The Department regularly discusses a range of issues with colleagues in NHS England and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) related to patient access to effective new treatments. NICE appraises all newly licensed medicines and aims to publish draft guidance around the time of licensing wherever possible. NICE works closely with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and NHS England to ensure that there is a joined-up, timely approach to supporting access to new treatments for National Health Service patients.<\/p>
NICE is currently appraising exagamglogene autotemcel for treating transfusion-dependent beta-thalassaemia and sickle cell disease, and expects to publish final guidance in March and April 2024 respectively.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4044", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Andrew Stephenson"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Pendle"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Andrew Stephenson"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2023-11-27", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2023-11-27T16:51:14.713Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2023-11-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Blood Diseases: Medical Treatments"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with NHS England and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on access to new treatments for sickle cell disease and beta thalassaemia.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4698", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Janet Daby"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Lewisham East"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Janet Daby"} ], "uin" : "2948"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1315620", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1315620/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The funds in apprenticeship service accounts are available for levy paying employers to use for 24 months before they begin to expire on a rolling, month by month basis. Employers began to pay the apprenticeship levy in April 2017 and unused levy funds began to expire in May 2019.<\/p>
The attached table shows the figures for monthly levy expiry from May 2019 to date.<\/p>
The levy is an important part of our reforms to apprenticeships which are vital for driving our economic recovery. It supports employers of all sizes to invest in high quality apprenticeship training. In the 2021-22 financial year, funding available for investment in apprenticeships in England will remain around £2.5 billion \u2013 double that spent in the 2010-11 financial year in cash terms.<\/p>
We do not anticipate that all employers who pay the levy will need or want to use all the funds available to them, but they are able to if they wish. As well as funding new apprenticeships in levy paying employers, income from the levy is used to fund new apprenticeships in employers that do not pay the levy, as well as existing apprentices that started in previous years.<\/p>
The funds available to levy paying employers through their apprenticeship service accounts are not the same as the Department for Education\u2019s annual apprenticeships budget. The annual apprenticeship budget is set by Her Majesty's Treasury, and although closely linked, is distinct from the total levy income collected by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs.<\/p>
Details of apprenticeship budget spend for the 2020-21 financial year will be included in the Education and Skills Funding Agency\u2019s Annual Report and Accounts which is due to be published in November 2021.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4680", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Gillian Keegan"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Chichester"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Gillian Keegan"} , "attachment" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1315620/answer/attachment/1", "fileName" : {"_value" : "2947_2948_monthly_levy_expiry_from_May_2019_to_date.xls"} , "title" : "2947_2948_table_monthly_levy_expiry_from_May_2019"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2021-05-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : {"_value" : "2947"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2021-05-24T12:33:56.877Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "60"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2021-05-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Apprentices: Taxation"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to announce the amount of the total apprenticeship levy underspend for the financial year 2020-21; and if he will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3952", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Chesterfield"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Toby Perkins"} ], "uin" : "2948"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1151125", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Defence"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1151125/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
1,730 military officers claimed Continuity of Education Allowance for UK based schools during the period 1 October 2018 to 30 September 2019 inclusive.<\/p>
<\/p>
The breakdown by rank is detailed below:<\/p>
<\/p>
UK military and NATO equivalent officer ranks<\/strong><\/p><\/td> No of Claimants<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Sub Lieutenant (RN)/Lieutenant (A)/Flying Officer/OF1<\/p><\/td> 10<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Lieutenant (RN)/Captain (A)/Flight Lieutenant/OF2<\/p><\/td> 300<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Lieutenant Commander/Major/Squadron Leader/OF3<\/p><\/td> 460<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Commander/Lieutenant Colonel/Wing Commander/OF4<\/p><\/td> 570<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Captain (RN)/Colonel/Group Captain/OF5<\/p><\/td> 260<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Commodore/Brigadier/Air Commodore/OF6<\/p><\/td> 100<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Rear Admiral/Major General/Air Vice-Marshal/OF7<\/p><\/td> 20<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Vice Admiral/Lieutenant General/Air Marshal/OF8<\/p><\/td> 10<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Total<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 1,730<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> In line with Defence Statistic Policy all figures have been rounded to the nearest 10, numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid systematic bias.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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