Written Questions


Mike's written questions to Ministers. Courtesy of TheyWorkForYou.com

Michael Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what percentage of the population in each strategic health authority (SHA) area had access to NHS dental services (a) immediately before the introduction of the 2006 dental contract and (b) at the latest date for which information is available; and what percentage of the population in each SHA area will need to be able to access NHS dentistry...

Michael Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average cost of a call to NHS Direct was in 2009.

Michael Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many referrals were made by NHS Direct services in (a) 2008 and (b) 2009.

Michael Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has made an estimate of the number of people there are in England who have been adversely affected by the drug Primodos.

Michael Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department has taken to assess the needs of those adversely affected by Primodos; and if he will make a statement.

Michael Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many personnel injured in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan have (i) lost both legs and both arms, (ii) lost both legs at or above the knee, (iii) lost both legs below the knee, (iv) lost one leg at or above the knee, (v) lost one leg below the knee, (vi) lost both arms at or above the elbow, (vii) lost both arms below the elbow, (viii) lost one arm...

Michael Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health for what reasons the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has issued instructions to doctors to cease prescribing the anti-obesity drug sibutramine; whether the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence will bring forward its 2011 review of its guidance on obesity to take account of this development; and if he will make a...

Michael Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Billericay of 5 November 2009, Official Report, column 1168W, on drugs, when he expects to receive the report from Professor Sir Mike Richards; and whether he plans to publish the findings of that investigation before April 2010.

Michael Penning: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many private finance initiative projects have been undertaken by his Department in (a) Hertfordshire and (b) Hemel Hempstead constituency in the last five years.

Michael Penning: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people were employed in (a) call centres and (b) manufacturing in Hemel Hempstead constituency in each of the last five years.

Michael Penning: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many tax credit claimants in Hemel Hempstead constituency there were in each year since the scheme began; and how many such claimants have been (a) underpaid and (b) overpaid.

Michael Penning: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people have had their tax credit payments suspended due to overpayment in (a) each county in England and Wales and (b) Hemel Hempstead constituency in each year since 2005.

Michael Penning: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many deaths where (a) alcohol and (b) the misuse of drugs was the primary cause there were in (i) England and Wales and (ii) Hemel Hempstead constituency in the last five years.

Michael Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much the NHS (a) was entitled to reclaim and (b) has reclaimed for healthcare carried out on UK citizens in other countries with which the UK has a reciprocal agreement in the last 12 month period for which figures are available; (2) how much has been reclaimed by the NHS for healthcare carried out in England in respect of nationals of...

Michael Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what clinical evidence was used to establish the target emergency response time for (a) Category A patients at eight minutes and (b) Category B patients at 19 minutes; and what research his Department has (i) commissioned and (ii) evaluated on the effectiveness of those response times.

Michael Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead dated 28 October 2009, on a difficulty experienced in corresponding with the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria.

Michael Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many physical assaults on staff of NHS ambulance service trusts were reported in each of the last three financial years; (2) how many (a) prosecutions were brought and (b) cautions or conditional cautions were issued following assaults against NHS staff in ambulance service trusts in each of the last three financial years; (3) what the...

Michael Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance has been issued to NHS ambulance trusts on establishing criteria to use in setting target response times for Category C patients who require an ambulance response.

Michael Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) who has responsibility within the NHS for judging a patient's entitlement and eligibility to use the Patient Transfer Service; (2) which NHS bodies are responsible for paying for a patient to use the Patient Transfer Service.

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