Asked by: Helen Goodman (Labour - Bishop Auckland)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the accounting officer for his Department has sought a written ministerial direction for expenditure on contingency planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
Answered by Stephen Hammond
The Accounting Officer for the Department has not sought a written ministerial direction for expenditure on contingency planning for the United Kingdom leaving the European Union without a deal.
Asked by: Helen Goodman (Labour - Bishop Auckland)
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 11 July 2018 to Question 160713, if he will publish that same information for dental prescriptions wrongly claimed as free.
Answered by Steve Brine
The following table shows numbers of Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) issued each year since then for individuals who have claimed exemption from dental treatment charges, but that exemption could not be verified. It also shows the funds recovered from this activity.
PCN issued year | PCNs Issued | Value Recovered |
2014 | 73,103 | £3,459,178.70 |
2015 | 191,091 | £9,021,841.80 |
2016 | 324,373 | £15,500,230.70 |
2017 | 429,623 | £16,885,447.67 |
2018 | 243,590 | £8,023,643.66 |
Notes:
- Date range covered September 2014 – July 2018.
- Value recovered can change overtime.
Asked by: Helen Goodman (Labour - Bishop Auckland)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State of 21 November 2017, Official Report, column 352, when he plans to hold the ministerial meeting on the future of medical regulations.
Answered by Steve Brine
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Lord O’Shaughnessy) is arranging the ministerial meeting on the future of medical regulations as soon as possible, subject to diary constraints.
Asked by: Helen Goodman (Labour - Bishop Auckland)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many fines were levied on people who wrongly claimed free prescriptions in each year for which information is available; and how much money was raised for the public purse from those fines.
Answered by Steve Brine
The NHS Business Services Authority assumed responsibility for the Prescription Exemption Checking Service in September 2014. The following table shows numbers of Penalty Charge Notices issued each year since then for individuals who have claimed exemption from prescription charges, but that exemption could not be verified. It also shows the funds recovered from this activity.
Penalty Charge Notice (PCN) issued year | PCNs Issued | Value recovered |
2014 | 35,812 | £525,658.38 |
2015 | 408,478 | £7,308,289.64 |
2016 | 864,366 | £13,825,459.09 |
2017 | 1,052,430 | £18,180,971.12 |
2018 | 629,202 | £9,745,351.97 |
Notes:
- Date range covered September 2014 – 1 July 2018
- Value recovered can change overtime