Asked by: Alan Duncan (Conservative - Rutland and Melton)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what obligations Openreach and BT have under contracts with the Government to provide prior warning to residents of planned maintenance or improvement work to junction boxes and other infrastructure that involves the temporary disconnection of services.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
The same regulatory and communication code conditions apply to Openreach in BDUK contracted areas as would apply to their commercial deployment areas.
The contracts between BT and government relating to broadband are for the provision of the design and build of infrastructure. Once this infrastructure is in place, it forms part of BT’s network and maintenance and improvement works will be carried out by Openreach in the same way as on the rest of the network. Although there is no obligation to inform residents of any planned upgrades or essential maintenance, these activities are scheduled to be carried out when usage is at its lowest, in order to minimise disruption.
Asked by: Alan Duncan (Conservative - Rutland and Melton)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether NHS England seeks to recover the cost of its translation and interpretation services for patients who are not UK residents.
Answered by Alistair Burt
A person who is not ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom is subject to the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 2015 which apply charges to overseas visitors for any NHS hospital services they receive, unless an exemption category in the Charging Regulations applies.
Overseas visitors who ordinarily reside outside the European Economic Area (EEA) and who have not paid the Health Surcharge, nor meet any exemption from charge will be charged 150% of the national tariff. Charging 150% of the national tariff provides for additional administrations charges incurred with treating overseas visitors such as translation services.
Charges for overseas visitors who ordinarily reside within EEA states can be claimed from the country they normally reside in.
Asked by: Alan Duncan (Conservative - Rutland and Melton)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much NHS England spent on translation and interpretation services for hospital patients in each of the last five years.
Answered by Alistair Burt
We do not hold this information centrally. National Health Service organisations have a duty to follow equalities legislation. This includes making sure their communities can understand information about the NHS services and that patients and clinicians can communicate with each other. We encourage the NHS to be efficient and save money by working together and sharing resources.
Asked by: Alan Duncan (Conservative - Rutland and Melton)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information NHS England holds on expenditure on translation and interpretation services for (a) EU and (b) non-EU patients.
Answered by Alistair Burt
We do not hold this information centrally. National Health Service organisations have a duty to follow equalities legislation. This includes making sure their communities can understand information about the NHS services and that patients and clinicians can communicate with each other. We encourage the NHS to be efficient and save money by working together and sharing resources.
Asked by: Alan Duncan (Conservative - Rutland and Melton)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time is for a prisoner to see a dentist after having submitted a medical application (a) nationally and (b) at HM Prison Leicester in the last five years for which figures are available.
Answered by Ben Gummer
Data is not available in the requested format. A snapshot survey of prison dental services was published by Public Health England in July 2014, in partnership with NHS England and the National Offender Management Service. This identified that approximately 55% of prisoners needing dental treatment following examination were seen within four weeks. A copy of the survey, A survey of dental services in adult prisons in England and Wales is attached.
The survey also identified that prisoners held in category B prisons, including Her Majesty’s Prison Leicester, waited three to four weeks for treatment on average following examination to identify required treatment.
Asked by: Alan Duncan (Conservative - Rutland and Melton)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what representations he has received on the removal of the contract for Civil Service Apprenticeship recruitment from Capita.
Answered by Matt Hancock
The contract with Capita for the administration of the recruitment for the Civil Service Apprenticeship Scheme is in line with standard practice and includes clauses for measuring and managing supplier delivery and performance.
The Department has received 1 formal complaint in relation to the performance of this contract in the last year and no other representations have been received.
Asked by: Alan Duncan (Conservative - Rutland and Melton)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what mechanisms his Department has for gauging the performance of Capita in relation to its administration of the recruitment of the Civil Service Apprenticeship Scheme.
Answered by Matt Hancock
The contract with Capita for the administration of the recruitment for the Civil Service Apprenticeship Scheme is in line with standard practice and includes clauses for measuring and managing supplier delivery and performance.
The Department has received 1 formal complaint in relation to the performance of this contract in the last year and no other representations have been received.
Asked by: Alan Duncan (Conservative - Rutland and Melton)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many complaints have been logged by his Department on the performance of Capita in relation to their administration of the recruitment of the Civil Service Apprenticeship Scheme.
Answered by Matt Hancock
The contract with Capita for the administration of the recruitment for the Civil Service Apprenticeship Scheme is in line with standard practice and includes clauses for measuring and managing supplier delivery and performance.
The Department has received 1 formal complaint in relation to the performance of this contract in the last year and no other representations have been received.
Asked by: Alan Duncan (Conservative - Rutland and Melton)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the performance of Capita in administering the recruitment of the Civil Service Apprenticeship Scheme.
Answered by Matt Hancock
The contract with Capita for the administration of the recruitment for the Civil Service Apprenticeship Scheme is in line with standard practice and includes clauses for measuring and managing supplier delivery and performance.
The Department has received 1 formal complaint in relation to the performance of this contract in the last year and no other representations have been received.
Asked by: Alan Duncan (Conservative - Rutland and Melton)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes of each category were perpetrated against Jewish people and recorded as being anti-Semitic in each police force area in each month since January 2014.
Answered by Baroness Featherstone
The Home Office does not hold the requested information. The Home Office do receive data on hate crimes recorded by the police in England and Wales for the five centrally monitored strands (race, religion, sexual orientation,
disability and gender identity) but these data cannot be broken down by religion of the victim. The most recently available data relate to the financial year 2013/14 and can be found at this link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hate-crimes-england-and-wales-2013-to-2014
The Association of Chief Police Officers also publishes data on hate crimes for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. These figures separate out the number of crimes that were anti-Semitic. Data for 2013/14 can be found at this link:
http://www.report-it.org.uk/files/acpo_recorded_hate_crime_201314_as_posted.pdf
The Home Office uses a range of additional sources of information from stakeholders in assessing hate crime, including information on anti-Semitic hate crime from the Community Security Trust.