Asked by: Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op) - Manchester Central)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS staff have been made redundant and subsequently re-employed by NHS organisations on a (a) permanent and (b) fixed-term contract basis since May 2010.
Answered by Dan Poulter
The number of National Health Service staff estimated to have been made redundant since May 2010 and subsequently, up until July 2014, re-employed by an NHS organisation on a permanent basis is 2,502 and a fixed term contract basis is 1,870.
Asked by: Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op) - Manchester Central)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what budget is being allocated to local authorities in the next five years to embed health visitor services in local areas.
Answered by Dan Poulter
From 1 October 2015, the Government intends that local authorities take over responsibility from NHS England for commissioning of public health services for children aged 0-5. This includes health visiting services and Family Nurse Partnership targeted services for teenage mothers. Local authorities will receive funding for these new responsibilities.
The Department is aiming to set out 0-5 funding allocations later in the year. Work is on-going to determine how much money will transfer and commissioning costs will be considered as part of the overall approach. Funding in future years will be calculated in the light of the Government’s next spending review.
Locally NHS England’s area teams and local authorities are working to develop plans, including timescales, for a smooth and effective transfer of the commissioning role. A programme of regional 0 to 5 years commissioning transfer events is underway, involving key stakeholders to enhance understanding of future working arrangements.
Asked by: Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op) - Manchester Central)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what budget is being made available to assist local authorities with commissioning public health services for children under five from April 2015.
Answered by Dan Poulter
From 1 October 2015, the Government intends that local authorities take over responsibility from NHS England for commissioning of public health services for children aged 0-5. This includes health visiting services and Family Nurse Partnership targeted services for teenage mothers. Local authorities will receive funding for these new responsibilities.
The Department is aiming to set out 0-5 funding allocations later in the year. Work is on-going to determine how much money will transfer and commissioning costs will be considered as part of the overall approach. Funding in future years will be calculated in the light of the Government’s next spending review.
Locally NHS England’s area teams and local authorities are working to develop plans, including timescales, for a smooth and effective transfer of the commissioning role. A programme of regional 0 to 5 years commissioning transfer events is underway, involving key stakeholders to enhance understanding of future working arrangements.
Asked by: Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op) - Manchester Central)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech of 15 August 2011 calling for a family test to be applied to all domestic policy, which policies of his Department have been so assessed to date.
Answered by Dan Poulter
On 18 August 2014 the Prime Minister announced that the family test was being formalised as part of the impact assessment for all domestic policies. From October 2014, every new domestic policy will be examined for its impact on the family.
Asked by: Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op) - Manchester Central)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Family Nurse Partnership places there were in each year since 2010; and what progress the Government has made on its target of doubling the number of such places by 2015.
Answered by Dan Poulter
The commitment the Government made in 2010 to double the amount of places on the Family Nurse Partnership from a baseline of 6,000 was achieved by March 2014. It is currently expected that by 2015 there will be at least 16,000 places available. The figures for the end of each financial year since 2010 are as follows:
March 2011 – 6,000
March 2012 – 9,000
March 2013 – 11,000
March 2014 – 13,000
March 2015 - 16,000 expected