Suella Braverman MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
ME/CFS: Occupational HealthDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50878More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to increase support for people with myalgic encephalomyelitis who are employed.
Answer: Occupational health as advisory support has a broad remit. It plays an important role in supporting employers to maintain and promote employee health and wellbeing through assessments of fitness for work, advice about reasonable adjustments, work ability ...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordME/CFS: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50877More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of levels of support for people with myalgic encephalomyelitis.
Answer: Occupational health as advisory support has a broad remit. It plays an important role in supporting employers to maintain and promote employee health and wellbeing through assessments of fitness for work, advice about reasonable adjustments, work ability ...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRowan's HospiceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48989More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to help ensure that the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board increases funding for Rowan's Hospice.
Answer: Palliative care services are included in the list of services an integrated care board (ICB) must commission. This promotes a more consistent national approach and supports commissioners in prioritising palliative and end of life care. To support ICBs in ...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHospices: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48988More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of local health authorities appeals process as a means to secure additional funding for charitable hospices.
Answer: Integrated care board (ICBs) are responsible for the commissioning of palliative and end of life care services, to meet the needs of their local populations. ICBs receive funding via their annual core allocation for resources. This is their recurrent budg...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRowan's HospiceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48987More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the the level of funding provided by Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board to Rowan's hospice.
Answer: Palliative care services are included in the list of services an integrated care board (ICB) must commission. This promotes a more consistent national approach and supports commissioners in prioritising palliative and end of life care. To support ICBs in ...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: Employers' ContributionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48980More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an estimate of the cost of hiring new staff due to changes in employer National Insurance contributions for GP practices in Hampshire.
Answer: We have made the necessary decisions to fix the foundations of the public finances in the Autumn Budget. Resource spending for the Department will be £22.6 billion more in 2025/26 than in 2023/24, as part of the Spending Review settlement. The employers’ ...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHospicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48470More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that hospices receive adequate funding from local health authorities.
Answer: The Government is determined to shift more healthcare out of hospitals and into the community, to ensure patients and their families receive personalised care in the most appropriate setting, and palliative and end of life care services, including hospice...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHospicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48469More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to improve the integration of charity hospices into the National Health System.
Answer: The Government is determined to shift more healthcare out of hospitals and into the community, to ensure patients and their families receive personalised care in the most appropriate setting, and palliative and end of life care services, including hospice...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: Employers' ContributionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47721More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of changes to employer National Insurance contributions on social care providers who rely on charitable donations.
Answer: The Government considered the cost pressures facing adult social care as part of the wider consideration of local government spending within the Spending Review process.To enable local authorities to deliver key services such as adult social care, the Gov...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: Employers' ContributionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47720More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an estimate of the average cost of changes to employer National Insurance contributions to individual GP practices.
Answer: We have made the necessary decisions to fix the foundations of the public finances in the Autumn Budget. Resource spending for the Department will be £22.6 billion more in 2025/26 than in 2023/24, as part of the Spending Review settlement. The employers’ ...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: Employers' ContributionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47719More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of changes to employer National Insurance contributions on the integration of social care providers into the National Health Se
Answer: The Government considered the cost pressures facing adult social care as part of the wider consideration of local government spending within the Spending Review process in 2024.To enable local authorities to deliver key services such as adult social care,...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: Employers' ContributionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47718More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has conducted a cost analysis for GP practices impacted by changes to employer National Insurance contributions.
Answer: We have made the necessary decisions to fix the foundations of the public finances in the Autumn Budget. Resource spending for the Department will be £22.6 billion more in 2025/26 than in 2023/24, as part of the Spending Review settlement. The employers’ ...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: Employers' ContributionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47717More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that numbers of (a) GP surgeries and (b) staff working in those surgeries are not adversely impacted by changes to employer National Insurance contribu
Answer: We have made the necessary decisions to fix the foundations of the public finances in the Autumn Budget. Resource spending for the Department will be £22.6 billion more in 2025/26 than in 2023/24, as part of the Spending Review settlement. The employers’ ...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPrimary Care: Employers' ContributionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47716More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of changes to National Insurance announced at the Autumn Budget 2024 on the expansion of (a) GP practices and (b) other care pr
Answer: We have made the necessary decisions to fix the foundations of the public finances in the Autumn Budget. Resource spending for the Department will be £22.6 billion more in 2025/26 than in 2023/24, as part of the Spending Review settlement. The employers’ ...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: Employers' ContributionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47715More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of GP practices that will be affected by changes to National Insurance announced at the Autumn Budget 2024.
Answer: We have made necessary decisions to fix the foundations of the public finances in the Autumn Budget. Resource spending for the Department will be £22.6 billion more in 2025/26 than in 2023/24, as part of the Spending Review settlement. The employers’ Nati...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Workplace PensionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42461More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to monitor (a) PCSE and (b) Capita's performance in managing the NHS Pension Scheme.
Answer: The NHS Business Service Authority is the scheme manager for NHS Pensions. NHS England is the employing authority for general practitioners (GPs) and undertakes local pension administration for GPs through Primary Care Support England (PCSE). NHS England ...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Workplace PensionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42460More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) PCSE and (b) Capita's management of the NHS pension scheme.
Answer: Primary Care Support England’s (PCSE) services are contracted to Capita Business Services Ltd under a contract held by NHS England. As part of the service, PCSE collects general practitioner pension contribution and earnings information and passes this to...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Workplace PensionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42459More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of waiting times for NHS Pension Scheme queries.
Answer: NHS Pension Scheme queries can be raised with the NHS Pension Scheme administrator, the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA), and in the case of general practitioners (GPs), with Primary Care Support England (PCSE), who record GPs’ pensionable service...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Workplace PensionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42458More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of modernisation of Primary Care Support England's NHS Pensions Scheme processes.
Answer: Primary Care Support England (PCSE) follows the pension scheme requirements laid down by NHS Pensions. PCSE has provided an online portal, PCSE Online, which provides general practitioners (GPs), practices, and commissioners with a simple and efficient wa...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Workplace PensionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41070More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the internet-based platform used for the NHS Pension Scheme; and what steps she is taking to improve training for service handlers in using the platf
Answer: Primary Care Support England (PCSE) launched the PCSE Online GP Pensions system to provide general practitioners and general practices with greater convenience, and more transparency and security when it comes to their pension contributions data. NHS Engl...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Workplace PensionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41069More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) Primary Care Support England's (b) Capita's management of the NHS Pensions Scheme.
Answer: The NHS Business Services Authority is the scheme manager for NHS Pensions. NHS England is the employing authority for general practices (GPs) and undertakes local pension administration for GPs through Primary Care Support England (PCSE). NHS England ent...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
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