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Mr. Redwood: Because legal proceedings are being considered I cannot add to my answer of 10 January.
Hospital Waiting Lists
Mrs. Beckett: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many patients were waiting for hospital treatment in each of the last five years.
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Mr. Richards: The number of patients waiting for in-patient or day case treatment at hospitals in Wales, at 30 September in each of the last five years, was as follows:
|Waiting for |Waiting for day
|in-patient treatment|case treatment |Total
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1990 |49,235 |7,441 |56,676
1991 |52,461 |10,970 |63,431
1992 |44,014 |12,741 |56,755
1993 |40,316 |13,358 |53,674
1994<1> |42,774 |16,640 |59,414
<1> Provisional.
NHS Contracts
Mrs. Beckett: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the value of NHS contracts placed with non-NHS providers (a) in total, (b) by health authority, (c) by each general practitioner fund holding practice and (d) by each trust.
Mr. Richards: Information about the value of NHS contracts placed with non-NHS providers is not available centrally. However, the amount spent in 1993 94 on health care purchases from non-NHS providers by health authorities, general practitioner fund-holding practices--on an aggregated basis--and by NHS trusts, is shown in the following table.
|1993-94
Health authority |£000
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Clwyd |944
East Dyfed |611
Gwent |5,444
Gwynedd |819
Mid Glamorgan |1,695
Pembrokeshire |207
Powys |173
South Glamorgan |1,225
West Glamorgan |143
General practitioner fundholding practice
aggregate (by Family Health Services
Authority)
Clwyd |71
Dyfed |18
Gwent |233
Gwynedd |0
Mid Glamorgan |139
Powys |52
South Glamorgan |2
West Glamorgan |142
NHS Trust
Bridgend and District |0
Carmarthen and District |20
Ceredigion and Mid Wales |0
Clwydian |798
Glan Clwyd |0
Glan Hafren |5
Gwent Community Health |751
Llandough Hospital |0
Llanelli Dinefwr |1,085
Pembrokeshire |29
Powys Healthcare |0
South East Wales Ambulance Trust |0
Swansea |0
Wrexham Maelor |0
Total |14,606
Source:
Health authorities and GP fund-holding accounts, NHS trust financial
returns.
Notes:
(i) 1993-94 figures are provisional.
(ii) Information is not held centrally in respect of individual GP
fund-holding practices but is shown on an aggregated basis in the annual
accounts of family health services authorities. This expenditure represents
GP fund-holders purchases of hospital services paid by the family health
services authorities on behalf of GP fund-holders.
Health Education Authority
Mrs. Beckett: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what plans she has to change the funding structure or remit of the Health Education Authority.
Mr. Richards: The funding structure and remit of the Health Education Authority are the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health. I am however currently undertaking a review of health promotion in Wales which includes the role of the Health Promotion Authority for Wales.
NHS Beds
Mrs. Beckett: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many hospital NHS beds in each year since 1978, and for each area of Wales, were available in (a) total (b) acute patients, (c) intensive care, (d) long- term care (geriatric), (e) maternity (f) paediatric, (g) psychiatric and (h) casualty.
Mr. Richards: In view of the volume of data requested I will write to the hon. Lady and place a copy of my reply in the Library of the House.
Departmental Nursery, Cardiff
Mr. Morgan: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answer of 10 January Official Report, column 50, if he will specify the essential remedial work requiring to be carried out at the Welsh Office/civil service nursery, Gabalfa, Cardiff before the reopening of the nursery.
Mr. Redwood: Necessary remedial work specified in an environmental health officer's report is: replacement of kitchen equipment including freezer, sink unit and associated cupboards and work surfaces; upgrading of ventilation system and cooker hood; safe and secure storage of cleaning fluids; safe and secure storage of medicines; thorough cleaning of equipment in particular the kitchen equipment, milk preparation areas, seating areas and floors.
Countryside Council for Wales
Mr. Ron Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will place in the Library the finance, management and policy review his Department undertook of the Countryside Council for Wales in 1994.
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Mr. Redwood: The financial management policy review of the Countryside Council for Wales has been overtaken by the review of the council's functions which I announced in response to the question by my right hon. Friend the Member for Conwy (Sir W. Roberts) on 3 November, Official Report , column 1329. I am pursuing this in discussions with the Countryside Council for Wales and I will publish my conclusions in due course.
NATIONAL HERITAGE
NHS Institutions
Mr. Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what is the estimated time scale for the report of the study commissioned from English Heritage reviewing the listing of NHS institutions.
Mr. Dorrell: The work on the study is due to be completed in the summer of this year. English Heritage's recommendations will be considered by the historic hospitals working group and then submitted to the Department of National Heritage.
Listed Buildings
Mr. Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if he will make available in the Library the guidance for national health service managers in respect of listed buildings.
Mr. Dorrell: My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health will place a copy of the guidance in the Library when it is published.
HOME DEPARTMENT
Prison Escapes
Mr. Beith: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners serving sentences have been unlawfully at large, in each month in the last five years having (a) escaped from prisons, (b) escaped from escort and (c) failed to return from authorised temporary release.
Mr. Michael Forsyth: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Mr. A. J. Beith, dated 13 January 1995:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Questions about prisoners serving sentences who have been, or who still are, unlawfully at large.
I am afraid that the information requested is not readily available centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
The current information system used by the Prison Service Intelligence and Incident Support Unit only dates back to June 1988 and became fully operational in October 1990. It records information on all incidents in which prisoners became unlawfully at large.
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These include escapes from establishments or escorts, home leave or temporary release failures and absconds. Details of recaptures are also recorded, although it is not always recorded whether the return to custody was voluntary, or whether the prisoner was reapprehended by the police or other agencies of the law.The system does not link, however, the recapture with the type of escape, abscond or failure to return. Such information would have to be obtained manually and would involve checking a large number of records entered since the system became operational.
A new information system is being developed, which is expected to be operational by the summer of next year. It will not, however, be able to provide the retrospective data you request.
Prisoners
Mr. Redmond: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what proportion of prisoners were serving sentences for violent offences at
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the latest available date at (a) Doncaster prison, (b) The Wolds prison (c) New Hall, Wakefield prison and (d) the female wing at Durham prison.Mr. Michael Forsyth: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Mr. A. J. Beith, dated 13 January 1995:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question asking for the proportion of prisoners serving sentences for violent offences at Doncaster, the Wolds, New Hall, and the female wing at Durham prison.
The most recent information is in the attached tables. The national information for males and females is also shown. New Hall and Durham (female) hold relatively high proportions of prisoners with long sentences associated with violent offences.
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Table 1: Percentage of prisoners under sentence for violent offences <1> at Doncaster, The Wolds, New Hall and Durham (female): 30 November 1994 [TITRE} ------------------------------- Doncaster |19|5 |9 |34 The Wolds |21|8 |11|39 New Hall |44|- |8 |52 Durham (female) |61|- |10|71 <1> Violent offences covers offences of violence against the person, sexual offences and robbery. <2> Prisoners for whom an offence is not recorded and fine defaulters are excluded from the calculation. <3> Components may not add to totals as they have been rounded independently.
Table 2: Percentage of prisoners under sentence for violent offences <1> in Prison Service establishments in England and
Wales:
30 November 1994.
Percentage<2>
under sentence for
violent offences
Prison establishment |Violence against the|Sexual offences |Robbery |Total
|person
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Male |24 |10 |16 |50
Female |24 |1 |8 |33
<1> Violent offences covers offences of violence against the person, sexual offences and robbery.
<2> Prisoners for whom an offence is not recorded and fine defaulters are excluded from the calculation.
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Percentage of prisoners under sentence for violent offences<1>:
30 November 1994
|Percentage<2> under
|sentence for violent
Prison establishment |offences
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Doncaster |34
The Wolds |39
New Hall |52
Durham (female) |71
<1> Violent offences covers offences of violence against the
person, sexual offences and robbery.
<2> Prisoners for whom an offence is not recorded and fine
defaulters are excluded from the calculation.
Mr. Redmond: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of (a) remand and (b) sentenced prisoners held at (i) Doncaster prison, (ii) The Wolds prison, (iii) New Hall, Wakefield and (iv) the
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female wing of Durham prison were aged (1) 16 years and under, (2) 17 to 21 years inclusive, (3) 22 to 24 years inclusive and (4) over 24 years at the latest available date.Mr. Michael Forsyth: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arranged for a reply to be given.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 13 January 1995:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question asking for a percentage breakdown by age of the remand and sentenced populations at the prisons: Doncaster, the Wolds, New Hall and Durham female prison.
The most recent information is in the attached table.
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Percentage of prisoners by age: 30 November 1994
(a) Remand prisoners
Percentage
in age band
Prison |16 and
establishment |under |17 to 21<1> |22 to 24 |Over 24
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Doncaster |5 |53 |12 |30
The Wolds |0 |7 |28 |65
New Hall |0 |26 |17 |57
Durham (female) |0 |10 |27 |64
(b) Sentenced prisoners
as Percentage in
age band
Prison |16 and
establishment |under |17 to 21<1> |22 to 24 |Over 24
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Doncaster |3 |43 |12 |42
The Wolds |0 |6 |24 |70
New Hall |4 |23 |13 |60
Durham (female) |0 |16 |10 |74
<1> Includes some adult prisoners aged 21.
Note:
The percentages may not add to 100 because of rounding.
The higher percentage of 17 to 21 year olds at Doncaster reflects the function of the
establishment in holding young remand prisoners and young offenders awaiting
allocation.
Mr. Parry: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners were being detained and what was the total capacity of each prison in the north-west at the latest available date; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Michael Forsyth [holding answer 12 January 1995]: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Mr. Robert Parry, dated 13 January 1995:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the number of prisoners being detained and the total capacity of each prison in the north west at the latest available date. The information as at 30 December 1994 is as below:
Establishment |Operational capacity|Population
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Garth |512 |511
Haverigg |394 |335
Hindley |319 |224
Kirkham |644 |402
Lancaster |246 |230
Lancaster Farms |364 |317
Liverpool |1,267 |1,203
Manchester |969 |881
Preston |536 |469
Risley |753 |728
Styal |280 |243
Thorn Cross |209 |121
Wymott |432 |425
Total |6,925 |6,089
Operational capacity is the total number of prisoners which an establishment can
hold without serious risk to good order, security and the proper running of the
planned regime.
Immigration
Mr. Fraser: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of whether the complexity of the applications for leave to remain made
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to his Department over the past year has increased in comparison with applications made in the preceding year.Mr. Nicholas Baker: I have no reason to believe that, within any individual immigration category, applications for leave to remain have become more complex.
Asylum Seekers
Mr. Fraser: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the percentage increase of numbers of applications for leave to remain to his Department excluding asylum applications from 1990 to 1991, 1991 to 1992, 1992 to 1993 and 1993 to 1994.
Mr. Nicholas Baker: The figures which are available on applications include some dependants who cannot be separately identified at that stage and are therefore not consistent from year to year. The percentage changes of decisions taken on principal applicants are given in the table.
6 Decisions on applications for leave to remain excluding asylum applications Year of decision |percentage change ------------------------------------------------------ 1990-1991 |+4.0 1991-1992 |-0.3 1992-1993 |+0.3 1993-1994<1> |-0.1 <1> Provisionals
Demonstrations, Shoreham
Mr. Winnick: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will call for a report from the chief constable of Sussex as to the identifiability of the uniformed police officers at the demonstrations at Shoreham; and what complaint has been made by Mrs. Baker-Smith about police conduct at the demonstration.
Mr. Nicholas Baker: I understand that in accordance with force policy, all officers displayed their identification number on their uniforms during the demonstrations at Shoreham. At the outset of the demonstration concerns were expressed that the fluorescent jackets which officers were wearing for safety reasons could, in some cases, have the effect of obscuring their identification numbers. Officers were, therefore, briefed to ensure that epaulettes showing their numbers were attached to the fluorescent jackets.
Neither I nor the chief constable of Sussex police is aware of any complaint made by Mrs. Baker-Smith.
Domestic Violence
Mr. Boateng: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to publish the report of the Inter-agency Committee on Domestic Violence.
Mr. Nicholas Baker: The ministerial group on domestic violence has no plans to publish a report, but intends to issue, early this year, an inter-agency circular which will encourage local statutory and voluntary agencies to work in concert to provide help and support to those suffering domestic violence and to develop preventative strategies.
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National Lottery
Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give a definite date for the appointment of a chief executive of the National Lotteries Board; when charities will be given the opportunity to apply for funds; and what process will be used to decide on distribution.
Mr. Nicholas Baker: These are all matters for the National Lottery Charities Board. The board announced on 20 December the appointment, as its chief executive, of Mr. Timothy Hornsby, currently chief executive of the royal borough of Kingston upon Thames.
I understand that he will be taking up post at the end of March.
Prison Security
Mr. Parry: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what recent directions he has given to the Director General of Her Majesty's Prison Service concerning security in the north-west; and if he will make a statement;
(2) if he will make a statement on the security situation in prisons in the north-west.
Mr. Michael Forsyth [holding answer 12 January 1995]: The Secretary of State and the Director General of the Prison Service have made it clear that security in all prisons is of the utmost importance and that security instructions must be assiduously followed. These instructions apply to prisons in the north-west as they do elsewhere in the prison system.
The Secretary of State has accepted the recommendations of the report of Sir John Woodcock into the escape of prisoners from Whitemoor and these will be implemented, where appropriate, throughout England and Wales.
The results of the internal inquiry into the escapes from Parkhurst will be carefully studied by General Sir John Learnmont, whom the Secretary of State has asked to review security and security procedures in the Prison Service.
Prison Staff
Mr. Parry: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent negotiations he has had with the Prison Officers Association concerning staffing levels in Her Majesty's prisons; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Michael Forsyth [holding answer 12 January 1995]: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Mr. Robert Parry, dated 13 January 1995:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about negotiations with the Prison Officers' Association on staffing levels.
The Home Secretary has had no negotiations with the Prison Officers' Association on staffing levels in Her Majesty's Prisons. The utilisation of staff resources within the Service is a matter for me.
In practice, the staffing requirements of individual prisons are determined by governors in consultation with local trade unions including, in the case of prison officer grades, the local Branch of the Prison Officers' Association. Such consultations take place
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whenever there are proposals to change staffing numbers or grades. Across the Service as a whole these consultations are frequent and a normal feature of industrial relations.Where there is a failure to agree on these local issues the Industrial Relations Procedural Agreement with the POA comes into operation to assist in the resolution of this matter.
Local Government Finance
Mr. Madden: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list those local authorities which have submitted applications for financial assistance under section 11 of the Local Government Act 1966 for the year 1995 96 and the total value of each application submitted; if he will list applications which were excluded because they were received out of time; what is the total amount of grant available for distribution under section 11; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Nicholas Baker [holding answer 10 January 1995]: The authorities listed in the table have submitted applications, in the main for two or three years, indicating a requirement in relation to 1995 96 for the level of section 11 grant shown. To date, no such application has been excluded as out of time. following the announcement by my right hon. and learned Friend on 22 November, Official Report, column 64 that the amount of funding on offer was being doubled, it is expected that grant allocations of around £30 million will be made to authorities and other eligible bodies in respect of 1995 96.
|Numbers of
|projects applied |Amount of funding
Authority |for |sought (£)
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Avon |4 |584,488
Barking and Dagenham |2 |265,750
Barnet |4 |221,000
Bedfordshire |4 |93,200
Berkshire |2 |19,500
Bexley |4 |49,261
Birmingham |6 |487,636
Bolton |11 |217,411
Bradford |8 |3,723,014
Brent |19 |775,500
Bromley |2 |37,800
Buckinghamshire |5 |1,138,021
Burnley |3 |50,603
Bury |3 |35,940
Calderdale |1 |74,250
Cambridgeshire |8 |185,000
Camden |17 |1,506,763
Cardiff |3 |24,093
Cleveland |6 |180,056
Clwyd |1 |139,968
Coventry |2 |165,355
Crewe and Nantwich |1 |35,627
Croydon |4 |427,174
Derbyshire |7 |347,176
Devon |1 |83,000
Doncaster |4 |54,654
Dorset |1 |45,700
Dudley |3 |811,318
Ealing |16 |1,242,773
East Sussex |5 |88,480
Enfield |13 |561,647
Essex |3 |113,716
Gateshead |1 |27,000
Gloucester |1 |49,160
Gloucestershire |4 |83,608
Greenwich |5 |1,043,000
Gwent |2 |184,000
Hackney |7 |531,692
Hammersmith and Fulham |7 |488,876
Hampshire |1 |66,750
Haringey |7 |357,258
Harrow |1 |26,989
Havering |1 |35,484
Hereford and Worcester |2 |175,500
Hertfordshire |1 |29,000
Hillingdon |10 |205,650
Hounslow |11 |653,700
Humberside |3 |127,480
Hyndburn |2 |30,500
Islington |9 |1,590,701
Kensington and Chelsea |1 |175,370
Kent |1 |172,600
Kingston |3 |53,604
Kirklees |11 |2,207,312
Lambeth |5 |1,649,969
Lancashire |13 |1,214,630
Leeds |24 |880,686
Leicester |7 |148,420
Leicestershire |6 |234,083
Lewisham |9 |1,527,759
Lincolnshire |1 |18,437
Liverpool |3 |163,855
London Boroughs Grants
Committee |1 |22,210
Luton |4 |136,004
Manchester |4 |240,970
Merton |4 |147,570
Middlesbrough |6 |74,829
Milton Keynes |4 |52,725
Newcastle |2 |19,670
Newham |17 |624,605
Norfolk |4 |217,051
Northamptonshire |8 |293,846
North Tyneside |4 |33,513
Nottingham |4 |80,000
Nottinghamshire |11 |729,500
Oldham |6 |207,500
Oxford |1 |14,856
Oxfordshire |4 |174,000
Peterborough |2 |18,488
Portsmouth |7 |93,830
Preston |2 |23,902
Reading |5 |25,704
Redbridge |13 |323,000
Redditch |3 |13,536
Richmond |3 |25,200
Rochdale |3 |97,000
Rotherham |4 |393,384
St. Albans |1 |27,770
St. Helens |1 |20,064
Salford |1 |99,110
Sandwell |11 |494,395
Scunthorpe |1 |19,750
Sefton |1 |24,165
Sheffield |19 |763,500
Shropshire |4 |124,884
Somerset |1 |34,273
Southampton |3 |47,110
South Glamorgan |3 |91,943
South Tyneside |4 |168,000
South Yorkshire FCDA |1 |12,194
Southwark |10 |939,453
Staffordshire |6 |320,000
Suffolk |3 |40,100
Sunderland |1 |52,920
Surrey |2 |47,985
Sutton |3 |126,343
Tameside |8 |160,481
Tower Hamlets |12 |1,198,519
Trafford |3 |61,959
Wakefield |4 |265,000
Walsall |15 |1,462,469
Waltham Forest |6 |290,749
Wandsworth |8 |220,536
Warwickshire |3 |863,500
West Glamorgan |1 |237,244
West Midlands FCDA |1 |53,250
Westminster |6 |270,821
West Sussex |1 |Not stated
West Yorkshire FCDA |1 |50,586
Wigan |1 |80,000
Wiltshire |3 |67,600
Wirral |1 |54,300
Woking |6 |35,513
Wolverhampton |8 |1,323,600
SOCIAL SECURITY
Annual Upratings
Mr. Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will resume the practice of publishing full details of annual upratings in the Official Report.
Mr. Hague: Extensive tabular material is not normally printed in the Official Report, but is instead placed in the Library. We were informed by the Official Report at the time of the uprating that it was not possible to print the uprating schedule. I have, however, now been advised that in future the material referred to by the hon. Member will be printed in the Official Report.
Disabled People
Mr. Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security which HIV-AIDS organisations were specifically invited to participate in the consultation on Government measures to tackle discrimination against disabled people.
Mr. Hague: Over 100,000 copies of the consultation document "Disability on the Agenda" were distributed, in various formats. In addition, a meeting was held with the Terrence Higgins Trust to discuss the consultation document.
A total of 1,100 responses were received, including one from the Terrence Higgins Trust; and a number from other HIV-AIDS organisations such as the UK Forum on HIV and Human Rights; National Network of Body Positive Groups; the AIDS and Housing Project; Scottish AIDS Monitor and the Cambridge AIDS helpline.
Parliamentary Questions
Ms Janet Anderson: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many parliamentary questions he has referred to chief executives of next steps agencies in each year since 1992.
Mr. Hague: The information is in the table.
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Parliamentary questions referred to chief executives
|Total questions |Number answered by
Year<1> |received |chief executives
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1992-93 |3,781 |58
1993-94 |2,691 |423
1994-95<2> |609 |73
Notes:
<1> Figures are for parliamentary sessions.
<2> Figures are shown as at 11 January 1995.
Source:
DSS Private Office Database.
HEALTH
GPs' Lists
Mr. Heppell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients have been removed from general practitioners' lists in each of the last three years in (a) Nottinghamshire and (b) Nottingham.
Mr. Malone: The information requested is available only by family health services authority area and is included in the reply I gave the hon. Member for Darlington (Mr. Milburn) on 3 November 1994, Official Report, column 1269.
Salaries
Mr. Mullin: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the salary of (a) the chairman of the Health Commission, (b) the chairman of the family health services authority and (c) the chairman of the district health authority in Sunderland.
Mr. Malone: Chairmen of district health authorities are remunerated annually within the range of £15,125 to £19,285 according to the authority's revenue budget. Chairmen of family health services authorities are remunerated annually within the range £10,845 to £12, 605 according to population size.
A commissioning agency is not a separate legal entity and exists only as a managerial arrangement on the part of the statutory authorities concerned. The chairman of Sunderland district health authority acts as chairman of the commissioning agency.
Hospital Trusts
Mr. Ronnie Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospitals and trusts hold their meetings in private in the Northern region; and if she will make a statement.
Mr. Malone: National health service trusts are required to hold at least one public meeting each year and many arrange other public meetings.
St. Bartholomew's Hospital
Mr. Gerrard: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cards advertising the St. Bartholomew's hospital walk-in minor injuries unit have been produced by the Royal Hospitals NHS trust; in which areas of London, by postal district, they are being distributed to households; and what is the total cost of production and distribution of the cards.
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Mr. Sackville: This information is not available centrally. The hon. Member may wish to contact Sir Derek Boorman, chairman of the Royal Hospitals national health service trust, for details.
Mrs. Beckett: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many letters she has received in the last two years against closure or partial closure of St. Bartholomew's hospital; and how many letters she received in favour of closure.
Mr. Malone: Figures are not available.
Psychiatric Patients
Mrs. Beckett: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the average daily cost of treating a patient with a psychiatric illness (a) in an NHS bed and (b) in a private bed.
Mr. Bowis: The provisional average daily cost per patient for psychiatric specialities in the national health service in 1993 94" was £119.95. NHS returns do not separately identify expenditure incurred specifically on the purchase of care outside the NHS.
Mrs. Beckett: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS patients were treated for psychiatric illnesses in (a) NHS and (b) private hospitals in each of the last five years.
Mr. Bowis: The number of finished national health service consultant episodes in the psychiatric specialities during the last five years is published in the Department of Health statistical bulletin "NHS hospital activity statistics: England 1983 to 1993 94", copies of which are available in the Library. Information on numbers of patients in private hospitals is not available centrally.
Mrs. Beckett: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the average length of stay of a patient with a psychiatric illness (a) in a NHS bed and (b) in a private bed.
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