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1010636

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Cameroon
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether his Department plans to review arms sales to the Government of Cameroon.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	193544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government takes its export control responsibilities extremely seriously.</p><p> </p><p>The UK operates one of the most<del class="ministerial"> thorough and</del> robust export control<ins class="ministerial"> regimes</ins> <del class="ministerial">systems</del> in the world. The Government will not grant export licences where to do so would be inconsistent with the Consolidated EU and National Arms Exports Licensing Criteria, which include<ins class="ministerial"> the respect for</ins> <del class="ministerial">an assessment of</del> human rights and fundamental freedoms in the country of final destination.<ins class="ministerial"> The Government will not grant a licence where there is a clear risk that the items to exported might be used for internal repression.</ins></p><p>Extant<del class="ministerial"> licenses</del> <ins class="ministerial">licences</ins> can be revoked at any time if the situation changes in Cameroon<ins class="ministerial"> and those licences are no longer assessed as being consistent with the licensing criteria</ins>.</p><p><br /> The policy remains as announced to parliament in a Written Ministerial Statement on 25 March 2014: <a href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm140325/wmstext/140325m0001.htm#14032566000018" target="_blank">https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm140325/wmstext/140325m0001.htm#140325660000</a></p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 23/11/2018 14:58:43 question first ministerially corrected 26/11/2018 11:00:41 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 86882 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

997136

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BBC: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will hold discussions with the National Audit Office on the potential merits on that Office undertaking a review of commissioning contracts within the BBC that are of a value of less than £1million.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	184894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Electronic Communications Code (ECC) was recently reformed as part of the Digital Economy Act 2017. These reforms were intended to reduce the cost of providing communications infrastructure and make it easier for operators to deploy such infrastructure. The new Code came into force on 28 December 2017.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The Regulatory Impact Assessment published by Government estimated that the ECC reforms could lead to a reduction in average market rents (as compared to rates agreed before reforms to the ECC). However, the eventual impact is difficult to predict during this period of transition in which operators and site providers adapt to the new legislation.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">During this period, where the market is adjusting and settling, good working relationships between site providers and code operators are critical, and we encourage all parties to continue their efforts to reach mutually acceptable agreements. A joint statement released in August reaffirmed the commitment made by DCMS, industry, CLA and RICS to work collaboratively to implement the ECC.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">My Department will continue to work with stakeholders, including representatives from industry, landowners, representative bodies and Ofcom, to inform the implementation of the new Code. We will monitor developments carefully and, as outlined in the Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review, (<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/732496/Future_Telecoms_Infrastructure_Review.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/732496/Future_Telecoms_Infrastructure_Review.pdf</a>) will consider a formal review of the impact of the ECC reforms.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Comptroller and Auditor General is the BBC's independent auditor with powers to conduct value for money studies related to the economy, efficiency and effectiveness of the BBC. Decisions in relation to reviewing BBC activity are therefore a matter for the National Audit Office, not government. </ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 01/11/2018 18:03:18 question first ministerially corrected 05/11/2018 11:54:25 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James previous answer version 82643 answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

992659

registered interest
date	22/10/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Defence: Export Credit Guarantees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the (a) premium income (b) claims paid and (c) monies at risk of UK Export Finance were relating to the defence sector for the financial years (i) 2015-16, (ii) 2016-17 and (iii) 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	182216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2018 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">UK Export Finance (UKEF) does not publish premium value by sector. Total premium income can be found in our Annual Report and Accounts.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The premium income for defence transactions is presented in the table below.</ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Financial Year</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Gross Premium GBP</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Net Premium GBP</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2015/16</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">89,865.80</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">89,865.80</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2016/17</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">64,818,167.46</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">46,858,612.39</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2017/18</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">4,823,315.65</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">4,823,315.65</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>No claims were paid relating to defence sector contracts during this period.</p><p> </p><p>The monies at risk for defence transactions are presented in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>FY</p></td><td><p>Net Amount at Risk £m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>1,219.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2,749.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2,537.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Where such information is not commercially sensitive, UKEF publishes details of the companies it has supported on an annual basis in its Annual Report and Accounts which are presented to Parliament and can be found on UKEF’s website.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-export-finance-annual-reports-and-accounts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-export-finance-annual-reports-and-accounts</a></p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 25/10/2018 16:17:28 question first ministerially corrected 20/11/2018 10:16:22 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 80918 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

990407

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Money Laundering: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions have been made by the Crown Prosecution Service under (i) Section 330 and (ii) Sections 327-329 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	181274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">The official statistics relating to crime and policing are maintained by the Home Office. Official statistics relating to sentencing, criminal court proceedings, offenders brought to justice, the courts and the judiciary are maintained by the Ministry of Justice.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The number of prosecutions and convictions for offences under sections 327-330 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 can be found <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/738814/HO-Code-Tool-2017.xlsx" target="_blank">here</a>.</ins></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Number of prosecutions and convictions for offences under sections 327-330 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, 2013-2017</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2013</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2014</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2015</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2016</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2017</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Prosecutions</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Section 327</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">981</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">880</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,063</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">841</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">878</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Section 328</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">310</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">266</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">317</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">355</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">288</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Section 329</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,050</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">944</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">921</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">797</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">737</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Section 330</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">5</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Convictions</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Section 327</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">520</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">447</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">550</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">601</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">537</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Section 328</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">213</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">150</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">188</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">257</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">225</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Section 329</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">527</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">541</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">594</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">567</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">581</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Section 330</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">6</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">4</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(1) The figures given in the pivot table relate to defendants for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(3) A defendant who appears before both magistrates’ court and Crown Court may not do so within the same year, meaning for a given year convictions may exceed prosecutions or sentences may not equal convictions. Defendants who appear before both courts may be convicted at the Crown Court for a different offence to that for which they were originally proceeded against at magistrates’ court.</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><del class="ministerial">Data on prosecutions and convictions is published by the MoJ and can be found <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/733981/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2017-update.xlsx%20" target="_blank">here</a>.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">A breakdown of prosecutions and convictions for money laundering is as follows:</del></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Table 1. Number of prosecutions and convictions for money laundering, 2007-2017 (1)(2)(3)</strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Money Laundering</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2013</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2014</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2015</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2016</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2017</strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Prosecutions</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2,349</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2,095</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2,307</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,998</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,906</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Convictions</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,269</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,143</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,336</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,435</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,347</del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">(1) The figures given in the pivot table relate to defendants for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">(2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">(3) A defendant who appears before both magistrates’ court and Crown Court may not do so within the same year, meaning for a given year convictions may exceed prosecutions or sentences may not equal convictions. Defendants who appear before both courts may be convicted at the Crown Court for a different offence to that for which they were originally proceeded against at magistrates’ court.</del></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 23/10/2018 10:41:57 question first ministerially corrected 24/10/2018 08:17:54 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland previous answer version 80104 answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

988900

registered interest
date	16/10/2018
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: Liverpool
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the ratio of GPs to patients was in each Liverpool parliamentary constituency in each of the past 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	180171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>The ratio of patients per general practitioner is provided in the table attached. Figures are not available at a parliamentary constituency level; therefore figures have been included at the lowest available level corresponding to these areas, specifically primary care trusts prior to 2013, and clinical commissioning groups from 2013 onwards.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 22/10/2018 16:19:20 question first ministerially corrected 23/10/2018 09:15:31 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine attachment 1 file name table PQ180171.docx title GP to patient ratio previous answer version 79964 answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

983065

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	Palliative Care: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much money has been spent from the public purse on palliative care services for children in (a) Wirral (b) the North West and (c) the South East in each of the last eight years.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	176002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made of provision or patient population in Wirral or the north west. As with the vast majority of NHS services, the funding and commissioning of palliative and end of life care, is a local matter, over which individual National Health Service commissioners have responsibility. Local commissioners are best placed to understand the needs of local populations and commission services to meet those needs accordingly. The only exception to this are a small number specialist paediatric palliative care inpatient services, commissioned nationally by NHS England from <ins class="ministerial">ten centres </ins><del class="ministerial">eight centres</del> across England as part of its remit to deliver specialised services.</p><p> </p><p>Much of the routine palliative care patients receive will be provided either in outpatient or community settings, by nurses, community teams or general practitioners as part of general NHS services provision, rather than as an identified palliative care service. In such services, data are either not available or does not identify palliative treatment. In addition, social and voluntary sector organisations can provide additional support to patients at the end of life. Therefore, figures for the total cost of palliative care service for children nationally, or across local areas, is not available. Decisions regarding referral to local palliative care services will be made on the basis of clinical need.</p><p><br /> The following table shows information regarding funding provided via the Children’s Hospice Grant to hospices in the North and in Wirral over the last eight years. Nationally, children’s hospices are receiving £11 million in 2018/19 through the Children’s Hospice Grant, which is awarded annually and administered by NHS England.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>North west</p></td><td><p>Wirral</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£1,522,944</p></td><td><p>£353,306</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£1,522,944</p></td><td><p>£353,306</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£1,562,576</p></td><td><p>£353,306</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£1,562,576</p></td><td><p>£362,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£1,562,576</p></td><td><p>£362,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£1,562,576</p></td><td><p>£362,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£1,562,576</p></td><td><p>£362,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>£1,562,576</p></td><td><p>£362,500</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>- The children’s hospice grant programme provides a general contribution to the operating costs for hospices. It does not pay for actual services for patients in specified areas. Therefore, it is not possible to reconcile the grant payment to actual activity delivered within any geographical area. Neither does the grant pay specifically for specialised or non-specialised services as it is a general contribution.</p><p>- For this analysis for the grant figure for the North West includes Cheshire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Cumbria based hospices.</p><p>- The Wirral figure is for a single hospice.</p><p>- Local NHS commissioners also provide funding to children’s hospices which is a mixture of grant funding and activity based payments. Due to the low value of this funding this is not routinely recorded and so is not readily available.</p><p>- Local authorities also provide some funding to some hospices, but this information is not held by NHS England.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 11/10/2018 11:54:05 question first ministerially corrected 18/10/2018 10:54:43 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage previous answer version 77457 answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

983066

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	Palliative Care: Children
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 he is taking to reduce the time taken to provide child patients in the north west of England with palliative care.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	176003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made of provision or patient population in Wirral or the north west. As with the vast majority of NHS services, the funding and commissioning of palliative and end of life care, is a local matter, over which individual National Health Service commissioners have responsibility. Local commissioners are best placed to understand the needs of local populations and commission services to meet those needs accordingly. The only exception to this are a small number specialist paediatric palliative care inpatient services, commissioned nationally by NHS England from <ins class="ministerial">ten centres</ins> <del class="ministerial">eight centres</del> across England as part of its remit to deliver specialised services.</p><p> </p><p>Much of the routine palliative care patients receive will be provided either in outpatient or community settings, by nurses, community teams or general practitioners as part of general NHS services provision, rather than as an identified palliative care service. In such services, data are either not available or does not identify palliative treatment. In addition, social and voluntary sector organisations can provide additional support to patients at the end of life. Therefore, figures for the total cost of palliative care service for children nationally, or across local areas, is not available. Decisions regarding referral to local palliative care services will be made on the basis of clinical need.</p><p><br /> The following table shows information regarding funding provided via the Children’s Hospice Grant to hospices in the North and in Wirral over the last eight years. Nationally, children’s hospices are receiving £11 million in 2018/19 through the Children’s Hospice Grant, which is awarded annually and administered by NHS England.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>North west</p></td><td><p>Wirral</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£1,522,944</p></td><td><p>£353,306</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£1,522,944</p></td><td><p>£353,306</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£1,562,576</p></td><td><p>£353,306</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£1,562,576</p></td><td><p>£362,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£1,562,576</p></td><td><p>£362,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£1,562,576</p></td><td><p>£362,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£1,562,576</p></td><td><p>£362,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>£1,562,576</p></td><td><p>£362,500</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>- The children’s hospice grant programme provides a general contribution to the operating costs for hospices. It does not pay for actual services for patients in specified areas. Therefore, it is not possible to reconcile the grant payment to actual activity delivered within any geographical area. Neither does the grant pay specifically for specialised or non-specialised services as it is a general contribution.</p><p>- For this analysis for the grant figure for the North West includes Cheshire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Cumbria based hospices.</p><p>- The Wirral figure is for a single hospice.</p><p>- Local NHS commissioners also provide funding to children’s hospices which is a mixture of grant funding and activity based payments. Due to the low value of this funding this is not routinely recorded and so is not readily available.</p><p>- Local authorities also provide some funding to some hospices, but this information is not held by NHS England.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 11/10/2018 11:54:05 question first ministerially corrected 18/10/2018 10:54:34 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage previous answer version 77458 answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

