from numerous British companies, trade bodies and healthcare suppliers as part of the conference.</p><p> </p><p>Further information on Ministerial overseas visits and meetings, including costs, is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-external-meetings-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-external-meetings-2017</a></p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 3886 question first answered 13/07/2017 12:32:55 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

750179

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Incentives
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, (a) how many officials in his Department received a performance-related pay bonus and (b) what the cost of those bonuses was to the public purse in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	3828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>Non-consolidated performance related pay is only paid to reward excellence, for example to recognise and incentivise those responsible for delivering high quality public services and savings to the taxpayer. These one-off payments are not pensionable.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows how many officials in the Department received a performance related payment and the cost of those payments in each of the last five complete financial years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Senior Civil Servants (SCS)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Delegated Grades (AO to Grade 6)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Total Cost</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>*Year</p></td><td><p>Headcount</p></td><td><p>Cost</p></td><td><p>Headcount</p></td><td><p>Cost</p></td><td><p>Headcount</p></td><td><p>Cost</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>£ 381,664</p></td><td><p>410</p></td><td><p>£ 396,868</p></td><td><p>446</p></td><td><p>£ 778,532</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>£ 434,744</p></td><td><p>351</p></td><td><p>£ 335,705</p></td><td><p>391</p></td><td><p>£ 770,449</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>£ 405,000</p></td><td><p>386</p></td><td><p>£ 373,857</p></td><td><p>423</p></td><td><p>£ 778,857</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>£ 495,082</p></td><td><p>404</p></td><td><p>£ 388,378</p></td><td><p>450</p></td><td><p>£ 883,460</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>£ 388,450</p></td><td><p>503</p></td><td><p>£ 487,566</p></td><td><p>549</p></td><td><p>£ 876,016</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note: *End of year non-consolidated performance related payments paid in each of the financial years relates to performance in the previous year.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 13/07/2017 12:24:59 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

750180

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to renew the NHS Outcomes Framework for 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	3827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>There are no plans to change the current set of indicators used for the NHS Outcomes Framework for 2017-18.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 13/07/2017 11:43:55 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

750184

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Conferences: Dubai
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings the Parliamentary under-Secretary of State had during his visit to the Arab Health Conference in Dubai; and what the (a) purpose and (b) cost to the public purse was of those meetings.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	3886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State did not visit Texas in February 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The former Parliamentary under Secretary of State (Nicola Blackwood) attended the Arab Health Conference on 30 and 31 January 2017 to promote British business, in order to help achieve the Prime Minister’s stated goal of close collaboration and partnership in healthcare. The Minister held meetings with a number Government Ministers and officials from the United Arab Emirates, Dubai and Saudi Arabia, and engaged with representatives from numerous British companies, trade bodies and healthcare suppliers as part of the conference.</p><p> </p><p>Further information on Ministerial overseas visits and meetings, including costs, is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-external-meetings-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-external-meetings-2017</a></p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 3830 question first answered 13/07/2017 12:32:55 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

749413

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: Maternity Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress is being made on the investigation into maternity services at the Countess of Chester hospital.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	3375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>The investigation by Cheshire Constabulary into a number of baby deaths occurring between June 2015 and June 2016 in the neonatal unit of the Countess of Chester Hospital is on-going, so we are not able to provide any further details at this time.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 13/07/2017 12:08:33 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders