Asked by: Graham Allen (Labour - Nottingham North)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for her policy on faith schools of (a) the Populus Poll commissioned by the Accord Coalition, published on 2 November 2016 and (b) the 2011 research paper entitled Faith Primary Schools: Better Schools or Better Pupils, written by Steve Gibbons and Olmo Silva.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
Parents want good schools for their children and we know the vast majority of faith schools provide a high standard of education. The department wants to increase the number of good school places available, including at faith schools, and that’s why we are consulting on the proposals in “Schools that work for everyone” consultation document. We will consider evidence submitted alongside responses to the consultation.
The consultation document is available at: https://consult.education.gov.uk/school-frameworks/schools-that-work-for-everyone
Asked by: Graham Allen (Labour - Nottingham North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the achievements of the (a) Cardiovascular disease (CVD) outcomes strategy and (b) CVD expert forum since their establishment.
Answered by David Mowat
No assessment has been made of the achievements of the Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Outcomes Strategy or the CVD collaborative group.
The CVD collaborative group is still in the early days of establishment. Its principle purpose is to bring together relevant stakeholders in the field of CVD and to provide a forum where relevant work being undertaken in this area and potential new initiatives can be discussed and responsibilities for action determined. The group’s overarching objective is to improve health outcomes for people with or at risk of CVD, including stroke.
Membership of the group comprises of representatives from NHS England including the relevant National Clinical Directors; Public Health England; Diabetes UK; British Heart Foundation; Heart-UK; British Kidney Health Association; Stroke Association and the Local Government Association.
The group aims to meet three times per year.
Asked by: Graham Allen (Labour - Nottingham North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 11 October 2016 to Question 46460, who the members of the Cardiovascular Disease expert forum are; and how regularly that forum meets.
Answered by David Mowat
No assessment has been made of the achievements of the Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Outcomes Strategy or the CVD collaborative group.
The CVD collaborative group is still in the early days of establishment. Its principle purpose is to bring together relevant stakeholders in the field of CVD and to provide a forum where relevant work being undertaken in this area and potential new initiatives can be discussed and responsibilities for action determined. The group’s overarching objective is to improve health outcomes for people with or at risk of CVD, including stroke.
Membership of the group comprises of representatives from NHS England including the relevant National Clinical Directors; Public Health England; Diabetes UK; British Heart Foundation; Heart-UK; British Kidney Health Association; Stroke Association and the Local Government Association.
The group aims to meet three times per year.
Asked by: Graham Allen (Labour - Nottingham North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2016 to Question 42224, what the remit of the Cardiovascular Disease collaborative group is; and how regularly that group meets.
Answered by David Mowat
No assessment has been made of the achievements of the Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Outcomes Strategy or the CVD collaborative group.
The CVD collaborative group is still in the early days of establishment. Its principle purpose is to bring together relevant stakeholders in the field of CVD and to provide a forum where relevant work being undertaken in this area and potential new initiatives can be discussed and responsibilities for action determined. The group’s overarching objective is to improve health outcomes for people with or at risk of CVD, including stroke.
Membership of the group comprises of representatives from NHS England including the relevant National Clinical Directors; Public Health England; Diabetes UK; British Heart Foundation; Heart-UK; British Kidney Health Association; Stroke Association and the Local Government Association.
The group aims to meet three times per year.
Asked by: Graham Allen (Labour - Nottingham North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 11 October 2016 to Question 46460, what the stroke-specific aims and objectives of the Cardiovascular Disease expert forum are.
Answered by David Mowat
No assessment has been made of the achievements of the Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Outcomes Strategy or the CVD collaborative group.
The CVD collaborative group is still in the early days of establishment. Its principle purpose is to bring together relevant stakeholders in the field of CVD and to provide a forum where relevant work being undertaken in this area and potential new initiatives can be discussed and responsibilities for action determined. The group’s overarching objective is to improve health outcomes for people with or at risk of CVD, including stroke.
Membership of the group comprises of representatives from NHS England including the relevant National Clinical Directors; Public Health England; Diabetes UK; British Heart Foundation; Heart-UK; British Kidney Health Association; Stroke Association and the Local Government Association.
The group aims to meet three times per year.
Asked by: Graham Allen (Labour - Nottingham North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many tooth restorations using dental amalgam were carried out on the NHS in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by David Mowat
Information is not collected centrally on the number of restorations carried out on the National Health Service using dental amalgam.
Asked by: Graham Allen (Labour - Nottingham North)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the Government's policy is on whether schools with no religious character can be run by religious multi-academy trusts.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
A school with no religious character can be part of a religiously based multi-academy trust. This can only happen where it is approved by the Secretary of State and there is clear local support. To protect the school’s secular character and ethos we place legal safeguards within the school’s funding agreement and the Trust’s articles of association.
Asked by: Graham Allen (Labour - Nottingham North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the annual cost to the public purse of (a) extending free dental check-ups to people aged 60 and over and (b) exempting people aged over 60 from all dental charges.
Answered by David Mowat
The table below shows the estimated cost of extending exemption to National Health Service dental charges for paying patients under the age of 21, age 60 and over and for examinations only for patients aged 60 and over.
Age Group | Estimated Cost |
People aged 18-21 | £15.7 million |
People aged 60 and over | £329.2 million |
People aged 60 and over (for check-ups only) | £25.1 million |
This data is based on FP17s submitted to the NHS Business Services Authority for general dentistry courses of treatment completed between April 2015 and March 2016. It shows the amount of patient revenue, based on 2016/17 charge levels, which would be foregone should the currently fee paying groups be made exempt.
Dentists are required to submit a form called an FP17 for every course of NHS dental treatment they provide. The figures assume no increase in the number of patients currently accessing NHS dental care, in reality additional patients may seek NHS treatment if they were to become exempt.
Asked by: Graham Allen (Labour - Nottingham North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the annual cost to the public purse of extending free dental treatment to people under the age of 21.
Answered by David Mowat
The table below shows the estimated cost of extending exemption to National Health Service dental charges for paying patients under the age of 21, age 60 and over and for examinations only for patients aged 60 and over.
Age Group | Estimated Cost |
People aged 18-21 | £15.7 million |
People aged 60 and over | £329.2 million |
People aged 60 and over (for check-ups only) | £25.1 million |
This data is based on FP17s submitted to the NHS Business Services Authority for general dentistry courses of treatment completed between April 2015 and March 2016. It shows the amount of patient revenue, based on 2016/17 charge levels, which would be foregone should the currently fee paying groups be made exempt.
Dentists are required to submit a form called an FP17 for every course of NHS dental treatment they provide. The figures assume no increase in the number of patients currently accessing NHS dental care, in reality additional patients may seek NHS treatment if they were to become exempt.
Asked by: Graham Allen (Labour - Nottingham North)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to Question 44728, how many (a) amended and (b) cancelled tax credit claims account for the savings in annually managed expenditure identified.
Answered by Jane Ellison
Since the contract with Concentrix began in November 2014, Concentrix have amended around 103,000 tax credit claims up to and including 11 September 2016. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and Concentrix, acting on HMRC’s behalf, do not separate out the number of awards that are either partially amended or stopped.