Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 30 Sep 2019
Health Infrastructure Plan
"I thank the Minister for the decision, principally in listening to the outstanding campaign led by my right hon. Friend the Member for Harlow (Robert Halfon), which will benefit east Herts, Harlow and, indeed, the Epping Forest area. May I also say that the Minister need not be defensive, because …..."Mark Prisk - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 13 Feb 2019
NHS Funding: Essex
"I hope the Minister will take away my right hon. Friend’s point that healthcare in Harlow is important, certainly to the people of Harlow and Essex, but also to people in Hertfordshire. People in Bishop’s Stortford, Sawbridgeworth, Hertford and Ware are all looking for this investment, and we hope the …..."Mark Prisk - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 13 Feb 2019
NHS Funding: Essex
"I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for giving way to me a second time. Does he agree that the issue, and the reason we need long-term funding, is that both our constituencies face significant pressures for additional housing? Simply coping with what we have now is difficult enough. …..."Mark Prisk - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 02 Jul 2018
Department of Health and Social Care and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
"I, too, wish to address the issue of adult social care and the excellent joint report—admittedly, I say that as a Committee member who helped to produce it. The issue is of immense concern to many of my constituents, not least the poor souls I have had to help, who …..."Mark Prisk - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 05 Jun 2018
Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow
"I commend my right hon. Friend for his championing of this important cause. He is right to point out that while this facility is important for the people of Harlow, it is just as important for the people of Bishop’s Stortford, Hertford, Ware and other towns represented here today. It …..."Mark Prisk - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 18 Oct 2017
Capital Funding: New Hospital in Harlow
"I congratulate my right hon. Friend and parliamentary neighbour on securing this important debate. Does he agree with me that in my constituency and his, ever since the previous Labour Government scrapped their plans for a new hospital at Hatfield, there has been a sense locally that somehow our area …..."Mark Prisk - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 18 Oct 2017
Capital Funding: New Hospital in Harlow
"Thank you for your guidance, Mr Howarth. I will do my best—the best a politician ever can do—to be brief.
First, may I say a huge congratulations to my parliamentary neighbour, my right hon. Friend the Member for Harlow (Robert Halfon)? He and I have worked together on a number …..."Mark Prisk - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 25th April 2017
Asked by:
Mark Prisk (Conservative - Hertford and Stortford)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to paragraphs 1.296 and 1.297 of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015, what progress his Department has made by estimated capacity of land sold since March 2016 in identifying and disposing of land to meet the Government's commitment.
Answered by David Mowat
Increasing the supply of land for new homes is central to this Government’s vision of a country that works for everyone. As a major landowner the Government has a crucial role to play in managing its estate more efficiently to secure best value for money for the taxpayer, boost growth and help support the building of new homes.
The Government has an ambition to sell land with capacity for at least 160,000 homes by the end of March 2020. Progress towards meeting this ambition is set out in Table 3 of the Public Land for Housing Programme Annual Report published in February 2017, which shows that between 8 May 2015 and 30 September 2016, the Department released land with capacity for 3,516 homes.
Public Land for Housing Annual Report 2017 (published February 2017):
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-land-for-housing-programme-2015-to-2020-annual-report
Housing capacity of sites sold by the five largest landowning departments:
Department | Year 1 (2015/16) | Year 2 (Q1 and 2) | Cumulative total |
Ministry of Defence | 856 | 678 | 1,534 |
Department for Transport | 71 | 1,602 | 1,673 |
Department for Communities and Local Government | 4,211 | 2,407 | 6,618 |
Department of Health | 2,971 | 545 | 3,516 |
Ministry of Justice | 135 | 0 | 135 |
Other departments | 221 | 120 | 341 |
Totals | 8,465 | 5,352 | 13,817 |
| | | |
The Department’s target of £1.95 billion (referred to in paragraph 1.297 of the Spending Review publication referenced in the question) relates to the Spending Review period from 2016-17 to 2020-21. Information on the value of disposals for the 2016-17 financial year is not yet available.
Written Question
Monday 16th January 2017
Asked by:
Mark Prisk (Conservative - Hertford and Stortford)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what additional support services his Department is planning to provide for veterans with mental health problems from April 2017.
Answered by David Mowat
NHS England is currently in the process of tendering for a veterans mental health service to begin in April 2017. The service will offer consistent support across England for both veterans and serving personnel on a pathway to leave the service and build on the veterans mental health services already in place following the Fighting Fit report by my hon. Friend the Member for South West Wiltshire (Dr Andrew Murrison).
Written Question
Monday 16th January 2017
Asked by:
Mark Prisk (Conservative - Hertford and Stortford)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the standard and availability of support for veterans with mental health problems provided by the voluntary sector.
Answered by David Mowat
The Department does not assess services provided by the voluntary sector.