Asked by: Keith Vaz (Labour - Leicester East)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he last met the National Clinical Directors for Obesity and Diabetes for NHS England.
Answered by Steve Brine
My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, has not had any meetings with the National Clinical Director for Obesity and Diabetes for NHS England.
Asked by: Keith Vaz (Labour - Leicester East)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much additional funding announced in Budget 2018 has been allocated to the prevention of Type 2 diabetes.
Answered by Steve Brine
The 2018 Budget re-confirms the Prime Minister’s announcement in June this year to work with the National Health Service to develop a 10-year plan for the future of the health service, underpinned by a five-year funding offer which will see the NHS budget grow by £20.5 billion a year in real terms by 2023-24. We expect the plan to be published later this year.
Asked by: Keith Vaz (Labour - Leicester East)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the total value of the properties managed by NHS Property Services.
Answered by Stephen Hammond
The total value of the properties owned and managed by NHS Property Services was £3.933 billion at 31 March 2018. This figure is from the 2017/18 annual report and accounts.
Asked by: Keith Vaz (Labour - Leicester East)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the procedure for dealing with complaints to NHS Property Services was last changed.
Answered by Stephen Hammond
The complaints handling process is under constant review. The most significant recent change was in July 2017 with the introduction of a new national customer support centre to provide a clear route into the organisation for customers to raise requests, incidents and complaints.
Asked by: Keith Vaz (Labour - Leicester East)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he last met the Chief Executive of NHS Property Services.
Answered by Stephen Hammond
The Secretary of State met the Chief Executive of NHS Property Services last month.
Asked by: Keith Vaz (Labour - Leicester East)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) properties and (b) assets are in each region of NHS Property Services.
Answered by Stephen Hammond
NHS Property Services has 2,959 properties. The properties are broken down in the following regions:
North West – 533 properties
East – 468 properties
South East – 459 properties
North Central – 357 properties
London – 347 properties
West Midlands – 289 properties
South West – 287 properties
North East – 219 properties
Total – 2,959 properties
The number and split of assets managed by NHS Property Services is the same as the number of properties at 2,959. There are no further assets that NHS Property Services manage.
Asked by: Keith Vaz (Labour - Leicester East)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of properties owned by NHS Property Services.
Answered by Stephen Hammond
NHS Property Services has 2,959 properties. The properties are broken down in the following regions:
North West – 533 properties
East – 468 properties
South East – 459 properties
North Central – 357 properties
London – 347 properties
West Midlands – 289 properties
South West – 287 properties
North East – 219 properties
Total – 2,959 properties
The number and split of assets managed by NHS Property Services is the same as the number of properties at 2,959. There are no further assets that NHS Property Services manage.
Asked by: Keith Vaz (Labour - Leicester East)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the total number of assets managed by NHS Property Service.
Answered by Stephen Hammond
NHS Property Services has 2,959 properties. The properties are broken down in the following regions:
North West – 533 properties
East – 468 properties
South East – 459 properties
North Central – 357 properties
London – 347 properties
West Midlands – 289 properties
South West – 287 properties
North East – 219 properties
Total – 2,959 properties
The number and split of assets managed by NHS Property Services is the same as the number of properties at 2,959. There are no further assets that NHS Property Services manage.
Asked by: Keith Vaz (Labour - Leicester East)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects the agreement between the BMA and NHS Property Services concerning the leases given to GP practice to be concluded.
Answered by Stephen Hammond
The annual rental income received from general practitioners (GPs) in 2017/18 was £54 million.
NHS Property Services has 1,215 GP tenants. NHS Property Services has recorded the following number of complaints from GP tenants over the last three years:
2016/17 – 24
2017/18 - 52
2018/19 (to date) - 34
Agreeing leases with individual GPs is an ongoing process.