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Written Question
Surgery: Robotics
Wednesday 1st February 2017

Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what average number of hours per year is each surgical robot used for operations.

Answered by David Mowat

The information requested is not held centrally. It may be available directly from individual National Health Service trusts.


Written Question
Prostate Cancer: Surgery
Wednesday 1st February 2017

Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of prostate cancer surgeons who are trained to carry out prostate cancer surgery using robots use those robots more than once each week.

Answered by David Mowat

The information requested is not held centrally. It may be available directly from individual National Health Service trusts.


Written Question
Prostate Cancer: Surgery
Wednesday 1st February 2017

Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of prostate cancer surgeons in England is trained to carry out prostate cancer surgery using robots.

Answered by David Mowat

The information requested is not held centrally. It may be available directly from individual National Health Service trusts.


Written Question
Prostate Cancer: Surgery
Wednesday 1st February 2017

Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average number of days is between the date when a patient is first diagnosed with prostate cancer for which surgery is advised and the date on which the first such surgery is available to such a patient in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland, (d) Northern Ireland and (e) Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013, (v) 2014, (vi) 2015 and (vii) 2016.

Answered by David Mowat

The information is not held centrally for England. Health is a devolved matter in the rest of the United Kingdom.


Written Question
Prostate Cancer: Surgery
Wednesday 1st February 2017

Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many vacancies there were for prostate cancer surgeons in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland, (d) Northern Ireland and (e) Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013, (v) 2014, (vi) 2015 and (vii) 2016.

Answered by David Mowat

The information is not collected centrally. Individual trusts may hold this information.

The provision of health services in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland is a devolved issue.


Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Tuesday 31st January 2017

Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Wolverhampton South West of 30 November 2016 on non-EU students, reference ZA5879.

Answered by Robert Goodwill

The Minister of State for Immigration will respond week beginning 30 January 2017.


Written Question
Russells Hall Hospital: Private Finance Initiative
Tuesday 31st January 2017

Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his estimates are of the amounts of (a) interest charges, (b) repayments of finance lease abilities, (c) service elements, (d) capital lifecycle maintenance, (e) contingent rents and (f) other related private finance initiative (PFI) amounts payable for (i) 2016-17, (ii) 2017-18, (iii) 2018-19, (iv) 2019-20, (v) 2020-21, (vi) 2021-22, (vii) 2022-23, (viii) 2023-24, (ix) 2024-25, (x) 2025-26, (xi) 2026-27, (xii) 2027-28, (xiii) 2028-29, (xiv) 2029-30, (xv) 2030-31, (xvi) 2031-32, (xvii) 2032-33, (xviii) 2033-34, (xix) 2034-35, (xx) 2035-36, (xxi) 2036-37, (xxii) 2037-38, (xxiii) 2038-39, (xxiv) 2039-40, (xxv) 2040-41 and (xxvi) 2041-42 for all PFI schemes at Russells Hall Acute Hospital.

Answered by Philip Dunne

The information requested is not available centrally. It may be obtained from Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust. We have written to Jennifer Ord, Chair of the Trust, informing her of the hon. Member’s enquiry. She will reply shortly and a copy of the letter will be placed in the Library.


Written Question
Russells Hall Hospital: Private Finance Initiative
Tuesday 31st January 2017

Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the amounts were of (a) interest charges, (b) repayments of finance lease abilities, (c) service elements, (d) capital lifecycle maintenance, (e) contingent rents and (f) other related private finance initiative (PFI) amounts payable for each of the financial years (i) 2005-06, (ii) 2006-07, (iii) 2007-08, (iv) 2008-09, (v) 2009-10, (vi) 2010-11, (vii) 2011-12, (viii) 2012-13, (ix) 2013-14, (x) 2014-15 and (xi) 2015-16 for all PFI schemes at Russells Hall Acute Hospital.

Answered by Philip Dunne

The information requested is not available centrally. It may be obtained from Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust. We have written to Jennifer Ord, Chair of the Trust, informing her of the hon. Member’s enquiry. She will reply shortly and a copy of the letter will be placed in the Library.


Written Question
Personal Injury: Compensation
Tuesday 24th January 2017

Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many responses were received from (a) people and (b) organisations to her Department's consultation, Reforming the soft tissue injury (whiplash) claims process, published on 17 November 2016.

Answered by Oliver Heald

In line with the latest Cabinet Office consultation principles and as stated in the consultation document, the response to the consultation will be published by 7 April. The response will include information on who responded to the consultation along with the number of responses received and the government’s policy decisions as a result of the consultation.


Written Question
Personal Injury: Compensation
Tuesday 24th January 2017

Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the names of the (a) people and (b) organisations are who submitted written responses to her Department's consultation, Reforming the soft tissue injury (whiplash) claims process, published on 17 November 2016.

Answered by Oliver Heald

In line with the latest Cabinet Office consultation principles and as stated in the consultation document, the response to the consultation will be published by 7 April. The response will include information on who responded to the consultation along with the number of responses received and the government’s policy decisions as a result of the consultation.