Asked by: John Grogan (Labour - Keighley)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister of State for Health of 14 November 2017, Official Report, column 129, on NHS Trusts: subsidiary companies, if he will list the 39 subsidiary companies which have been set up by NHS Foundation Trusts.
Answered by Philip Dunne
Information on the number and names of subsidiary companies set up by National Health Service trusts is not collected centrally. NHS Improvement asks NHS foundation trusts to inform them how many subsidiaries have been consolidated into their accounts. Therefore, there may be cases where a very immaterial subsidiary is not consolidated into their accounts, and as such would not be included on the list below.
The information below is based on the most recent returns as at 31 March 2017. The list stands at 41 as it includes two subsidiaries which the trust reported as having a zero impact on the financials.
1 | Hampshire Hospitals Contract Services Limited |
2 | Summerhill Supplies Ltd |
3 | IFM Bolton Ltd |
4 | BHT Charity |
5 | The Clatterbridge Pharmacy Limited |
6 | Clatterbridge Propcare Services Limited |
7 | Synchronicity Care Ltd |
8 | D Hive |
9 | Dudley Clinical Services Limited |
10 | QEF |
11 | Guy's and St Thomas' Enterprises Ltd |
12 | GTI Forces Healthcare Ltd |
13 | Pathology Services Ltd |
14 | Essentia Trading Ltd |
15 | KCH Commercial Services Ltd |
16 | King's Interventional Facilities Management LLP |
17 | Moorfields Ventures LLP |
18 | WebV Solutions Ltd |
19 | Optimus Health Limited |
20 | Northumbria Healthcare Facilities Ltd |
21 | Northumbria Primary Care Limited |
22 | Northumbria Primary Care Cost Sharing Group Ltd |
23 | Oxleas Prison Services Limited |
24 | Healthcare Facilities |
25 | RSCH Pharmacy Ltd |
26 | Salisbury Trading Limited |
27 | Odstock Medical Limited |
28 | South Central Fleet Services Ltd |
29 | UHS Pharmacy LTD |
30 | UHS Estates LTD |
31 | SDH Developments Ltd |
32 | STFT Holdings Limited |
33 | South Tyneside Integrated Care Limited |
34 | Stepping Hill Healthcare Enterprises Ltd |
35 | City Hospitals Independent Commercial Enterprises Ltd |
36 | MyUCLH |
37 | Pharmacy@QEHB Ltd |
38 | UHB Facilities Ltd |
39 | Assure Dialysis Services Ltd |
40 | Day Case UK LLP |
41 | Symphony Healthcare Services Ltd |
Asked by: John Grogan (Labour - Keighley)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which clinical commissioning groups deny IVF treatment if either member of a couple has previously had children.
Answered by Philip Dunne
This information is not collected centrally.
Asked by: John Grogan (Labour - Keighley)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the guidance issued by his Department to NHS trusts on the VAT payable for subsidiary companies set up by those trusts.
Answered by Philip Dunne
Information on the number of subsidiary companies set up by National Health Service trusts is not collected centrally.
No specific VAT guidance has been issued by the Department in relation to the setting up of wholly owned subsidiary companies by NHS trusts. These companies are subject to normal VAT rules and as such no specific guidance is required. The tax affairs of subsidiary companies set up by NHS trusts will ultimately be an issue for the companies themselves to resolve with HM Revenue and Customs.
The Department’s Finance Director, Chris Young, wrote to NHS trust and foundation trust Finance Directors on 28 September 2017 to clarify the Department’s view on the use of tax advisors, with particular reference to tax avoidance. It should be noted that this letter was not issued with direct reference to any specific tax arrangements being entered into by the NHS.
Asked by: John Grogan (Labour - Keighley)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many subsidiary companies have been set up by NHS trusts; and what the purpose is of those companies.
Answered by Philip Dunne
Information on the number of subsidiary companies set up by National Health Service trusts is not collected centrally.
No specific VAT guidance has been issued by the Department in relation to the setting up of wholly owned subsidiary companies by NHS trusts. These companies are subject to normal VAT rules and as such no specific guidance is required. The tax affairs of subsidiary companies set up by NHS trusts will ultimately be an issue for the companies themselves to resolve with HM Revenue and Customs.
The Department’s Finance Director, Chris Young, wrote to NHS trust and foundation trust Finance Directors on 28 September 2017 to clarify the Department’s view on the use of tax advisors, with particular reference to tax avoidance. It should be noted that this letter was not issued with direct reference to any specific tax arrangements being entered into by the NHS.