Asked by: Anna Soubry (The Independent Group for Change - Broxtowe)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much money has been spent from the public purse on repayments to EU nations for healthcare provided by those nations for UK nationals since June 2016.
Answered by Steve Barclay
The Department on behalf of the United Kingdom Government reimburses other European Economic Area (EEA) countries and Switzerland for the cost of providing treatment to people we are responsible for under European Union law, irrespective of nationality. In the same way, other EEA countries and Switzerland reimburse the UK for the cost of the National Health Service providing treatment to people they are responsible for under EU law, including UK nationals insured in another EEA country or Switzerland.
Member State claims against the UK are in local currency so totals are significantly affected by the exchange rate at the time of payment and can mean a difference of millions of pounds. Member States can submit claims up to 18 months in arrears so claims for any 12 month period do not necessarily reflect treatment provided in that period.
The figures requested, rounded to the nearest pound, are attached. They include the claims for all treatments, including emergency and planned.
Figures for 2017/18 should be published over the summer.
Asked by: Anna Soubry (The Independent Group for Change - Broxtowe)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much money from the public purse has been spent on (a) medicine, (b) equipment and (c) services from (i) the EU and (ii) the rest of the world since June 20016.
Answered by Steve Brine
The information is not held centrally in the format requested. The Department does not hold information on how spend on medicines, services and equipment, is broken down into the European Union and the rest of the world.
Asked by: Anna Soubry (The Independent Group for Change - Broxtowe)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many automated external defibrillators have been purchased via the NHS supply chain for (a) schools (b) academies (c) sixth-form and further education colleges (d) independent schools (e) maintained nursery schools (f) pre-school establishments (g) independent nurseries (h) playgroups (i) holiday and out-of-school providers (j) local authorities and (k) parent associations.
Answered by Steve Brine
The information is contained in the table below. The figures cover all purchases made via the Defibrillators for Schools programme since it started in November 2014 through to 31 January 2018.
The categorisation is based on information provided by the schools or by research conducted by NHS Supply Chain.
Education Sector | Number of Defibrillators purchased |
Schools | 1,930 |
Academies | 433 |
6th Form | 91 |
Independent Schools | 36 |
Nursery Schools | 82 |
Preschool | 0 |
Independent Nurseries | 30 |
Playgroups | 7 |
Holiday Providers | 4 |
Local Authorities | 111 |
Parent Associations | 0 |
Total | 2,724 |
Asked by: Anna Soubry (The Independent Group for Change - Broxtowe)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the UK National Screening Committee will next review whether to recommend screening to prevent sudden cardiac death in 12 to 39-year-olds.
Answered by Steve Brine
The United Kingdom National Screening Committee (UK NSC) will review the evidence for screening for the major causes of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in young people between the ages of 12 to 39 years in 2018/19 as per its three yearly cycle.
The UK NSC last reviewed screening for SCD in 2015 and recommended that screening should not be offered.
Asked by: Anna Soubry (The Independent Group for Change - Broxtowe)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of times ambulances have been called to schools for suspected cardiac arrests in England in the last five years.
Answered by Steve Barclay
The data requested is not held centrally.