Andy Burnham

Labour - Former Member for Leigh

First elected: 7th June 2001

Left House: 3rd May 2017 (General Election)


Andy Burnham is not a member of any APPGs
Shadow Home Secretary
14th Sep 2015 - 6th Oct 2016
Shadow Secretary of State for Health
7th Oct 2011 - 14th Sep 2015
Shadow Secretary of State (Education and Election Co-ordinator)
8th Oct 2010 - 7th Oct 2011
Shadow Secretary of State for Health
12th May 2010 - 8th Oct 2010
Secretary of State for Health
6th Jun 2009 - 6th May 2010
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
25th Jan 2008 - 5th Jun 2009
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
28th Jun 2007 - 24th Jan 2008
Minister of State (Department of Health) (Delivery and Quality)
5th May 2006 - 28th Jun 2007
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
10th May 2005 - 5th May 2006
Health and Social Care Committee
16th Jul 2001 - 20th Oct 2003


Division Voting information

Andy Burnham has voted in 1630 divisions, and 13 times against the majority of their Party.

24 Nov 2010 - Bookmakers and Planning (Haringey) - View Vote Context
Andy Burnham voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 5 Labour Aye votes vs 212 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 337 Noes - 217
24 Nov 2010 - Bookmakers and Planning (Haringey) - View Vote Context
Andy Burnham voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 6 Labour Aye votes vs 211 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 338 Noes - 216
24 Nov 2010 - Bookmakers and Planning (Haringey) - View Vote Context
Andy Burnham voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 14 Labour No votes vs 204 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 520 Noes - 27
24 Nov 2010 - Bookmakers and Planning (Haringey) - View Vote Context
Andy Burnham voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 13 Labour No votes vs 204 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 517 Noes - 26
2 Mar 2009 - Political Parties and Elections Bill - View Vote Context
Andy Burnham voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 93 Labour No votes vs 155 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 235 Noes - 176
2 Mar 2009 - Political Parties and Elections Bill - View Vote Context
Andy Burnham voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 83 Labour No votes vs 157 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 223 Noes - 158
2 Mar 2009 - Political Parties and Elections Bill - View Vote Context
Andy Burnham voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 77 Labour No votes vs 156 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 213 Noes - 153
20 May 2008 - Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context
Andy Burnham voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 47 Labour Aye votes vs 226 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 217 Noes - 292
20 May 2008 - Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context
Andy Burnham voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 48 Labour Aye votes vs 227 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 222 Noes - 290
7 Mar 2007 - House of Lords Reform - View Vote Context
Andy Burnham voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 126 Labour Aye votes vs 184 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 155 Noes - 418
7 Mar 2007 - House of Lords Reform - View Vote Context
Andy Burnham voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 132 Labour Aye votes vs 177 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 178 Noes - 392
7 Mar 2007 - House of Lords Reform - View Vote Context
Andy Burnham voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 156 Labour Aye votes vs 157 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 305 Noes - 267
19 Jan 2007 - Sustainable Communities Bill - View Vote Context
Andy Burnham voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 16 Labour No votes vs 30 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 175 Noes - 17
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All Debates

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Sparring Partners
Jeremy Hunt (Conservative)
Chancellor of the Exchequer
(207 debate interactions)
Lord Lansley (Conservative)
(81 debate interactions)
Michael Gove (Conservative)
Minister for Intergovernmental Relations
(74 debate interactions)
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Department Debates
Department of Health and Social Care
(858 debate contributions)
Home Office
(256 debate contributions)
Department for Education
(253 debate contributions)
Department for Transport
(37 debate contributions)
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Legislation Debates
Bus Services Act 2017
(7,271 words contributed)
Investigatory Powers Act 2016
(6,404 words contributed)
Investigatory Powers Act 2016
(6,404 words contributed)
Homelessness Reduction Act 2017
(3,988 words contributed)
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Leigh Petitions

e-Petitions are administered by Parliament and allow members of the public to express support for a particular issue.

If an e-petition reaches 10,000 signatures the Government will issue a written response.

