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Written Question
NHS Trusts: Subsidiary Companies
Friday 14th June 2019

Asked by: John Grogan (Labour - Keighley)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which hospital trusts have received approval to set up wholly-owned subsidiary companies in the last three years; and on what dates those companies were incorporated.

Answered by Stephen Hammond

Ministers do not have a role in approving wholly-owned subsidiary companies created by National Health Service foundation trusts, with this role delegated by powers to NHS Improvement. In November 2018, NHS Improvement published revised guidance to make all such subsidiaries subject to an approval process.


In contrast, the Secretary of State has the function of consenting to an NHS trust’s proposal to establish an income generating subsidiary company. The Department is not aware of any NHS trust which has asked for approval to set up such schemes in the last three years.

Due to commercial sensitivities, NHS Improvement does not provide information of which hospital trusts have proposals under active consideration to set up wholly-owned subsidiary companies. The Department has no NHS Trust Income Generation Schemes currently under consideration.


Written Question
NHS Trusts: Subsidiary Companies
Friday 14th June 2019

Asked by: John Grogan (Labour - Keighley)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which hospital trusts have proposals to set up wholly-owned subsidiary companies under active consideration.

Answered by Stephen Hammond

Ministers do not have a role in approving wholly-owned subsidiary companies created by National Health Service foundation trusts, with this role delegated by powers to NHS Improvement. In November 2018, NHS Improvement published revised guidance to make all such subsidiaries subject to an approval process.


In contrast, the Secretary of State has the function of consenting to an NHS trust’s proposal to establish an income generating subsidiary company. The Department is not aware of any NHS trust which has asked for approval to set up such schemes in the last three years.

Due to commercial sensitivities, NHS Improvement does not provide information of which hospital trusts have proposals under active consideration to set up wholly-owned subsidiary companies. The Department has no NHS Trust Income Generation Schemes currently under consideration.


Written Question
Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Monday 4th February 2019

Asked by: John Grogan (Labour - Keighley)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of calls were responded to within the target timeframe in the area covered by Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust in each of the categories measured (a) in total and (b) in each by District Council Area Level in each month of 2018.

Answered by Stephen Hammond

NHS England’s Ambulance Quality Indicators set out Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust performance against each of the categories measured in each month of 2018. The data is attached.

Data by District Council area is not collected centrally. Ambulance response times are published monthly by NHS England at ambulance trust level.

Data can be found online at the following address:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ambulance-quality-indicators/


Written Question
Hospitals: Consultants
Monday 14th May 2018

Asked by: John Grogan (Labour - Keighley)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many consultant posts were advertised by discipline at each of the foundation hospitals in 2017; and how many consultants were appointed by discipline at (a) Ainedale General Hospital, (b) Bradford North Infirmary and (c) St Luke's Hospital, Bradford.

Answered by Steve Barclay - Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The data is not available in the format requested.


Written Question
NHS Trusts: Subsidiary Companies
Thursday 7th December 2017

Asked by: John Grogan (Labour - Keighley)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister of State for Health of 14 November 2017, Official Report, column 129, on NHS Trusts: subsidiary companies, if he will list the 39 subsidiary companies which have been set up by NHS Foundation Trusts.

Answered by Philip Dunne

Information on the number and names of subsidiary companies set up by National Health Service trusts is not collected centrally. NHS Improvement asks NHS foundation trusts to inform them how many subsidiaries have been consolidated into their accounts. Therefore, there may be cases where a very immaterial subsidiary is not consolidated into their accounts, and as such would not be included on the list below.

The information below is based on the most recent returns as at 31 March 2017. The list stands at 41 as it includes two subsidiaries which the trust reported as having a zero impact on the financials.

