Asked by: Jack Lopresti (Conservative - Filton and Bradley Stoke)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with NHS executives on provision for staff whose medically required allergy bracelets violate infection control policies.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
This is a matter for local infection prevention and control policies and will be handled differently in different organisations.
Asked by: Jack Lopresti (Conservative - Filton and Bradley Stoke)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what levels of apprenticeships are offered by his Department; and how many apprenticeship starts there were at each level in each of the last three years.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
The Department is committed to the Civil Service apprenticeships agenda, and is striving to form at least 2.3% of our workforce through apprenticeships at a variety of levels. Apprenticeships are currently offered by the Department at Level 3 to Level 7 (inclusive).
Since 1 April 2015, there have been the following apprenticeship starts in the Department:
Year | Level | Apprenticeship starts |
2015/16 | Level 4 | 2 |
2016/17 | Level 3 | 7 |
Level 4 | 7 | |
2017/18 | Level 3 | 4 |
Level 4 | 9 | |
Level 5 | 1 | |
Level 7 | 7 | |
2018/19 | Level 3 | 1 |
Level 4 | 1 | |
Level 5 | 1 | |
2018/19 confirmed but not yet started | Fast Track Apprentice | 8 |
Forecasted 2018/19 Q1 |
| 5 |
Asked by: Jack Lopresti (Conservative - Filton and Bradley Stoke)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much land (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies owns in (i) England and (ii) the South West; and how much of that land has been identified as being surplus to requirements.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
The United Kingdom Government is a significant landowner. The current Government Estate Strategy sets out the Government's vision to create an efficient, fit-for-purpose and sustainable estate whose performance matches the best of the private sector. As a Government we are delivering this vision, ensuring that the estate is fit for purpose, is frequently reviewed and aligned to the Estate Strategy, and is managed in an efficient and effective way.
The current landholdings of the Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are shown in the table below. This does not include land previously identified as surplus that has now been disposed. The information is correct at time of publication, based on available data.
Organisation | England – in hectares | South West – land in hectares |
Department of Health and Social Care | 9.2 | 0.3 |
Agencies: Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency; Public Health England | 9.5 | 2.3 |
Non-departmental public bodies: NHS Digital; NHS Business Services Authority; NHS Blood and Transplant | 6.1 | 2.2 |
Total | 24.8 | 4.8 |
Of the total land the Department holds in England owns, 2.9 hectares are currently surplus, out of which 0.4 hectares are in the South West. These figures include agencies and non-departmental public bodies.
Asked by: Jack Lopresti (Conservative - Filton and Bradley Stoke)
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 22 December 2017 to Question 120444, on Ambulance Services: Road Traffic Offences, if he will take steps to begin the centralised collection of data referred to in the question.
Answered by Steve Barclay
NHS England and NHS Improvement have advised that there are no plans to collect this information centrally. Such issues are operational matters for National Health Service ambulance trusts.
Asked by: Jack Lopresti (Conservative - Filton and Bradley Stoke)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many ambulance response drivers have been (a) charged, (b) convicted, (c) given a custodial or suspended custodial sentence for (i) careless driving, or (ii) dangerous driving arising from actions performed as part of their medical response duties in each of the last five years.
Answered by Philip Dunne
This information is not held centrally.