If an e-petition reaches 100,000 signatures the petition becomes eligible for a Parliamentary debate (usually Monday 4.30pm in Westminster Hall).

Andy Burnham has not participated in any petition debates

Latest EDMs signed by Andy Burnham

28th February 2017
Andy Burnham signed this EDM on Thursday 23rd March 2017

SOCIAL SECURITY

Tabled by: Jeremy Corbyn (Independent - Islington North)
That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying that the Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Regulations (S.I., 2017, No. 204), dated 23 February 2017, a copy of which was laid before this House on 27 February, be annulled.
78 signatures
(Most recent: 18 Apr 2017)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 42
Scottish National Party: 27
Independent: 6
Social Democratic & Labour Party: 2
Green Party: 1
Plaid Cymru: 1
Liberal Democrat: 1
2nd February 2017
Andy Burnham signed this EDM on Tuesday 7th February 2017

NUCLEAR WORKERS' PENSIONS

Tabled by: Albert Owen (Labour - Ynys Môn)
That this House is greatly concerned about the proposed pension reforms to civil nuclear workers on Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) estates; notes that during the course of the Enterprise Act 2016, these workers were also marked for a cap to be imposed on their exit payments, and were assured at …
127 signatures
(Most recent: 9 Mar 2017)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 87
Scottish National Party: 26
Independent: 6
Crossbench: 2
Liberal Democrat: 2
Conservative: 1
The Independent Group for Change: 1
Non-affiliated: 1
Social Democratic & Labour Party: 1
Plaid Cymru: 1
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
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Commons initiatives

These initiatives were driven by Andy Burnham, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.

MPs who are act as Ministers or Shadow Ministers are generally restricted from performing Commons initiatives other than Urgent Questions.


9 Urgent Questions tabled by Andy Burnham

Tuesday 1st November 2016
Tuesday 14th June 2016
Thursday 4th June 2015
Thursday 18th December 2014
Tuesday 24th June 2014
Tuesday 12th November 2013
Tuesday 21st May 2013
Tuesday 5th March 2013
Thursday 16th June 2011

2 Adjournment Debates led by Andy Burnham

Tuesday 25th April 2017
Thursday 11th August 2011

1 Bill introduced by Andy Burnham


To set a requirement on public institutions, public servants and officials and on those carryingout functions on their behalf to act in the public interest and with candour and frankness; todefine the public law duty on them to assist courts, official inquiries and investigations; toenable victims to enforce such duties; to create offences for the breach of certain duties; toprovide funding for victims and their relatives in certain proceedings before the courts and atofficial inquiries and investigations; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading: House Of Commons
Wednesday 29th March 2017
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1 Bill co-sponsored by Andy Burnham

Defibrillators (Availability) Bill 2016-17
Sponsor - Maria Caulfield (Con)


Latest 40 Written Questions

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Written Questions can be tabled by MPs and Lords to request specific information information on the work, policy and activities of a Government Department
1 Other Department Questions
16th Dec 2014
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether he, his advisers or anyone in his Office was (a) copied into any submission on and (b) involved in any discussions on the franchising process of Hinchingbrooke Hospital between May 2010 and December 2011.

This process was the responsibility of the Department of Health.


I was not copied into any such submissions during this period. Records of meetings attended by officials and advisers are not routinely held.

24th Oct 2016
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people in each age group in (a) Leigh constituency and (b) Greater Manchester are paid less than the living wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

I would add that the Government's National Living Wage was introduced in April 2016 for all working people aged 25 and over, and is set at £7.20 per hour. We have asked the Low Pay Commission to recommend the National Living Wage rate that should apply from April 2017, towards a target 60% of median earnings by 2020. By then, around 2.9 million people are expected to have had a pay rise, thanks directly to the National Living Wage. The Government recognises the important work undertaken by the Living Wage Foundation and we encourage employers to pay above the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage where it is affordable to do so.

24th Oct 2016
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people in each age group in (a) Leigh constituency and (b) Greater Manchester are employed on a zero-hours contract.

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

Zero hours contracts do have a part to play in a modern, flexible labour market – because, for a small proportion of the workforce, that may be the kind of contract that is right for them. On average, people on zero hour contracts work 25 hours a week and nearly 70 per cent of people on zero hours contracts do not want more hours, according to ONS figures. I would note that many Labour councils have used such contracts.

Notwithstanding, the Government's review of modern employment practices (chaired by Matthew Taylor) will consider zero hour contracts and make recommendations about how to maintain flexibility while supporting job security, workplace rights, opportunities for progression and representation for the growing number of people who do not have traditional employment relationships.

24th Oct 2016
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the five most common causes of death among (a) women and (b) men in each age group in Greater Manchester were in the latest year for which figures are available.

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

2nd Nov 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the name is of each free museum or gallery sponsored by her Department in each region of England.

All 15 DCMS-sponsored museums and galleries, and the British Library, have free access to their permanent collections. They are:

  • the British Museum
  • the Geffrye Museum
  • the Horniman Museum and Gardens
  • the National Gallery
  • the National Portrait Gallery
  • the National Maritime Museum (Royal Museums Greenwich)
  • the Sir John Soane’s Museum
  • the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) including the V & A Museum of Childhood, and
  • the Wallace Collection, which all based in London, and;
  • the British Library, based in London and Boston Spa
  • the Imperial War Museum, based in London and Manchester
  • the Natural History Museum, based in London and Tring
  • National Museums Liverpool, which includes the Museum of Liverpool, the World Museum, the Walker Art Gallery, the Merseyside Maritime Museum, Seized! The Border and Customs uncovered, the International Slavery Museum, the Lady Lever Art Gallery and Sudley House
  • the Royal Armouries, based in Leeds, Fort Nelson, Hampshire and The White Tower in the Tower of London
  • the Science Museum Group, which includes the Science Museum based in London and Wroughton, the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, the National Railway Museum in Shildon and York, and the National Media Museum in Bradford, and
  • the Tate, which includes Tate Modern and Tate Britain based in London and Tate Liverpool based in Liverpool.

In addition, free entry is available at museums funded by Arts Council England and the Heritage Lottery Fund. This information is not held centrally.

23rd Nov 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people live within (a) one mile and (b) five miles of the (i) Bury Whitefield Roadside and (ii) Manchester Piccadilly air quality monitoring sites.

Defra does not routinely hold information or data on the number of people living within close proximity and around air quality monitoring sites.

However Bury Metropolitan Borough Council and Manchester City Council have estimated the number of people living within one and five miles of the Bury Whitefield Roadside and Manchester Piccadilly air quality monitoring sites.

They estimate there are 24,882 people living within a mile of the Bury site and 44,126 within a mile of the Manchester Piccadilly site. They also estimate there are 490,023 people living within five miles of the Bury site and 790,650 of the Manchester Piccadilly site.

23rd Nov 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many schools are located within (a) one mile and (b) five miles of the (i) Bury Whitefield Roadside and (ii) Manchester Piccadilly air quality monitoring sites.

Defra does not routinely hold information or data on schools located within close proximity to air quality monitoring sites.

However, Bury Metropolitan Borough Council and Manchester City Council have estimated the number of schools located within one and five miles of the Bury Whitefield Roadside and Manchester Piccadilly air quality monitoring sites.

There are 15 schools within one mile of both the Bury and Manchester Piccadilly sites. There are 193 within five miles of the Bury site and 361 of Manchester Piccadilly.

23rd Nov 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department plans to publish new measures to improve air quality as required by the High Court judgement of 2 November 2016; and what progress her Department has made on reviewing the case to make Greater Manchester a clean air zone.

The Government is considering next steps in light of both the High Court judgment and recent updates in data on emissions from diesel vehicles and we will set out further measures next year, including publishing a revised air quality plan by 24 April 2017 a final plan by 31 July 2017.

We are consulting on a draft Clean Air Zone Framework and on draft legislation to mandate five cities to establish a Clean Air Zone. Greater Manchester can introduce a Clean Air Zone should they wish to.

22nd Nov 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many measured exceedances of the annual mean air pollution objective for fine particles have there been in Greater Manchester in each year since 2009-10.

There have been no measured exceedances of the annual mean air pollution objective for fine particles in Greater Manchester since 2009-10.

22nd Nov 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much air quality grant funding has been awarded from central government to each local authority in Greater Manchester in each year since 2009-10.

Since 2009-10, local authorities in Greater Manchester have received a total of £509,745 of central Government funding through the Air Quality Grant. The table below sets out the amount awarded to relevant local authorities by year.

Year

LA

Amount

2009-10

Greater Manchester Group

£ 83,785.00

2009-10

Manchester City Council

£ 3,600.00

2009-10

Salford City Council

£ 10,250.00

2009-10

Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council

£ 7,000.00

2009-10

Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council

£ 35,000.00

2010-11

Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council

£ 8,200.00

2010-11

Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council

£ 15,000.00

2011-12

Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council

£ 50,950.00

2011-12

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council

£ 190,000.00

2012-13

Salford City Council

£ 5,960.00

2015-16

Greater Manchester Combined Authority

£ 100,000.00

30th Nov 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the number of bus passenger journeys that were made in (a) Leigh, (b) Greater Manchester, (c) London and (d) England in each of the last 10 years.

The number of passenger journeys made on local bus services in Greater Manchester for 2004/05 to 2015/16 can be found in table BUS0109b at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/bus01-local-bus-passenger-journeys#table-bus0109.

Separate figures for Leigh are not available.

The number of passenger journeys made on local bus services in London and England from 1970 to 2015/16 can be found in table BUS0103 at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/bus01-local-bus-passenger-journeys#table-bus0103.

22nd Nov 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many charge points for electric vehicles have been installed in Greater Manchester in each year since 2009-10.

Greater Manchester was one of 8 UK regions that received Government funding under the Plugged-in Places scheme, which resulted in the installation of 160 chargepoints between 2010 and 2014 as part of the Greater Manchester Electric Vehicle Scheme (GMEVS). Additional chargepoints will also have been installed with support from the private sector. The GMEVS website lists the location and live availability of the chargepoints on an interactive map: http://www.ev.tfgm.com/

22nd Nov 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many new ultra-low emission vehicles have been registered in Greater Manchester in each of the last two years.

There were 827 ULEVs registered for the first time in Greater Manchester during 2015, and 460 during 2014.

(Source of the data is DFT analysis of DVLA registration data)

24th Oct 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cyclists were (a) injured and (b) killed in road traffic accidents on public roads in (i) Leigh and (ii) Greater Manchester in each of the last five years.

The table below gives the number of cyclists injured and killed in reported road traffic accidents, on public roads, in (i) Leigh Parliamentary constituency and (ii) Greater Manchester from 2011 – 2015.

Accident Year

(i) Leigh

(ii) Greater Manchester

Severity of Casualty

Severity of Casualty

Killed

Serious

Slight

Total

Killed

Serious

Slight

Total

2011

0

5

13

18

5

98

667

770

2012

0

3

19

22

1

104

506

611

2013

0

4

13

17

1

91

477

569

2014

0

0

8

8

3

102

512

617

2015

0

6

8

14

3

72

338

413

Greater Manchester has been defined using the following local authorities (highway authorities): Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan.

25th Nov 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many hardship payments have been issued by his Department to people living in Greater Manchester in each year since 2012.

The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

Damian Hinds
Minister of State (Education)
25th Nov 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobseeker's allowance claimants in Greater Manchester have had their benefits suspended in each year since 2012.

The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

Damian Hinds
Minister of State (Education)
25th Nov 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Greater Manchester have been classified as under occupying their homes in each year since 2012.

The figures requested are in the table below:

Households classified as under-occupying: Greater Manchester, 2013-2016

Thousands

Aug-2013

35.4

Aug-2014

31.1

Aug-2015

27.9

Aug-2016

25.0

Notes:

  1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred.
  2. Figures are numbers of households receiving Housing Benefit with a spare room subsidy deduction. This policy only affects working age households in the social rented sector.
  3. Figures have not been provided for August 2012 as the social rented sector spare room subsidy policy did not exist until April 2013.
  4. A small number of households now receive their housing support through Universal Credit. The table covers Housing Benefit only as equivalent Universal Credit data are not yet available.
23rd Nov 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were admitted to hospital due to a respiratory condition in each age group in (a) Greater Manchester and (b) England in each year since 2009-10.

A count of finished admission episodes with a primary diagnosis of 'respiratory diseases' in Greater Manchester hospitals and for England, by age, from 2010-11 to 2015-16 is attached. Data before 2010-11 was not collected in the current format so cannot be directly compared.

22nd Nov 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the mortality rate in (a) England and (b) Greater Manchester caused by long-term exposure to particulate air pollution arising from human activities.

The fraction of annual all-cause adult mortality attributable to anthropogenic (human-made) particulate air pollution (measured as fine particulate matter, PM2.5*) is provided by the Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF) indicator 3.01.

This calculates the mortality burden associated with long-term exposure to anthropogenic particulate air pollution at current levels, expressed as the percentage of annual deaths from all causes in those aged 30+.

In formation on presents the fraction of mortality attributable to particulate air pollution extracted from the PHOF 3.01 indicator, for the period 2010-14, for England, North West and Areas within the Greater Manchester Area (as GMA is not an Administrative Area) is available at:

http://www.phoutcomes.info/search/air%20quality#page/4/gid/1/pat/6/par/E12000002/ati/102/are/E08000010/iid/90357/age/1/sex/4

24th Oct 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many student nurses in (a) Greater Manchester and (b) England received NHS bursaries in each of the last five years.

The following table shows the total number of student nurses in receipt of a National Health Service bursary in Greater Manchester and in England from 2012 to 2015.

Academic Year

2012

2013

2014

2015

Number of student nurses in Greater Manchester

3,343

2,975

3,284

3,577

Number of student nurses in England

40,951

38,490

40,961

43,470

Source: NHS Business Services Authority

The NHS bursary application window for the 2016 academic year is still open and therefore figures are not yet available.

The figures are based on the postcode of the student at the time of their application. These also include students who are in receipt of a monthly bursary and those who receive tuition fees only and no annual payment for day to day living costs (either because they have chosen not to declare income or because of income assessment).

14th Jul 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department plans to publish its annual accounts for 2014-15.

The Department’s Annual Report and Accounts for 2014-15 is expected to be laid by HM Treasury shortly.

23rd Mar 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the causes of increases in the number of hospital admissions of older people for cold-related illnesses since 2012.

A greater number of people die, or are admitted to hospital, during the winter than any other time of year. There are, on average, around 25,000 excess winter deaths each year in England; for every one excess winter death it has been estimated that there are approximately eight extra hospital admissions.

The causes of excess winter death and illness are complex and interlinked, and include circulating diseases such as influenza, cold temperatures and wider determinants of health, such as poor housing. It is difficult to precisely attribute the relative impacts of each on overall levels of death and illness and there is a degree of variation year on year.

Cold weather directly increases the risk of heart attacks, strokes, lung disease, flu, falls and injuries and hypothermia. Indirect effects of cold include mental health illnesses such as depression, risk of carbon monoxide poisoning if appliances are poorly maintained or poorly ventilated, and disruption to service provision. Some groups, such as older people, very young children, and people with serious medical conditions are particularly vulnerable to the effects of cold weather.

Public Health England publishes the Cold Weather Plan for England to avoid preventable illness and deaths in winter by setting out a series of actions for organisations, communities and individuals, to take throughout the year.

18th Mar 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients spent 12 hours from the decision to admit to admission in A&E in (a) 2013, (b) 2014 and (c) 2015.

This data is published by NHS England on a weekly basis and is available at the following website:

http://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity/

18th Mar 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the effect of recent social care budget changes on people with dementia.

Expenditure on adult social care and the future demand for services will be reviewed as part of the Spending Review.

However, over the current spending review period the Department allocated additional funding to local authorities, including a transfer from the National Health Service worth £1.1 billion a year in 2014/15, to be spent on social care with a health benefit.

Spending on social care is ultimately a local decision made by individual councils.

Moreover, from April 2015, councils and the NHS will pool £5.3 billion of their local budgets to form the Better Care Fund. This will require local authorities and the NHS to work together, and engage local partners, including voluntary sector organisations. Local areas will be expected to use some of this to improve care for people with dementia.

18th Mar 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much NHS trusts have spent on agency and contract staff in (a) each year since 2009-10 and (b) 2014-15 to date; and how much NHS trusts plans to so spend in 2015-16.

National Health Service spend on agency and contract staff is recorded in the table below:

£ Billion Expenditure

2009-10

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

2-13-14

2.23

2.08

1.84

2.33

2.58

As at 31 December 2014, the NHS had spent £1.3 billion at NHS foundation trusts (FTs) and £1.1 billion at NHS trusts on agency and contract staff.

In 2015-16, the NHS plans to spend £568.2 million at NHS FTs.

The planned spend for NHS trusts is not currently available.

Following the Francis report many trusts increased their spend on temporary staffing to meet safe staffing levels. The Department expects trusts to have a strong grip on their finances, and manage their contract and agency staffing spend (including use of locums) responsibly through effective and efficient workforce planning and management and to minimise temporary staffing costs in future years.

To support the NHS to reduce agency spend, we are working to improve the deployment of the existing employed nursing workforce, for example, through spreading good practice in use of electronic rostering; improve workforce planning and supply to ensure we achieve safe staffing levels through better recruitment and retention including, for example, supporting nurses who want to “Return to Practice”. In addition , we are working to reduce the cost of agency staff by, where it is possible and appropriate, requiring the NHS to use existing frameworks (e.g. trusts receiving financial help under the Health and Social Care Act 2012) so they can secure agency staff at market rates.

Notes:

The figures reported by FTs were different in definition from those collected from other organisations before 2012-13, and were different in status. FTs published figures for “Agency/contract” expenditure in their annual audited accounts. Other organisations did not provide this level of detail in their audited accounts, but reported expenditure on “Non-NHS Staff” in annual Financial Returns. These returns followed on after the accounts and were reconciled to them, but were not part of the audited accounts.

Financial Returns were discontinued in 2013 to reduce the burden on the NHS. At the same time, the definition was aligned with FTs as “Agency/contract”. Excluded from the “Agency/Contract” category are costs of staff recharged by another organisation where no element of overhead is included i.e. where the staff costs are shared between the NHS trust and other bodies; staff on secondment or on loan from other organisations; amounts payable to contractors in respect of the provision of services (for example, cleaning or security).

The figure for 2009-10 includes primary care trusts (PCTs). PCTs provided significant amounts of patient services (in 2010, 19% of NHS nurses were employed by PCTs), and most of these services have transferred into trusts. It is not possible to separate out PCT expenditure between provider and commissioner costs.

For the first time, the Department collected unaudited financial data from NHS trusts for 2013/14 on Contract and Agency staffing costs and income to give a net expenditure figure. The data was collected on the NHS Summarisation Schedules that form the basis of the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts

18th Mar 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS and foundation trusts expect to be in deficit at the end of the 2014-15 financial year; and whether he expects the NHS trust sector as a whole to be in deficit at the end of that year.

The latest position on NHS provider deficits can be found in the related Quarter Three performance reports, published on the websites of the NHS Trust Development Authority and Monitor. These can be found –

NHS trusts:

http://www.ntda.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Paper-D-Service-and-Financial-Performance-Report-for-December-2014.pdf

Foundation trusts:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-foundation-trusts-quarterly-performance-report-quarter-3-201415

16th Dec 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent in (a) cash and (b) real terms on mental health services per head of population in England in each of the last five years.

The table below shows aggregate primary care trust (PCT) expenditure on mental health disorders in cash and real terms from 2008-09 to 2012-13.

Year

£ billion (cash)

£ billion (real, 2013-14 prices)

2008-09

9.79

10.88

2009-10

10.61

11.49

2010-11

10.96

11.55

2011-12

11.16

11.55

2012-13

11.28

11.49

Aggregate PCT expenditure is not yet available for 2013-14. However, NHS England advises that total mental health spending in 2013-14 was £11.362 billion with an estimated £11.664 billion planned in 2014-15, an increase of £302 million.

The table below shows how much was spent in cash and real terms on mental health disorders per head of the population, in England, from 2008-09 to 2012-13.

Year

£ per head (cash)

£ per head (real, 2013-14 prices)

2008-09

191

212

2009-10

204

221

2010-11

209

220

2011-12

212

219

2012-13

213

217

Source: NHS England Programme Budget Data

This information is from NHS England’s Programme Budget data and is based aggregate PCT expenditure on mental health disorders.

Programme budgeting data cannot be used to analyse changes in investment in specific service areas between years. Users of the data should note that significant changes to the data calculation methodology were introduced in 2010-11.

16th Dec 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent in (a) cash and (b) real terms on child and adolescent mental health services per young person in England in each of the last five years.

The following table shows programme budgeting expenditure for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) in cash and real terms. It should be noted that:

- Children and young people with mental health problems are provided with treatment by a wide range of services and organisations and in a variety of settings. The figures below show what is spent on CAMHS but are not representative of all spending on treating mental health problems in children and young people.

- Programme budgeting data does not include expenditure by local authorities, schools, children’s services or expenditure on primary care appointments.

- Some primary care trusts (PCTs) may not have had sufficient information to allocate all expenditure on services such as continuing healthcare to specific programmes.

- 2013-14 data is not currently available.

Aggregate PCT expenditure on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Disorders

£ million (cash)

£ million (real, 2013-14 prices)

2008-09

683

758

2009-10

707

766

2010-11

713

751

2011-12

713

738

2012-13

704

717

Source: Programme Budgeting data, NHS England

Notes

1. Programme budgeting returns are based on a subset of PCT accounts data and represent a subset of overall NHS expenditure data.

2. Calculating programme budgeting data is complex and not all healthcare activity or services can be classified directly to a programme budgeting category or care setting. When it is not possible to reasonably estimate a programme budgeting category, expenditure is classified as ‘Other’. Expenditure on General Medical Services and Personal Medical Services cannot be reasonably estimated at disease specific level, and is separately identified as a subcategory of ‘Other’ expenditure.

3. The allocation of expenditure to programme budgeting subcategories is not always straightforward, and subcategory level data should therefore be used with caution.

4. In order to improve data quality, continual refinements have been made to the programme budgeting data calculation methodology since the first collection in 2003-04. The underlying data which support programme budgeting data are also subject to yearly changes. Programme budgeting data cannot be used to analyse changes in investment in specific service areas between years. Users of the data should note that significant changes to the data calculation methodology were introduced in 2010-11.

5. Figures for years 2003-04 to 2009-10 are calculated using provider costs as a basis. Figures for 2010-11 to 2012-13 are calculated using price paid for specific activities and services purchased from healthcare providers. PCTs follow standard guidance, procedures and mappings when calculating programme budgeting data.

6. PCT figures used to calculate 2010-11 data differ from those previously published in the 2010-11 programme budgeting benchmarking spreadsheet. This is due to the correction of errors identified for five PCTs for this year.

7. Aggregate PCT data supersede previously published England level programme budgeting data. England level data incorporated estimates of expenditure on healthcare conditions for the Department of Health, Strategic Health Authorities and Special Health Authorities. England level data is no longer published this data as aggregate PCT figures provide a more accurate and meaningful representation of the breakdown of NHS expenditure by healthcare condition.

8. For 2004-05 onwards, figures are based on PCT spend on own population. This is calculated by adjusting net expenditure to add back expenditure funded from sources outside the NHS and to deduct expenditure on other PCT populations incurred through lead commissioning arrangements.

11th Jun 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GPs there were in England per 100,000 population in each of the last five years.

The following table sets out how many general practitioners (GPs) there were in England per 100,000 population in each of the last five years:

Full time equivalent GPs per 100,000 population.

Year

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

All GPs (including registrars and retainers)

69.6

67.5

67.1

67.5

67.8

Source: HSCIC General and Personal Medical Services Statistics Figures as at 30 September in each year.