1

Hampshire Hospitals Contract Services Limited

2

Summerhill Supplies Ltd

3

IFM Bolton Ltd

4

BHT Charity

5

The Clatterbridge Pharmacy Limited

6

Clatterbridge Propcare Services Limited

7

Synchronicity Care Ltd

8

D Hive

9

Dudley Clinical Services Limited

10

QEF

11

Guy's and St Thomas' Enterprises Ltd

12

GTI Forces Healthcare Ltd

13

Pathology Services Ltd

14

Essentia Trading Ltd

15

KCH Commercial Services Ltd

16

King's Interventional Facilities Management LLP

17

Moorfields Ventures LLP

18

WebV Solutions Ltd

19

Optimus Health Limited

20

Northumbria Healthcare Facilities Ltd

21

Northumbria Primary Care Limited

22

Northumbria Primary Care Cost Sharing Group Ltd

23

Oxleas Prison Services Limited

24

Healthcare Facilities

25

RSCH Pharmacy Ltd

26

Salisbury Trading Limited

27

Odstock Medical Limited

28

South Central Fleet Services Ltd

29

UHS Pharmacy LTD

30

UHS Estates LTD

31

SDH Developments Ltd

32

STFT Holdings Limited

33

South Tyneside Integrated Care Limited

34

Stepping Hill Healthcare Enterprises Ltd

35

City Hospitals Independent Commercial Enterprises Ltd

36

MyUCLH

37

Pharmacy@QEHB Ltd

38

UHB Facilities Ltd

39

Assure Dialysis Services Ltd

40

Day Case UK LLP

41

Symphony Healthcare Services Ltd


Written Question
In Vitro Fertilisation
Thursday 30th November 2017

Asked by: John Grogan (Labour - Keighley)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which clinical commissioning groups deny IVF treatment if either member of a couple has previously had children.

Answered by Philip Dunne

This information is not collected centrally.


Written Question
NHS Trusts: VAT
Wednesday 22nd November 2017

Asked by: John Grogan (Labour - Keighley)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the guidance issued by his Department to NHS trusts on the VAT payable for subsidiary companies set up by those trusts.

Answered by Philip Dunne

Information on the number of subsidiary companies set up by National Health Service trusts is not collected centrally.

No specific VAT guidance has been issued by the Department in relation to the setting up of wholly owned subsidiary companies by NHS trusts. These companies are subject to normal VAT rules and as such no specific guidance is required. The tax affairs of subsidiary companies set up by NHS trusts will ultimately be an issue for the companies themselves to resolve with HM Revenue and Customs.

The Department’s Finance Director, Chris Young, wrote to NHS trust and foundation trust Finance Directors on 28 September 2017 to clarify the Department’s view on the use of tax advisors, with particular reference to tax avoidance. It should be noted that this letter was not issued with direct reference to any specific tax arrangements being entered into by the NHS.


Written Question
NHS Trusts: Subsidiary Companies
Wednesday 22nd November 2017

Asked by: John Grogan (Labour - Keighley)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many subsidiary companies have been set up by NHS trusts; and what the purpose is of those companies.

Answered by Philip Dunne

Information on the number of subsidiary companies set up by National Health Service trusts is not collected centrally.

No specific VAT guidance has been issued by the Department in relation to the setting up of wholly owned subsidiary companies by NHS trusts. These companies are subject to normal VAT rules and as such no specific guidance is required. The tax affairs of subsidiary companies set up by NHS trusts will ultimately be an issue for the companies themselves to resolve with HM Revenue and Customs.

The Department’s Finance Director, Chris Young, wrote to NHS trust and foundation trust Finance Directors on 28 September 2017 to clarify the Department’s view on the use of tax advisors, with particular reference to tax avoidance. It should be noted that this letter was not issued with direct reference to any specific tax arrangements being entered into by the NHS.


Written Question
Doctors: Training
Wednesday 6th September 2017

Asked by: John Grogan (Labour - Keighley)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the timetable is for increasing medical training places by 1,500; and what assessment he has made of the need for new medical schools as a result of that increase.

Answered by Philip Dunne

500 additional places have already been allocated to existing medical schools and will be made available for students commencing courses from 1 August 2018.

We have consulted on how best to allocate the remaining 1,000 places by August 2019.

The Government response to the consultation was published on 9 August 2017 and is available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/expanding-undergraduate-medical-education