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579500

registered interest
date	09/09/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Junior Doctors: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a comparative assessment of the level of proposed weekend pay under the new junior doctors' contract with weekend pay for (a) prison officers, (b) fire fighters, (c) police officers, (d) call centre workers, (e) consultants and (f) nurses, midwives and physios.
tabling member constituency	Torbay
tabling member printed	Kevin Foster
uin	45817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2016 answer text <p>Junior doctors already work weekends, and they will continue to be fairly rewarded for work undertaken at the weekend using the weekend allowance proposed by the British Medical Association negotiators. Comparative rates are set out in the <ins class="ministerial">attached</ins> table<del class="ministerial"> below</del>.</p><p> </p><p>Because of the allowance based approach to weekend working, the effective hourly rate juniors are paid will vary depending on how many hours they work over how many weekends. In almost all cases junior doctors will receive weekend pay better than other National Health Service professional staff.</p><p> </p><p>A typical rota for a junior doctor involves an average of 6.5 hours a week being worked at weekends. (i.e. they work two long shifts of 13 hours every four weekends). This is split evenly over Saturdays and Sundays and includes night work.</p><p> </p><p>For working those weekend hours the percentage hourly supplement across all the hours worked for different groups of NHS staff would be</p><p>- 66% for a junior doctor (37% for night work plus an additional 7.5% weekend allowance set as a percentage of basic pay)</p><p>- 56% for a band 3 Health Care Assistant (37% for Saturday, 74% for Sunday)</p><p>- 45% for a nurse (30% for Saturday, 60% for Sunday)</p><p>- 33% for a consultant</p><p> </p><p><strong><br /> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Payment</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Junior doctors</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Weekend night shifts ending by 10am. Time plus 37%. Weekend allowance - + 10% 1in2 - + 7.5% - + 6% - + 4% - + 3% - No allowance</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Consultants</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">4hour Programmed Activity is reduced to 3 hours, effectively Time + 33%</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Nurses</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Time + 30% Saturday time +60% Sunday</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Prison officers *</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Time + 17%</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Firefighters *</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Shift duty covers shifts 24 hours, 7 days. No premia</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Police Officers *</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Time plus 10% for nights only (8pm-6am)</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Call centre workers *</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Between Time + 5% and Time + 40%</del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">*Income Data Services study</del></p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 19/09/2016 17:00:01 question first ministerially corrected 20/09/2016 09:51:13 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne attachment 1 file name Comparative weekend pay rates PQ45817.docx title Comparative Pay Rates PQ45817 previous answer version 12257 answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster

579501

registered interest
date	09/09/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Junior Doctors: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a comparative assessment of the level of the proposed night time premium under the new junior doctors' contract with the night time premium for (a) airline pilots, (b) fire fighters, (c) police officers, (d) consultants and (e) nurses, midwives and physios.
tabling member constituency	Torbay
tabling member printed	Kevin Foster
uin	45818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2016 answer text <p>Under the new contract the night time premium proposed for junior doctors means that they will be paid a higher supplement rate than consultants and nurses in the National Health Service and significantly more than other public sector employees.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Night Window</p></td><td><p>Payment</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Junior doctors</p></td><td><p>9pm-7am or until the end of the night shift up to 10am</p></td><td><p>Time + 37%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Consultants</p></td><td><p>7pm-7am</p></td><td><p>4 hour Programmed Activity is reduced to 3 hours, effectively time + 33%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nurses</p></td><td><p>8pm-6am</p></td><td><p>Time + 30%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Airline Pilots*</p></td><td><p>1am-7am</p></td><td><p>Time + 14-17% for captain</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Police Officers*</p></td><td><p>8pm-6am</p></td><td><p>Time + 10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Firefighters *</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>Shift duty covers shifts 24 hours, 7 days. No premia</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*Income Data Services study</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 19/09/2016 16:21:37 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster

579503

registered interest
date	09/09/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Consultants: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate how many consultants earn more than the Prime Minister.
tabling member constituency	Torbay
tabling member printed	Kevin Foster
uin	45802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2016 answer text <p>It is estimated that 8,000 consultants earn more than £142,500. This figure relates to the earnings of consultants employed by the NHS Hospital and Community Health Service (HCHS) in England, and is based on NHS Earnings Estimates and Workforce Statistics published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC).</p><p> </p><p>Sources: HCHS Consultants earnings figures based on statistics published by the HSCIC, from NHS Electronic Staff Record data, in NHS Staff Earnings Estimates to December 2015. The NHS Electronic Staff Record is the HR and Payroll system used by almost all National Health Service trusts and foundation trusts in England. HCHS Consultant numbers published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre in NHS Workforce Statistics.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 19/09/2016 15:04:33 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster

579514

registered interest
date	09/09/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Junior Doctors: Working Hours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the proposed new junior doctors' contract on reducing rota gaps.
tabling member constituency	Torbay
tabling member printed	Kevin Foster
uin	45805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2016 answer text <p>The new contract is part of the solution to rota gaps. It contains protections that mean that safe working hours will be enforced and light will be shone on rota gaps by the Guardian of Safe Working Hours reporting to the Board of each trust. Where action is not taken, this will be escalated to the Care Quality Commission, the General Medical Council and Health Education England. These protections simply do not exist in the current contract. In terms of covering rota gaps, no junior doctor can be asked to work more than an average of 48 hours a week and cannot work more than an average of 56 hours a week if they opt out from the Working Time Directive. The new contract rules for instance on rest periods and consecutive night shifts also apply to any additional work done.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 19/09/2016 15:36:34 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster

579515

registered interest
date	09/09/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Junior Doctors: Working Hours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the proposed new junior doctors' contract on ensuring safe working hours.
tabling member constituency	Torbay
tabling member printed	Kevin Foster
uin	45806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2016 answer text <p>The new contract includes stronger limits on working hours and patterns of work and a robust oversight mechanism to ensure that prompt action is taken if needed. This will be an integral part of how trusts meet their statutory obligations to keep staff and patients safe. Required action includes a review of work schedules to ensure safe working, payment for additional work done and fines where the limits in the contract are breached. There are no such protections under the current contract. For instance, at present, junior doctors can be asked to work up to 91 hours a week, up to seven night shifts in a row and every weekend under the current contract. The Guardian of Safe Working Hours will be tasked with ensuring that rotas reflect the hours that juniors work and they are within the new contractual limits.</p><p> </p><p>These limits under the new contract are a maximum of 72 hours per week (compared to 91 currently), and the limit on average weekly hours will remain 48 hours (and be limited to 56 hours where a doctor opts out of the Working Time Regulations).</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 19/09/2016 16:31:27 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster

573418

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Dyslexia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps are being taken to prevent discrimination against people with dyslexia in the Armed Forces.
tabling member constituency	Torbay
tabling member printed	Kevin Foster
uin	44156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2016 answer text <p>Dyslexia is one of four specific learning difficulties (SpLD, including dyspraxia, dyscalculia and scotopic sensitivity syndrome) recognised by the Armed Forces which are not a bar to recruitment or service in the Armed Forces, as long as all applicable recruitment, training and job performance standards are met in full. SpLD are viewed by the Armed Forces as naturally occurring differences in learning that, through targeted support and the implementation of coping strategies, can generally be successfully mitigated. Many dyslexic Armed Forces personnel are enjoying successful careers.</p><p>Individuals affected by SpLD are eligible for specific support which may include reasonable adjustments to training and working environments. SpLD is recognised as being an issue that is principally and proactively managed by the individual, supported where necessary by their Chain of Command and not a condition which should draw undue attention, impractical or unmanageable special measures or stigma.</p><p>Detailed policy guidance on SpLD is accessible at unit level through Joint Service Publication (JSP) 898 'Defence Direction and Guidance on Training, Education and Skills'. In addition, the single Services have trained SpLD advisors who can offer advice, guidance and a range of strategies to help individuals get the support they need. These advisors administer the dyslexia adult screening test (DAST) to assess personnel once a trainer, trainee, line manager or member of the Services suspect dyslexia. The test is not mandatory; it is administered only with the individual's consent. The DAST result will determine whether further specialist assessment by an educational psychologist is required and also provide a profile of strengths and weaknesses which will support any necessary remedial training programme.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 09/09/2016 13:02:23 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster

573533

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Gender Recognition Certificates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons the Gender Recognition Panel administrative guidance states that the Statutory Declaration should be dated within six months of the date of the Gender Recognition Certificate application.
tabling member constituency	Torbay
tabling member printed	Kevin Foster
uin	44155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The date of the statutory declaration needs to be close to the date of application for a GRC (Gender Recognition Certificate) because the Gender Recognition Panel must be satisfied that the applicant and the spouse’s consents are still valid and current at the time of the application for a GRC. The 6 month timeframe reflects this need for up-to-date evidence.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 12/09/2016 11:12:23 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster

573534

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what forms of medical evidence his Department accepts for personal independence payments claims from a person suffering from (a) myalgic encephalopathy and (b) other illnesses with variable symptoms that permit part-time work.
tabling member constituency	Torbay
tabling member printed	Kevin Foster
uin	44154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is a non-means-tested, non-taxable cash benefit that is paid regardless of the employment status of the claimant. It has been designed to take full account of fluctuating and variable conditions.</p><p> </p><p>The Department encourages claimants to provide as much relevant evidence as necessary to support their claim. The “How your disability affects you” form and accompanying guidance sets out the range of information that can help the Department reach a decision. The guidance for Health Professionals also sets out sources of further evidence which could help inform their advice to the Department (Section 2.3 Further Evidence); this includes family members, carers or anyone else who supports them.</p><p> </p><p>This guidance can be accessed on the gov.uk website:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/547146/pip-assessment-guide.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/547146/pip-assessment-guide.pdf</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 12/09/2016 12:44:20 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster

573877

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Children: Separated People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether there is provision to ensure that both parents in a separated couple receive financial assistance for their children when joint custody has been approved.
tabling member constituency	Torbay
tabling member printed	Kevin Foster
uin	44174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>Where a separated couple have joint custody for their children, only one of them will receive financial assistance for those children through Universal Credit. The separated couple may jointly nominate which of them that will be. The parent who receives financial support is the one whom the child normally lives with, but if the child normally lives with both, then it is the parent who has main responsibility for the child. This is to be decided by the parents, or failing that, the Secretary of State if the parents cannot agree or if the Secretary of State does not think that the nomination accurately reflects the arrangement. HM Revenue &amp; Customs administer Child Tax Credit and Child Benefit and the rules similarly require that payment is directed towards the person who is mainly responsible for the child, so that at any one time, only one person can be entitled to receive payments in respect of a particular child.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 12/09/2016 12:33:55 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster

425725

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Property
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what value of NHS property has been (a) acquired and (b) sold in each (i) parliamentary constituency and (ii) clinical commissioning group area in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Torbay
tabling member printed	Kevin Foster
uin	14612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p>Information about the value of property and land sales for the National Health Service is held centrally only for 2013-14 and 2014-15. We do not hold information by clinical commissioning group or parliamentary constituency. Information about acquisitions of property by the NHS is not recorded centrally.</p><p>(a) Value of property sold:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Trusts and Foundation Trusts</p></td><td><p>£179.9 million</p></td><td><p>£155.8 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Property services</p></td><td><p>£24.9 million</p></td><td><p>£57.8 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>(b) Value of property acquired. We do hold this information for NHS Property Services and this is shown below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Property Services</p></td><td><p>£3.0 million</p></td><td><p>£18.1 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Trusts/Foundation Trusts</p></td><td><p>Not recorded</p></td><td><p>Not recorded</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <br /><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 10/11/2015 17:21:37 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster