Asked by: Jim McMahon (Labour (Co-op) - Oldham West and Royton)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) adult and (b) child NHS dental patients in (i) Oldham and (ii) England have seen a dentist in each year since 2010.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The following table shows the number of adults and children seen by a dentist in both Oldham Local Authority and England since 2010/11:
| England | Oldham Local Authority | ||
Financial Year | Adults seen | Children seen | Adults seen | Children seen |
2010/11 | 21,401,000 | 7,771,000 | Not Available | Not Available |
2011/12 | 21,761,000 | 7,813,000 | Not Available | Not Available |
2012/13 | 21,927,000 | 7,837,000 | Not Available | Not Available |
2013/14 | 22,009,000 | 7,907,000 | Not Available | Not Available |
2014/15 | 22,032,000 | 7,992,000 | Not Available | Not Available |
2015/16 | 22,140,449 | 6,723,854 | 99,555 | 35,315 |
2016/17 | 22,159,223 | 6,799,092 | 100,068 | 35,881 |
2017/18 | 22,060,778 | 6,901,430 | 100,760 | 37,036 |
2018/19 | 21,959,979 | 7,000,685 | 101,958 | 38,026 |
2019/20 | 21,012,985 | 6,299,306 | 99,472 | 34,741 |
2020/21 | 18,190,987 | 3,946,048 | 88,516 | 20,017 |
2021 – 2022 | 16,409,636 | 5,589,201 | 82,382 | 30,475 |
2022 – 2023 | 18,111,609 | 6,372,892 | 90,816 | 35,216 |
Source: NHS Dental Statistics for England (NHS Digital)
Note: Data for Oldham Local Authority is not available for the years prior to 2015/16. This is due to changes in National Health Service geographies, which has meant that the data cannot be precisely mapped to the local authority in previous years.
Asked by: Jim McMahon (Labour (Co-op) - Oldham West and Royton)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will publish the number of registered dentists in (a) Oldham and (b) England in each year since 2010.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The General Dental Council (GDC) is the independent regulator of dentists and dental care professionals (DCPs) practising in the United Kingdom and enforces the standards they must adhere to. To practise in the UK, dentists and DCPs are required to hold registration with the GDC.
The Department does not hold data on how many dentists and DCPs have been registered with the GDC. The GDC holds its own data on dentists and DCPs who have been registered with them. The GDC regularly publishes registration reports on its website, and these are available at the following link:
https://www.gdc-uk.org/about-us/what-we-do/the-registers/registration-reports
Asked by: Jim McMahon (Labour (Co-op) - Oldham West and Royton)
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 registering with an NHS dentist in (a) Oldham and (b) England in the latest period for which data is available.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
Patients do not routinely join dental waiting lists in the National Health Service and are only registered with a dental practice for a course of treatment. We are working on our Dentistry Recovery Plan which will include how we continue to improve access, particularly for new patients.
Asked by: Jim McMahon (Labour (Co-op) - Oldham West and Royton)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the effectiveness of oversight of taxi licencing.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Government is responsible for setting the regulatory structure within which 263 licensing authorities in England license the taxi and PHV trades. The Government issues guidance to assist authorities in carrying this out.
The Government has set out the measures it expects licensing authorities to take to safeguard passengers through the publication of the Statutory Taxi and Private Hire Vehicle Standards in 2020. The Government has just published updated Best Practice Guidance for licensing authorities in England which encourages proportionate regulation to enable the sector to deliver safe, accessible, and affordable services that meet the differing needs of passengers. The Department for Transport engages regularly with taxi and private hire vehicle licensing authorities on a range of issues regarding the regulation of the sector.
The Government remains committed to introducing legislation, when parliamentary time allows, to enable the setting of national standards in licensing, enhancing licensing authorities’ compliance and enforcement powers and to establish a national licensing database of all licensees.
Asked by: Jim McMahon (Labour (Co-op) - Oldham West and Royton)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is taking steps with local authorities to ensure that taxi licencing processes support (a) passenger safety and (b) fair competition.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Government set out the measures it expects licensing authorities to take to safeguard passengers through the publication of the Statutory Taxi and Private Hire Vehicle Standards in 2020. Public safety remains the priority of taxi and private hire vehicle licensing, and the Government is clear that where standards need to be high and rigorously applied, they must be.
The Government has published updated Best Practice Guidance to assist licensing authorities in England. The updated guidance challenges licensing authorities to consider the necessity of some requirements that they place on the trade. This approach will provide a framework for fair competition and enable the trade to deliver the range of safe, available, affordable and accessible services required to meet the range of differing passenger needs.
Asked by: Jim McMahon (Labour (Co-op) - Oldham West and Royton)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths in care homes relating to covid-19 were registered in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham in each month since January 2020.
Answered by Jeremy Quin
The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.
A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 7 November is attached.
Asked by: Jim McMahon (Labour (Co-op) - Oldham West and Royton)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's expected timeline is for selling all land previously acquired for Phase 2B of HS2; and who has oversight of this.
Answered by Huw Merriman - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
Any land and property that is no longer required will be sold, and a programme is being developed to do this. It will take some time to develop this programme, and we will set out further detail on these next steps, and will engage in full with those communities who are affected as we do.
Asked by: Jim McMahon (Labour (Co-op) - Oldham West and Royton)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) properties and (b) businesses purchased for Phase 2B of HS2 his Department intends to sell.
Answered by Huw Merriman - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
Any land and property that is no longer required will be sold, and a programme is being developed to do this. An assessment of the exact numbers of land and property assets that will be sold has yet to be made as some of the assets will be retained for Northern Powerhouse Rail.
Asked by: Jim McMahon (Labour (Co-op) - Oldham West and Royton)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the contribution of the cooperative sector to the UK economy.
Answered by Andrew Griffith - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
The Government is committed to having a thriving co-operative sector and creating a modern and supportive business environment in the UK. The Government acknowledges the vital contribution co-operatives make to the economy, serving local communities up and down the UK. The latest Co-operative and Mutual Economy Report 2023, conducted by the trade body Co-operatives UK, found that co-operatives generated a combined, annual turnover of £40.9 billion, a 3.7% increase from 2022 levels.
The Government has taken significant steps to support the co-operative sector in recent years. For example, the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 helped cut through the legal complexity involved in running a co-operative, improving their competitiveness. Additionally, at Budget 2021, the Government announced the £150m Community Ownership Fund. This allows community groups to bid for up to £2 million matched-funding to help them buy or take over local community assets at risk of being lost and run them as community-owned businesses, supporting co-operative entrepreneurship. To date, 195 projects across the UK have benefitted from the fund.
Earlier this year, the Government-supported Co-operatives, Mutuals, and Friendly Societies Act 2023 came into force, which grants HM Treasury the power to bring forward regulations to give those mutuals further flexibility in determining for themselves the best strategies for their business regarding their surplus capital.
Furthermore, the Government also aims to continue to develop a modern and supportive business environment to set co-operatives and mutuals up for success. The Government has commissioned the Law Commission to conduct reviews of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 and the Friendly Societies Act 1992. These reviews will investigate necessary changes to legislation that will help support co-operatives and friendly societies in their future growth and success.
Asked by: Jim McMahon (Labour (Co-op) - Oldham West and Royton)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the economic impact of the use of combined sewer overflows on coastal businesses in England and Wales.
Answered by Rebecca Pow - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan was published in August 2022, alongside an Impact Assessment which considers costs and benefits of the final targets to businesses, the public, wider society and government spending where applicable.
Water is a devolved area. The Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan applies to companies wholly or mainly in England.