Derek Twigg

11 Feb 2015 · Department of Health

Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the oral Answer of 13 January 2015, Official Report, column 718, over what timescale he expects NHS foundation trusts and trusts to move to new and more preventative models of care as envisaged in NHS

11 Feb 2015 · Department of Health

NHS: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential (a) benefits for and (b) risks to patient care of NHS foundation trusts and trusts being financially penalised for failing to meet performance targets in 2015-16; and i

11 Feb 2015 · Department of Health

NHS: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2015 to Question 221511, what estimate he has made of the level of efficiency savings that NHS providers and commissioners can make in 2015-16 without affecting (a) the quality

28 Jan 2015 · Department of Health

General Practitioners: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many practices in (a) Halton and (b) England had vacancies for GPs on 1 January 2015.

28 Jan 2015 · Department of Health

Hospital Beds: North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2015 to Question 221512, what the delayed discharges referred to in the Answer by local authority area are.

28 Jan 2015 · Department for Energy and Climate Change

Energy: Debts

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many families with children in (a) Halton and (b) the UK are currently in debt to their energy companies.

21 Jan 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the number of people affected by the under-occupancy penalty in Halton Borough council area.

21 Jan 2015 · Department of Health

Antidepressants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department provides to GPs about the prescription of anti-depressants and the need to reduce the risk of overdose.

21 Jan 2015 · Department of Health

Incinerators: Health Hazards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2014 to Question 208139, when he expects the results of the Health Protection Agency findings on the health effects of emissions from municipal waste incinerators to be publis

21 Jan 2015 · Department of Health

Nurses: Resignations

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses have left the NHS before normal retirement age in each year since 2010.

21 Jan 2015 · Department of Health

Hospital Beds: North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many delayed discharges there were from (a) St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals Trust and (b) Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in each month since January 2014.

21 Jan 2015 · Department of Health

NHS: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on quality and access to care of failure by NHS providers and commissioners to achieve the 3.8 per cent efficiency factor proposed in 2015/16 National Tariff P

21 Jan 2015 · Department of Health

Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with (a) the Chancellor of the Exchequer and (b) the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government about the effect of changes to local authority budgets on funding for adult

21 Jan 2015 · Department of Health

Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many elected operations were cancelled by Warrington and Halton NHS Foundation Trust in (a) November and (b) December 2014.

21 Jan 2015 · Department of Health

NHS: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations his Department has received on the effect on patients and NHS Trusts and foundation trusts of the 3.8 per cent efficiency factor proposed in the Monitor and NHS England document, 2015/16 Natio

3 Dec 2014 · Department of Health

General Practitioners: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of graduating medical students opted for general practice in each year since 2010.

2 Dec 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Coroners

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the timeliness of the provision of toxicological analysis by LGC Forensics to coroners in England and Wales.

2 Dec 2014 · Department of Health

General Practitioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his contribution of 1 December 2014, Official Report, column 61, on NHS (Five Year Forward View), what the 20,000 additional posts are.

2 Dec 2014 · Department of Health

General Practitioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his contribution of 1 December 2014, Official Report, column 61, on NHS (Five Year Forward View), what the cost is of funding the 20,000 posts; and from what budgets they will be funded.

2 Dec 2014 · Department of Health

General Practitioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his contribution of 1 December 2014, Official Report, column 61, on NHS (Five Year Forward View), how many full-time equivalent GPs were in post on 1 April 2014; and how many he plans will be in post o

2 Dec 2014 · Department of Health

General Practitioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GPs have retired at the age of 65 in each year since 2010.

11 Nov 2014 · Department of Health

Diabetes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, under what cost headings the £24 million expenditure on Type 1 diabetes was spent in 2012-13.

11 Nov 2014 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average time taken is to make a first pension payment to a recently retired civil servant.

11 Nov 2014 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants who have retired in the last 12 months and applied for their pension have experienced delays in receiving payments.

11 Nov 2014 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the reason is for the time taken by MyCSP to answer telephone calls from customers.

22 Oct 2014 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how often his Department makes contact with former service personnel who served in Iraq and Afghanistan and left the armed forces with life-changing injuries to inquire about their welfare.

22 Oct 2014 · Ministry of Defence

Gurkhas: Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on the number of former Gurkhas who left service on or after 1 July 1997 and transferred to Armed Forces Pension Scheme who are receiving less benefit than if they had remain

3 Sep 2014 · Department of Health

Incinerators: Health Hazards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the Health Protection Agency study on the health effects of emissions from municipal waste incinerators to be published.

9 Jul 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Halton

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are currently waiting for an assessment for personal independence payment in the Halton local authority area; and what the average waiting time for an assessment is in that area.

9 Jul 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2014, Official Report, column 110W, on personal independence payment, what the average clearance times were for claims from terminally ill people at (a) 31 January 2014