Since 2009-10, the Departmental Group, as defined at the end of the 2013-14 financial year, has spent 25% less on consultancy services, equating to a £194 million reduction in costs.<\/p>
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Total Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPB) spend on consultancy services in the year 2013-14 is shown in the table below. Data for 2014-15 will not be available until the accounts are published after the financial year end.<\/p>
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NDPB Consultancy Spend 2013-14<\/p><\/td> | <\/strong>£000s<\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/p><\/td> NHS England<\/p><\/td> 56,745<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Human Tissue Authority<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Monitor<\/p><\/td> 23,065<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Care Quality Commission<\/p><\/td> 5,881<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Health & Social Care Information Centre<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> National Institute for Health and Care Excellence<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> NDPB total<\/p><\/td> 85,691<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Consultancy services are defined as \u201cThe provision to management of objective advice and assistance relating to strategy, structure, management or operations of an organisation in pursuit of its purposes and objectives. Such assistance will be provided outside the \u2018business as usual\u2019 (BAU) environment when in-house skills are not available and will be of no essential consequence and time-limited. Services may include the identification of options with recommendations and/or assistance with (but not delivery of) the implementation of solutions.\u201d<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The figures provided are disclosed as expenditure on \u201cconsultancy services\u201d in the administration and programme costs notes in the Department\u2019s Annual Report and Accounts.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> NHS administration spending is down from 4.27% in 2010 to 2.77% currently. This has resulted in £5 billion of efficiency savings, which is now being put into frontline patient care.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/224722/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Department holds records of the total capital allocated to the respective recipient bodies as a result of the transfer of Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust services but does not have details of the breakdown by individual hospital site.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The capital provided to date is as follows:<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust<\/p><\/td> £12,109,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust<\/p><\/td> £12,153,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust<\/p><\/td> £4,000,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Grand Total<\/p><\/td> £28,262,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Revenue funding provided to date is set out in the following table:<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust<\/ins><\/p> <\/p><\/td> £32,420,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust<\/ins><\/p><\/td> £5,480,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Grand Total<\/p><\/td> £37,900,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The amount of public dividend capital issued to the Trust by the Department is as follows:<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> 2009/10<\/p><\/td> £214,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2010/11<\/p><\/td> £0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2011/12<\/p><\/td> £21,000,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2012/13<\/p><\/td> £21,385,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2013/14<\/p><\/td> £30,397,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2014/15<\/p><\/td> £64,425,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The Department does not hold central records of non-tariff payments made by local commissioning bodies to NHS providers.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The work of the trust special administrators (TSAs) to secure safe and sustainable services at Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust cost Monitor almost £19.5 million, including VAT, over 18 months.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The first phase of trust special administration cost £9 million, including expenses and VAT. During this phase there was a team of up to 30 members of staff who carried out three core tasks - to help to run the Trust, to design the future of services provided at Stafford and Cannock hospitals, and to run a large public consultation involving thousands of responses and a series of public meetings.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The second phase cost £10.5 million, including expenses and VAT. We are informed by Monitor that this second phase included a team of up to 50 people, which was required to continue to help run the hospital and implement the TSA\u2019s recommendations.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> We are also informed by Monitor that trust special administration at Mid-Staffordshire NHS Trust amounted to the rounded figure of 10,900 person-days for teams working on both phases of the process.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> In the table below, expenses incurred during the TSA process are split by the two phases of the TSA and totals are also provided. These expenses include:<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> (a) accommodation;<\/p> <\/p> (b) travel (car, taxi and train);<\/p> <\/p> (c) subsistence; and<\/p> <\/p> (d) other expenses incurred; and what other costs to the TSA were incurred<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Breakdown of expenses, these exclude VAT:<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> TSA1<\/p><\/td> TSA2<\/p><\/td> Total<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Accommodation<\/p><\/td> £82,242.89<\/p><\/td> £170,622.67<\/p><\/td> £252,865.56<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Travel<\/p><\/td> £144,122.38<\/p><\/td> £226,600.29<\/p><\/td> £370,722.67<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Subsistence<\/p><\/td> £16,171.73<\/p><\/td> £43,176.88<\/p><\/td> £59,348.61<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Other (incidentals such as printing, room hire and meeting refreshments)<\/p><\/td> £1,939.11<\/p><\/td> £3052.73<\/p><\/td> £4991.84<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Total<\/p><\/td> £244,476.11<\/p><\/td> £443,452.57<\/p><\/td> £687,928.68<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) public dividend capital and (b) other non-tariff payments have been made to the Mid-Stafforshire NHS Foundation Trust in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12, (iv) 2012-13, (v) 2013-14 and (vi) 2014-15 to date.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/224723/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Department holds records of the total capital allocated to the respective recipient bodies as a result of the transfer of Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust services but does not have details of the breakdown by individual hospital site.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The capital provided to date is as follows:<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust<\/p><\/td> £12,109,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust<\/p><\/td> £12,153,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust<\/p><\/td> £4,000,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Grand Total<\/p><\/td> £28,262,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Revenue funding provided to date is set out in the following table:<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust<\/ins><\/p><\/td> £32,420,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust<\/ins><\/p><\/td> £5,480,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Grand Total<\/p><\/td> £37,900,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The amount of public dividend capital issued to the Trust by the Department is as follows:<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> 2009/10<\/p><\/td> £214,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2010/11<\/p><\/td> £0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2011/12<\/p><\/td> £21,000,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2012/13<\/p><\/td> £21,385,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2013/14<\/p><\/td> £30,397,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2014/15<\/p><\/td> £64,425,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The Department does not hold central records of non-tariff payments made by local commissioning bodies to NHS providers.