Every parliamentary written question tabled by Ben Obese-Jecty this session, with the full answer and department. Back to the MP page.
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Pursuant to the Answer of 8 April 2025 to Question 43400 on GP Practice lists, what the national average death rate is for each age group for all wards in Huntingdon constituency.
The standardised mortality ratio for those aged under 65 years old was calculated by the Office for National Statistics as a special exercise. The death rates for each age group were not provided.
Pursuant to the Answer of 8 April 2025 to Question 44058 on General Practitioners: Pay, how regularly the New Earnings Survey is published by the Office for National Statistics.
The New Earnings Survey has now been replaced with the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, which is carried out annually. It provides information about the levels, distribution, and make-up of earnings and paid hours worked for employees in all industries and occupations.
Which GP practices in the Huntingdon constituency have (a) a GMS contract, (b) a PMS contract and (c) an APMS contract.
There are 12 practices in the Huntingdon constituency, all of which hold General Medical Services contracts.
What the value is of his Department's £95 million investment in energy efficiency and resilience measures across the NHS estate made through the National Energy Efficiency Fund in financial year 2025-26.
The NHS National Energy Efficiency Fund (NEEF) seeks to drive down trusts’ energy bills through targeted measures like LED lighting, Building Management Systems, and rooftop solar panels. These investments pay for themselves within a few years through reduced energy bills, whilst supporting the reduction of trusts’ carbon emissions. NEEF investment can also support efforts to increase building energy efficiency before low carbon, electrically powered heating technologies, like heat pumps, are installed. Since 2023/24, the Department has invested approximately £135 million in NEEF projects, with the latest £95 million investment round running from January to April 2025 and benefitted 114 trusts. Any further funding for energy measures will be confirmed through the Spending Review.
Whether he has had discussions with the All Party Parliamentary Group on Prostate Cancer on the Government’s approach to tackling the illness.
The Government has had no recent discussions with the All-Party Parliamentary Group on prostate cancer.
Whether he has had discussions with the All Party Parliamentary Group on Prostate Cancer on his Department's approach to tackling the illness.
The Government has had no recent discussions with the All-Party Parliamentary Group on prostate cancer.
Pursuant to the Answer of 8 April 2025 to Question 44058 on General Practitioners: Pay, what plans he has to update the Market Forces Factor in the Carr-Hill formula with modelled earnings by geographical location for 2024-25.
The Department has no immediate plans to update the Market Forces Factor in the Carr-Hill formula.
How many (a) phones, (b) laptops and (c) other electronic devices have been lost by their Department since 5 July 2024.
The Department has lost five laptops and 14 mobile phones since 5 July 2024. There have been no other lost electronic devices. All the Department’s laptops and mobile phones are encrypted to secure the data on the device.
For what reasons the new theatre block at Hinchingbrooke Hospital will not open until spring 2026.
External building work for the new theatre block at Hinchingbrooke Hospital was completed last year. However, there has been a delay in the facility opening to patients due to some additional work that is required on the ventilation.The Department remains committed to working alongside our NHS England colleagues to complete this additional work and open this important new facility.
Pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2025 to Question 41611 on Hospitals: Renewable Energy, what projects comprise the estimated increase in renewable power capacity in the NHS.
Site data for the National Health Service is published in the annual Estates Return Information Collection (ERIC). The latest data set is from 2023/24, and is available at the following link:https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/estates-returns-information-collection/summary-page-and-dataset-for-eric-2023-24The data set reports 9,725 sites in total. With regard to sites providing acute services, the most recent data shows 222 general acute hospital sites, 58 specialist, or acute only, hospitals, as well as 105 sites providing mixed services.All NHS trusts were invited to submit projects for solar funding in our partnership with Great British Energy. NHS England received an overwhelmingly positive response, with over 300 bids that could potentially have been taken forward. The majority of bids were from acute trusts, where consumption profiles and space availability mean solar projects can offer particular value. Regrettably, funding limitations and the overwhelming response to the scheme meant many projects offering significant value missed out on this occasion. We will continue to work with NHS England and our partners across the Government to explore further funding opportunities.The successful projects were announced on 21 March 2025, and include a range of NHS sites. The list is publicly available at the following link:https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67dd2e0370323a45fe6a6f0e/gbe-nhs-solar-projects.csvIt is estimated that these projects will deliver an additional 55 million kilo watt hours (kwh) in annual generation, which is approximately three times the 17.7 million kwh reported in ERIC in 2023/4.
Pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2025 to Question 41611 on Hospitals: Renewable Energy, what sites comprise the NHS acute estate.
Site data for the National Health Service is published in the annual Estates Return Information Collection (ERIC). The latest data set is from 2023/24, and is available at the following link:https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/estates-returns-information-collection/summary-page-and-dataset-for-eric-2023-24The data set reports 9,725 sites in total. With regard to sites providing acute services, the most recent data shows 222 general acute hospital sites, 58 specialist, or acute only, hospitals, as well as 105 sites providing mixed services.All NHS trusts were invited to submit projects for solar funding in our partnership with Great British Energy. NHS England received an overwhelmingly positive response, with over 300 bids that could potentially have been taken forward. The majority of bids were from acute trusts, where consumption profiles and space availability mean solar projects can offer particular value. Regrettably, funding limitations and the overwhelming response to the scheme meant many projects offering significant value missed out on this occasion. We will continue to work with NHS England and our partners across the Government to explore further funding opportunities.The successful projects were announced on 21 March 2025, and include a range of NHS sites. The list is publicly available at the following link:https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67dd2e0370323a45fe6a6f0e/gbe-nhs-solar-projects.csvIt is estimated that these projects will deliver an additional 55 million kilo watt hours (kwh) in annual generation, which is approximately three times the 17.7 million kwh reported in ERIC in 2023/4.
Pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2025 to Question 42329 on General Practitioners: Finance, if he will list the (a) job roles and (b) areas of specialism used to compile salary data; and what those salaries were in (i) 2000-01 and (ii) 2024-25.
The Market Forces Factor used in the Carr-Hill formula was estimated from a statistical model using all employees, anonymised, in the New Earnings Survey. The New Earnings Survey is undertaken by the Office for National Statistics, and is based on a 1% sample of employees in employment, information on whose earnings and hours is obtained in confidence from employers. It does not cover the self-employed.The model included factors such as industry, occupation, and the age of each employee, to remove the modelled impact of these on earnings and thereby identify differences in earnings due to geographical location alone. The geographical earnings differentials form the Market Forces Factor in the Carr-Hill formula. There are no modelled earnings by geographical location for 2024/25.
What progress his Department has made on reaching net zero for emissions controlled by the NHS by 2040.
The Government continues to support the National Health Service to drive down its direct carbon emissions while increasing its energy efficiency and resilience.Since 2019, the NHS has seen £1.2 billion in decarbonisation grant funding successfully delivered under the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (funded by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero), replacing fossil fuel systems with non-carbon alternatives.The Department for Health and Social Care has also invested £95 million for energy efficiency and resilience measures across the NHS estate through the National Energy Efficiency Fund in current financial year 2025/26, driving down trust energy bills while delivering carbon savings.In addition, all NHS trusts and integrated care boards have now introduced Green Plans setting out the key actions they will take to decarbonise, and the first ever NHS Net Zero Travel and Transport Strategy was published in 2023.The Department will continue to work across Government to pursue our shared environmental aims, and we recently confirmed a new £100 million partnership with Great British Energy to increase solar generation across the NHS from 2025/26.
What assessment he has made of the potential impact of the recent announcement on the level of employment at Hinchingbrooke Hospital on (a) clinical procedures (b) appointments and (c) work related to the New Hospitals Programme.
It is the responsibility of local National Health Service trusts to determine the right level of staffing.The Government is committed to cutting NHS waiting lists and ensuring that people have the best possible experience during their care, including at Hinchingbrooke Hospital and across the North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust. We have already delivered on our pledge of two million extra elective appointments, and this is just a first step to delivering on the commitment that 92% of patients will wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral to consultant-led treatment, in line with the NHS constitutional standard, by March 2029.Additionally, the New Hospital Programme is prioritising the rebuild of Hinchingbrooke Hospital alongside six other hospitals built primarily from reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete, to protect patient and staff safety. It is expected that it will enter construction between 2027 and 2028.
What is the (a) percentage and (b) real terms change in funding for patient services at Hinchingbrooke Hospital in the 2025/26 financial year.
As a multi-site trust, the North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust (NWAFT) receives funding for patient services on a trust wide basis, rather than a site basis, given the integrated nature of its services and pathways. This funding supports patient services across its three acute sites, specifically Peterborough City Hospital, Hinchingbrooke Hospital, and Stamford and Rutland Hospital, as well as a range community sites across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough where the trust also provides services.In line with the national planning timetable, the trust remains in discussion with commissioners outside of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough to finalise the contracts for 2025/26, and therefore the funding reflects the assumptions in the trust’s 2025/26 Annual Plan.The 2025/26 Annual Plan reflects the national financial assumptions of 4.2% cost base inflation, less a 2.0% efficiency requirement and 0.5% convergence adjustment. In addition, the available funding for additional elective activity has reduced in 2025/26. Overall, for the NWAFT, this results in a 0.9% increase in funding for 2025/26, which represents a 3.2% reduction in real terms, 1.2% net of the 2.0% standard efficiency ask.In making funding decisions, the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board seeks to ensure funding is aligned to the National Health Service’s three strategic shifts and the services offered under a new model of care.
Pursuant to the Answer of 31 March 2025 to Question 40751 on GP Practice Lists, how is the proportion of the population with a limiting long-term illness calculated for each constituency.
The proportion of the population living with a limiting long-term illness is the proportion of people who answered ‘yes’ to the question ’Do you have a limiting long-term illness?’ in the 2001 Census. This is calculated at a ward level, with no constituency-level data calculated or used.
Pursuant to the Answer of 31 March 2025 to Question 40751 on GP Practice Lists, how the standardised mortality ratio for people aged under 65 years old is calculated in each constituency.
The standardised mortality ratio for those aged under 65 years old is calculated by multiplying the number of people in each age group under 65 years old, within an area, by the national average death rate for each age group.This is calculated at a ward level, with no constituency-level data calculated or used.
Pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2025 to Qquestion 38429 on General Practitioners: Finance, from what year is the (a) GP expenses data, (b) patient data used to calculate the distance from the patients’ homes to the GP surgery and (c) the population density used in the rurality adjustment of the Carr-Hill formula.
Global sum payments to general practices (GPs) are based on the Carr-Hill formula. The staff market forces factor is based on earnings data from 1999 to 2001. For the rurality component, the GP expenses data is from 2000 to 2001. The patient data used to calculate the distance from patients’ homes to the GP surgery uses patients’ current addresses. The population density data used in the rurality adjustment is from 2001.
Pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2025 to Question 38429 on General Practitioners: Finance, from what year is the earnings data used in the staff market forces factor element of the Carr-Hill formula.
Global sum payments to general practices are based on the Carr-Hill formula. The staff market forces factor is based on earnings data from 1999 to 2001.
Pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2025 to Question 39649 on NHS: Negligence, how many maternity negligence payments have been made to an adult claimant who was the victim of medical negligence at birth since 6 April 2019.
NHS Resolution (NHSR) manages clinical negligence and other claims against the National Health Service in England. The following table shows the number of clinical negligence claims where the periodical payment orders (PPO) or settlement was equal or above the £4.75 million threshold, where payments were made for 'life-changing' injuries, excluding 'fatality' at any level, within the specialty of obstetrics, each year from 2019/20 to 2023/24:Payment year2019/202020/212021/222022/232023/24Claims774782778786782Notes:NHSR cannot break down the table by an adult and child split as NHSR often receive claims from both the mother and child for the same incident. NHSR’s coding does not distinguish who the claim relates to and so they have provided the data based on incidents preceding April 2001, with a presumption that a claimant continuing to receive payments for such an incident would be an adult by 2019;in terms of life-changing injuries, NHSR does not code for this and therefore cannot provide data. The term life-changing injuries could also have various meanings. NHSR has, however, provided data using its actuarial value for PPO payments, which is over £4.7 million. Any case which is estimated to settle over this value will have life-changing injuries. There will be claims below that level that have life changing injuries, but this is the best way that NHSR can try and provide this data; andas the data relates to payments made during the relevant financial years, it is also possible that the same claim may appear more than once in the dataset. For example, one payment is made in 2021/22, and a separate payment is made in 2022/23 for the same claim.