To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to tackle shortages in family social workers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to tackle shortages in family social workers.

When it was raised last week by my right hon. Friend the Member for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford (Yvette Cooper), the shadow Home Secretary, it appeared that the Home Secretary did not even realise that foreign workers were being paid 20% less than UK workers—the so-called “salary discount”—but he has...

When it was raised last week by my right hon. Friend the Member for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford (Yvette Cooper), the shadow Home Secretary, it appeared that the Home Secretary did not even realise that foreign workers were being paid 20% less than UK workers—the so-called “salary discount”—but he has...

I do not quite understand this backlog the hon. Gentleman is talking about. I remember when it took three years for somebody to get a knee replacement or a hip replacement. Under the Labour Government it took six to eight weeks. Not 68 weeks; six to eight weeks. Across all...

I do not quite understand this backlog the hon. Gentleman is talking about. I remember when it took three years for somebody to get a knee replacement or a hip replacement. Under the Labour Government it took six to eight weeks. Not 68 weeks; six to eight weeks. Across all...

Staffing in the NHS is at crisis point. Not many days pass before I find myself retweeting a job being advertised by the North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust. These jobs include many senior roles such as consultants, specialist paediatric nurses and theatre staff, but we of course need...

Staffing in the NHS is at crisis point. Not many days pass before I find myself retweeting a job being advertised by the North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust. These jobs include many senior roles such as consultants, specialist paediatric nurses and theatre staff, but we of course need...

That can be arranged later.

That can be arranged later.

We can all be very proud of our NHS and the people who care for millions of patients every year, whether that be in GP or dental surgeries, in hospitals, or in the community. However, a lack of appropriate funding and workforce planning across the piece has made those people’s...

We can all be very proud of our NHS and the people who care for millions of patients every year, whether that be in GP or dental surgeries, in hospitals, or in the community. However, a lack of appropriate funding and workforce planning across the piece has made those people’s...

Don’t score them, then.

Don’t score them, then.

I got the impression the Minister was winding up; I just ask him to commit to looking at the issues I raised in my speech about the secret report into the activities of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS foundation trust.

I got the impression the Minister was winding up; I just ask him to commit to looking at the issues I raised in my speech about the secret report into the activities of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS foundation trust.

I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing the debate. This will come as a surprise to her, but I have visited a private health provider in my constituency in the last fortnight. People there told me that they are recruiting staff directly from university, so people are trained at the...

I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing the debate. This will come as a surprise to her, but I have visited a private health provider in my constituency in the last fortnight. People there told me that they are recruiting staff directly from university, so people are trained at the...

I am sure the right hon. Member will acknowledge that a lot of the doctors who are now working in the NHS were trained under a Labour Government, with the Conservative Government now getting the credit for them. Since then, we have seen a reduction in the number of doctors...

I am sure the right hon. Member will acknowledge that a lot of the doctors who are now working in the NHS were trained under a Labour Government, with the Conservative Government now getting the credit for them. Since then, we have seen a reduction in the number of doctors...

Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

I am grateful to the right hon. Member for giving way for a second time. It seems to be a common theme for former Health and Social Care

Secretaries to come and tell us about the litany of failures in the national health service and offer some solutions. I am...

I am grateful to the right hon. Member for giving way for a second time. It seems to be a common theme for former Health and Social Care

Secretaries to come and tell us about the litany of failures in the national health service and offer some solutions. I am...

My hon. Friend and I were in a meeting earlier this week with the regional care board, and it told us that, in the north-east, we actually perform a little bit better on elective care. However, it also told us that the growth we can expect in the north of...

My hon. Friend and I were in a meeting earlier this week with the regional care board, and it told us that, in the north-east, we actually perform a little bit better on elective care. However, it also told us that the growth we can expect in the north of...

Thirteen years!

Thirteen years!

Thirteen years!

Thirteen years!

Look at the stats!

Look at the stats!

The same problem applies to dentists, who have no responsibility whatsoever to work for the NHS when they finish their training, which, of course, is funded by the state. Perhaps the hon. Gentleman would encourage Ministers to look at some form of requirement for them to work in the NHS...

The same problem applies to dentists, who have no responsibility whatsoever to work for the NHS when they finish their training, which, of course, is funded by the state. Perhaps the hon. Gentleman would encourage Ministers to look at some form of requirement for them to work in the NHS...

One of the main problems with dentistry when it comes to resources is the difference between the unit prices that dentists receive for their work. One practice in my area has two parts, each of which is paid a different rate per unit from the other, and it is much...

One of the main problems with dentistry when it comes to resources is the difference between the unit prices that dentists receive for their work. One practice in my area has two parts, each of which is paid a different rate per unit from the other, and it is much...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officer vacancies there were in (a) Cleveland and (b) the UK on 1 May of each year since 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officer vacancies there were in (a) Cleveland and (b) the UK on 1 May of each year since 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) magistrates and (b) vacancies for magistrates there are; how many magistrates resigned or retired in each of the last five years; how many new magistrates were appointed in each of those years; and what the (a) gender and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) magistrates and (b) vacancies for magistrates there are; how many magistrates resigned or retired in each of the last five years; how many new magistrates were appointed in each of those years; and what the (a) gender and (b)...