2010 and 2011 figures are based on the 2009 and 2010 Mid-Year Population Estimates (2001 Census). 2012 and 2013 figures are based on the 2011 and 2012 Mid-Year Population Estimates (2011 Census).

The Government has recognised the need to increase the GP workforce and between September 2010 and September 2013, the number of full time equivalent GPs has risen by 1,051. Additionally, the Department has included in the Health Education England (HEE) mandate a requirement that “HEE will ensure that 50% of trainees completing foundation level training enter GP training programmes by 2016”.

25th Nov 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applications for asylum seekers housed in Greater Manchester have been refused in each year since 2010.

Data on the place of residence at the time of initial decision could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. The latest version of the asylum transparency agenda can be found at: Asylum transparency data: August 2016 - Publications - GOV.UK

2nd Nov 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which files and documents she reviewed before making her decision not to proceed with an inquiry into the events at Orgreave in 1984.

The Home Secretary’s decision not to establish an inquiry or independent review into the events at Orgreave Coking Plant was based on a number of factors, including consideration of the key purposes of an inquiry and whether these were met in the case of Orgreave.

As part of this consideration, the Home Secretary reviewed a range of relevant documentation.

22nd Mar 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2016 to Question 23143, when the Border Force's budget for 2016-17 will be agreed.

The Spending Review announcement set the overall budget for the Home Office. Officials are providing advice to the Home Secretary on individual allocations and spending commitments.

19th Jan 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times UK Border Force staff employed in ports were redeployed to airports in 2015.

Her Majesty’s Government does not comment on port specific deployment numbers. Border Force deploys mobile response team resources across the regions to combat both daily and seasonal pressures.

19th Jan 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the budget was for the UK Border Force and its predecessor in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13, (e) 2013-14, (f) 2014-15 and (g) 2015-16; and what the UK Border Force's planned budget is for 2016-17.

Border Force Resource net budget since 2009/10 (Source: BF Records)

Border Force’s planned budget for 2016/17 is still being agreed as part of the Home Office’s internal planning discussions.

YearTotal BF (£m)BF Operations & Change (£m)Shared
Services (£m)
2015/1649743859
2014/1552346459.2
2013/1450946643
2012/13617481136
2011/12447447n/a
2010/11477477n/a
2009/10494494n/a

Notes 1. In 2012/13, Shared Services Depreciation was delegated to Border Force.

2. From 2013/14, Shared Services was delegated to Border Force. This included IT, Property, Shared Business Service and Depreciation.

18th Jan 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people had their passports checked on entry to the UK at (a) Dover and (b) all UK airports, seaports and ferry ports in (i) 2013, (ii) 2014 and (iii) 2015.

The total number of passengers that underwent passport checks at all UK airports, seaports and ferry ports is set out in the table below. Figures for 2015 cover January to September only as data for October to December is not yet available.

Year

No of passengers' passports checked

2013

111.4 million

2014

117.0 million

2015

96.0 million

(NB. 2015 covers January –September only: October - December is not yet available).

Passengers that enter the UK through the port of Dover undergo passport checks in advance of their boarding a ferry at the UK’s juxtaposed controls at Calais and Dunkirk; this data is not held centrally.

18th Jan 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to lay before Parliament an Order removing the International Sikh Youth Federation from the list of proscribed organisations.

I intend to lay an order to deproscribe the group at the earliest practical opportunity, subject to Parliamentary availability and agreement.

18th Jan 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of people had their passports checked on exiting the UK at (a) Dover and (b) all UK airports, seaports and ferry ports in (i) 2013, (ii) 2014 and (iii) 2015.

Embarkation controls were abolished in two phases in 1994 and 1998, as the paper-based checks were deemed outdated and checks were not carried out on all modes of transport. Consequently the Home Office does not hold the data requested.

Since April 2015 exit data has been collected by carriers from all scheduled international commercial services departing the UK from air and sea ports and from international rail stations, except those services not within the scope. Departure data is collected by carriers and port operators and transmitted to Home Office systems, where work takes place to match it to arrival data, visa conditions and other information as appropriate.

25th Nov 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many tenants in Greater Manchester were evicted through the courts in each year since 2010.

The information requested can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.