983067

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	Palliative Care: Children
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 he has made of the adequacy of provision of children's palliative care in (a) the north west and (b) Wirral in each of the last eight years.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	176004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made of provision or patient population in Wirral or the north west. As with the vast majority of NHS services, the funding and commissioning of palliative and end of life care, is a local matter, over which individual National Health Service commissioners have responsibility. Local commissioners are best placed to understand the needs of local populations and commission services to meet those needs accordingly. The only exception to this are a small number specialist paediatric palliative care inpatient services, commissioned nationally by NHS England from <ins class="ministerial">ten centres</ins> <del class="ministerial">eight centres</del> across England as part of its remit to deliver specialised services.</p><p> </p><p>Much of the routine palliative care patients receive will be provided either in outpatient or community settings, by nurses, community teams or general practitioners as part of general NHS services provision, rather than as an identified palliative care service. In such services, data are either not available or does not identify palliative treatment. In addition, social and voluntary sector organisations can provide additional support to patients at the end of life. Therefore, figures for the total cost of palliative care service for children nationally, or across local areas, is not available. Decisions regarding referral to local palliative care services will be made on the basis of clinical need.</p><p><br /> The following table shows information regarding funding provided via the Children’s Hospice Grant to hospices in the North and in Wirral over the last eight years. Nationally, children’s hospices are receiving £11 million in 2018/19 through the Children’s Hospice Grant, which is awarded annually and administered by NHS England.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>North west</p></td><td><p>Wirral</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£1,522,944</p></td><td><p>£353,306</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£1,522,944</p></td><td><p>£353,306</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£1,562,576</p></td><td><p>£353,306</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£1,562,576</p></td><td><p>£362,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£1,562,576</p></td><td><p>£362,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£1,562,576</p></td><td><p>£362,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£1,562,576</p></td><td><p>£362,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>£1,562,576</p></td><td><p>£362,500</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>- The children’s hospice grant programme provides a general contribution to the operating costs for hospices. It does not pay for actual services for patients in specified areas. Therefore, it is not possible to reconcile the grant payment to actual activity delivered within any geographical area. Neither does the grant pay specifically for specialised or non-specialised services as it is a general contribution.</p><p>- For this analysis for the grant figure for the North West includes Cheshire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Cumbria based hospices.</p><p>- The Wirral figure is for a single hospice.</p><p>- Local NHS commissioners also provide funding to children’s hospices which is a mixture of grant funding and activity based payments. Due to the low value of this funding this is not routinely recorded and so is not readily available.</p><p>- Local authorities also provide some funding to some hospices, but this information is not held by NHS England.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 11/10/2018 11:54:04 question first ministerially corrected 18/10/2018 10:54:25 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage previous answer version 77456 answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