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The work of the trust special administrators (TSAs) to secure safe and sustainable services at Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust cost Monitor almost £19.5 million, including VAT, over 18 months.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The first phase of trust special administration cost £9 million, including expenses and VAT. During this phase there was a team of up to 30 members of staff who carried out three core tasks - to help to run the Trust, to design the future of services provided at Stafford and Cannock hospitals, and to run a large public consultation involving thousands of responses and a series of public meetings.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The second phase cost £10.5 million, including expenses and VAT. We are informed by Monitor that this second phase included a team of up to 50 people, which was required to continue to help run the hospital and implement the TSA\u2019s recommendations.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> We are also informed by Monitor that trust special administration at Mid-Staffordshire NHS Trust amounted to the rounded figure of 10,900 person-days for teams working on both phases of the process.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> In the table below, expenses incurred during the TSA process are split by the two phases of the TSA and totals are also provided. These expenses include:<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> (a) accommodation;<\/p> <\/p> (b) travel (car, taxi and train);<\/p> <\/p> (c) subsistence; and<\/p> <\/p> (d) other expenses incurred; and what other costs to the TSA were incurred<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Breakdown of expenses, these exclude VAT:<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> TSA1<\/p><\/td> TSA2<\/p><\/td> Total<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Accommodation<\/p><\/td> £82,242.89<\/p><\/td> £170,622.67<\/p><\/td> £252,865.56<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Travel<\/p><\/td> £144,122.38<\/p><\/td> £226,600.29<\/p><\/td> £370,722.67<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Subsistence<\/p><\/td> £16,171.73<\/p><\/td> £43,176.88<\/p><\/td> £59,348.61<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Other (incidentals such as printing, room hire and meeting refreshments)<\/p><\/td> £1,939.11<\/p><\/td> £3052.73<\/p><\/td> £4991.84<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Total<\/p><\/td> £244,476.11<\/p><\/td> £443,452.57<\/p><\/td> £687,928.68<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many consultants have been employed by the Trust Special Administration (TSA) of the Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust since its inception; how many person-days they have worked; what (a) accommodation, (b) travel, (c) subsistence and (d) other expenses they have incurred; and what other costs to the TSA they have incurred.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/224727/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Department holds records of the total capital allocated to the respective recipient bodies as a result of the transfer of Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust services but does not have details of the breakdown by individual hospital site.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The capital provided to date is as follows:<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust<\/p><\/td> £12,109,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust<\/p><\/td> £12,153,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust<\/p><\/td> £4,000,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Grand Total<\/p><\/td> £28,262,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Revenue funding provided to date is set out in the following table:<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust<\/ins><\/p><\/td> £32,420,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust<\/ins><\/p><\/td> £5,480,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Grand Total<\/p><\/td> £37,900,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The amount of public dividend capital issued to the Trust by the Department is as follows:<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> 2009/10<\/p><\/td> £214,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2010/11<\/p><\/td> £0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2011/12<\/p><\/td> £21,000,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2012/13<\/p><\/td> £21,385,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2013/14<\/p><\/td> £30,397,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2014/15<\/p><\/td> £64,425,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The Department does not hold central records of non-tariff payments made by local commissioning bodies to NHS providers.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The work of the trust special administrators (TSAs) to secure safe and sustainable services at Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust cost Monitor almost £19.5 million, including VAT, over 18 months.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The first phase of trust special administration cost £9 million, including expenses and VAT. During this phase there was a team of up to 30 members of staff who carried out three core tasks - to help to run the Trust, to design the future of services provided at Stafford and Cannock hospitals, and to run a large public consultation involving thousands of responses and a series of public meetings.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The second phase cost £10.5 million, including expenses and VAT. We are informed by Monitor that this second phase included a team of up to 50 people, which was required to continue to help run the hospital and implement the TSA\u2019s recommendations.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> We are also informed by Monitor that trust special administration at Mid-Staffordshire NHS Trust amounted to the rounded figure of 10,900 person-days for teams working on both phases of the process.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> In the table below, expenses incurred during the TSA process are split by the two phases of the TSA and totals are also provided. These expenses include:<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> (a) accommodation;<\/p> <\/p> (b) travel (car, taxi and train);<\/p> <\/p> (c) subsistence; and<\/p> <\/p> (d) other expenses incurred; and what other costs to the TSA were incurred<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Breakdown of expenses, these exclude VAT:<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> TSA1<\/p><\/td> TSA2<\/p><\/td> Total<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Accommodation<\/p><\/td> £82,242.89<\/p><\/td> £170,622.67<\/p><\/td> £252,865.56<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Travel<\/p><\/td> £144,122.38<\/p><\/td> £226,600.29<\/p><\/td> £370,722.67<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Subsistence<\/p><\/td> £16,171.73<\/p><\/td> £43,176.88<\/p><\/td> £59,348.61<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Other (incidentals such as printing, room hire and meeting refreshments)<\/p><\/td> £1,939.11<\/p><\/td> £3052.73<\/p><\/td> £4991.84<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Total<\/p><\/td> £244,476.11<\/p><\/td> £443,452.57<\/p><\/td> £687,928.68<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many vacant A&E consultant posts there are in (a) London and (b) England; and how many such vacant posts there are in each category in each of the last six years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to Question 219055, which areas are piloting enhanced access to mental health practitioners.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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