Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was for patients to see their GP for (a) non-emergency and (b) emergency appointments in Tamworth constituency in (i) the last twelve months for which figures are available and (ii) the twelve month period prior to that.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
The data is not held in the format requested.
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Schedule 12 of the Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill, whether he already has the statutory authority to (a) issue written notices to relevant IT providers requesting their compliance with information standards of the type described in Section 251ZB and (b) publish a statement of censure to relevant IT providers regarding their non-compliance with those standards of the type described in Section 251ZC.
Answered by Will Quince
At present public providers of health or adult social care in England must have regard to information standards. Changes made by the Health and Care Act 2022, once commenced, will make information standards binding and extend them so that they apply to private health and adult social care providers that are required to be registered with the Care Quality Commission.
The Data Protection and Digital Information Bill is intended to make those involved in supplying IT systems used for processing health and adult social care information accountable for meeting mandatory information standards used in connection with the provision of health and adult social care in England. The Bill is intended to give the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care powers to enable them to issue relevant IT providers who are suspected of not complying with an information standard with a notice asking for compliance. The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care will also be able to publish a statement about non-compliance by way of public censure.
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has received the report of the Equity in medical devices: independent review into equity in medical devices.
Answered by Will Quince
The ‘Equity in medical devices: independent review’ has been completed by the independent panel and submitted to Government. The report has been reviewed in detail and work is ongoing with system partners to develop the Government’s response to the review, which is expected to be published in autumn 2023.
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many ministerial red boxes belonging to his Department have (a) been reported missing or lost or (b) had their security features removed in order that they can be purchased for personal use by former ministers from 1 May 2018 to 30 April 2023.
Answered by Will Quince
The records of the Department’s Security Unit show no ministerial red boxes having been reported missing or lost in the timeframe requested.
It is a long-standing convention under successive administrations that Ministers may pay to retain red boxes as a memento of their time in their role, as long as the security features are removed. One ministerial red box was purchased in this manner during the timeframe requested.
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2023 to Question 166164 on Government Departments: Staff, what the overall rating out of 100 recorded was in the most recent Leesman office surveys undertaken by (a) NHS England, (b) the UK Health and Security Agency and (c) the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities.
Answered by Will Quince
Subsequent to the Leesman office surveys undertaken by the Government Property Agency in their hubs during November 2022, the following table shows the overall rating out of 100 provided by the staff based in the specified offices:
Office location | Leesman overall rating out of 100 |
NHS England (based in 23 Stephenson Street, Birmingham) | 78 |
UK Health Security Agency (based in 23 Stephenson Street, Birmingham and Nobel House, London) | 65 |
Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (based in 23 Stephenson Street, Birmingham) | 68 |
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the public purse was of spending on external consultants by (a) the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, (b) the UK Health Security Agency, (c) NHS England, and (d) NHS Digital in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022; and whether any of that spending related to the preparation of funding bids to (A) his Department and (B) HM Treasury.
Answered by Will Quince
Suggested reply
The following table shows the expenditure on consultancy on external consultants in the financial years 2019/20 to 2021/22. Expenditure values for 2022/23 are not yet available. The Department does not hold the detail behind the expenditure.
Organisation | Expenditure on consultancy (£ million) | ||
2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | |
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) | 0.3 | 0.8 | 6.4 |
UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) | Not applicable | Not applicable | 10.0 |
NHS England - Group | 45.8 | 51.6 | 75.8 |
NHS Digital | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.3 |
Note:
Source:
UK Health Security Agency Annual Report and Accounts 2021/22.
NHS Commissioning Board Annual Report and Accounts 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22. Expenditure for the NHSE Group including Commissioning Support Units and Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs).
NHS Digital Annual Report and Accounts 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22.
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to answer Question 148573, tabled by the hon. Member for Islington South and Finsbury on 20 February 2022.
Answered by Will Quince
I refer the Rt hon. Member to the answer I gave on 14 March 2023 to Question 148573.
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) iPhone 12, (b) iPhone 13 and (c) iPhone 14 devices were purchased for use by staff in his core Department in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
Answered by Will Quince
The table below shows the quantity of the requested iPhone models purchased during the years 2020 – 2022:
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
iPhone SE | 300 | 400 | 650 |
iPhone 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
iPhone 13 | 0 | 1 | 1570 |
iPhone 13 Pro | 0 | 2 | 0 |
iPhone 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other models of phone were purchased in this period.
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February to Question 137747, what brand of wash and dry devices have been installed within his Departmental estate; between what dates did that installation work take place; and how much did it cost.
Answered by Will Quince
There are 14 Dyson wash and dry devices installed within the Departmental estate. Installation of new wash and dry devices within the Departmental estate took place in April 2020 at a cost of £15,368.
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to his Department's publication of data for expenditure over £25,000 in November 2022, what goods were being stored for his Department by (a) Kuehne and Nagel Ltd and (b) Uniserve Ltd. as of 31 December 2022; what quantities of goods were being stored by each company; and in which locations were they being stored.
Answered by Will Quince
As of 31 December 2022, 118 million items of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) were being stored by Kuehne and Nagel Ltd in China and 1,446 million items of PPE were being stored by Uniserve Ltd in sites across England.