Asked by: Julian Knight (Independent - Solihull)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has advised that its spend on equality and diversity training in 2022/23 was £7,920.
Asked by: Julian Knight (Independent - Solihull)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much NHS Digital spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.
Answered by Will Quince
NHS Digital commissioned and completed one piece of corporate equality and diversity training in 2022/23, at a cost of £15,700.
Asked by: Julian Knight (Independent - Solihull)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much Health Education England spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.
Answered by Will Quince
NHS England spent £64,200 on equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) training in the 2022/23 financial year.
Health Education England (HEE) has now legally merged with NHS England. HEE did not hold a cost figure in a centrally retrievable format for equality, diversity, and inclusion training. Staff training on EDI was primarily delivered internally by HEE’s EDI team, and therefore spending on training was incorporated within the team’s wider budget and spend. In 2022/23, HEE’s spend on activities related to EDI, including training, was £170,951.
Asked by: Julian Knight (Independent - Solihull)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much NHS England spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.
Answered by Will Quince
NHS England spent £64,200 on equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) training in the 2022/23 financial year.
Health Education England (HEE) has now legally merged with NHS England. HEE did not hold a cost figure in a centrally retrievable format for equality, diversity, and inclusion training. Staff training on EDI was primarily delivered internally by HEE’s EDI team, and therefore spending on training was incorporated within the team’s wider budget and spend. In 2022/23, HEE’s spend on activities related to EDI, including training, was £170,951.
Asked by: Julian Knight (Independent - Solihull)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the National Data Guardian spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.
Answered by Will Quince
The National Data Guardian (NDG) and staff are hosted by NHS England. Equality, diversity and inclusivity training is provided by NHS England under the terms of the hosted office arrangements and must be completed by all staff. The NDG’s office has not spent any of its budget on additional equality and diversity training.
Asked by: Julian Knight (Independent - Solihull)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Prime Minister's announcement on a smokefree generation on 4 October 2023 on the operational capacity of police forces.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
No assessment has been made. As is the case with existing age of sale legislation for tobacco products, breaches of the new law will be dealt with by local authority trading standards rather than by police forces. As previously stated, our new policies will not criminalise smoking.
Asked by: Julian Knight (Independent - Solihull)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much their Department spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-2023 financial year.
Answered by Will Quince
During 2022/23, the Department has provided the mandatory Civil Service Expectations training package from the Government Campus and Curriculum. This package includes learning on equality and diversity but does not incur a specific financial charge. No paid-for equality and diversity training has been provided in 2022/23.
Asked by: Julian Knight (Independent - Solihull)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the NHS Counter Fraud Authority spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.
Answered by Will Quince
In 2022/23, the NHS Counter Fraud Authority spent £175.50 on equality and diversity training.
Asked by: Julian Knight (Independent - Solihull)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has held discussions with the UK Health Security Agency on the implications for its policies of trends in cimicosis infestations in France.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
No specific discussions have been had with the UK Health Security Agency. Although unpleasant, bedbugs are not known to spread disease and there is no known infectious disease risk from bedbug bites.
Asked by: Julian Knight (Independent - Solihull)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the NHS Blood and Transplant spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
NHS Blood and Transplant has advised that their spend on equality and diversity training in 2022/23 was £33,401.