983068

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	Hospices: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the trends in the level of funding for the children's hospice grant in the (a) north west and (b) Wirral.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	176005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made of provision or patient population in Wirral or the north west. As with the vast majority of NHS services, the funding and commissioning of palliative and end of life care, is a local matter, over which individual National Health Service commissioners have responsibility. Local commissioners are best placed to understand the needs of local populations and commission services to meet those needs accordingly. The only exception to this are a small number specialist paediatric palliative care inpatient services, commissioned nationally by NHS England from <ins class="ministerial">ten centres</ins> <del class="ministerial">eight centres</del> across England as part of its remit to deliver specialised services.</p><p> </p><p>Much of the routine palliative care patients receive will be provided either in outpatient or community settings, by nurses, community teams or general practitioners as part of general NHS services provision, rather than as an identified palliative care service. In such services, data are either not available or does not identify palliative treatment. In addition, social and voluntary sector organisations can provide additional support to patients at the end of life. Therefore, figures for the total cost of palliative care service for children nationally, or across local areas, is not available. Decisions regarding referral to local palliative care services will be made on the basis of clinical need.</p><p><br /> The following table shows information regarding funding provided via the Children’s Hospice Grant to hospices in the North and in Wirral over the last eight years. Nationally, children’s hospices are receiving £11 million in 2018/19 through the Children’s Hospice Grant, which is awarded annually and administered by NHS England.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>North west</p></td><td><p>Wirral</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£1,522,944</p></td><td><p>£353,306</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£1,522,944</p></td><td><p>£353,306</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£1,562,576</p></td><td><p>£353,306</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£1,562,576</p></td><td><p>£362,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£1,562,576</p></td><td><p>£362,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£1,562,576</p></td><td><p>£362,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£1,562,576</p></td><td><p>£362,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>£1,562,576</p></td><td><p>£362,500</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>- The children’s hospice grant programme provides a general contribution to the operating costs for hospices. It does not pay for actual services for patients in specified areas. Therefore, it is not possible to reconcile the grant payment to actual activity delivered within any geographical area. Neither does the grant pay specifically for specialised or non-specialised services as it is a general contribution.</p><p>- For this analysis for the grant figure for the North West includes Cheshire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Cumbria based hospices.</p><p>- The Wirral figure is for a single hospice.</p><p>- Local NHS commissioners also provide funding to children’s hospices which is a mixture of grant funding and activity based payments. Due to the low value of this funding this is not routinely recorded and so is not readily available.</p><p>- Local authorities also provide some funding to some hospices, but this information is not held by NHS England.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 11/10/2018 11:54:05 question first ministerially corrected 18/10/2018 10:54:12 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage previous answer version 77459 answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

983069

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	Palliative Care: Children
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 children requiring palliative care in the (a) Wirral and (b) north west in each of the last eight years.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	176006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made of provision or patient population in Wirral or the north west. As with the vast majority of NHS services, the funding and commissioning of palliative and end of life care, is a local matter, over which individual National Health Service commissioners have responsibility. Local commissioners are best placed to understand the needs of local populations and commission services to meet those needs accordingly. The only exception to this are a small number specialist paediatric palliative care inpatient services, commissioned nationally by NHS England from <ins class="ministerial">ten centres</ins> <del class="ministerial">eight centres</del> across England as part of its remit to deliver specialised services.</p><p> </p><p>Much of the routine palliative care patients receive will be provided either in outpatient or community settings, by nurses, community teams or general practitioners as part of general NHS services provision, rather than as an identified palliative care service. In such services, data are either not available or does not identify palliative treatment. In addition, social and voluntary sector organisations can provide additional support to patients at the end of life. Therefore, figures for the total cost of palliative care service for children nationally, or across local areas, is not available. Decisions regarding referral to local palliative care services will be made on the basis of clinical need.</p><p><br /> The following table shows information regarding funding provided via the Children’s Hospice Grant to hospices in the North and in Wirral over the last eight years. Nationally, children’s hospices are receiving £11 million in 2018/19 through the Children’s Hospice Grant, which is awarded annually and administered by NHS England.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>North west</p></td><td><p>Wirral</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£1,522,944</p></td><td><p>£353,306</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£1,522,944</p></td><td><p>£353,306</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£1,562,576</p></td><td><p>£353,306</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£1,562,576</p></td><td><p>£362,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£1,562,576</p></td><td><p>£362,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£1,562,576</p></td><td><p>£362,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£1,562,576</p></td><td><p>£362,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>£1,562,576</p></td><td><p>£362,500</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>- The children’s hospice grant programme provides a general contribution to the operating costs for hospices. It does not pay for actual services for patients in specified areas. Therefore, it is not possible to reconcile the grant payment to actual activity delivered within any geographical area. Neither does the grant pay specifically for specialised or non-specialised services as it is a general contribution.</p><p>- For this analysis for the grant figure for the North West includes Cheshire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Cumbria based hospices.</p><p>- The Wirral figure is for a single hospice.</p><p>- Local NHS commissioners also provide funding to children’s hospices which is a mixture of grant funding and activity based payments. Due to the low value of this funding this is not routinely recorded and so is not readily available.</p><p>- Local authorities also provide some funding to some hospices, but this information is not held by NHS England.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 11/10/2018 11:54:05 question first ministerially corrected 18/10/2018 10:53:56 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage previous answer version 77460 answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle