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Statutory Instruments

Mr. Steen: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many statutory instruments his Department sponsored in the last Session of Parliament; and how many of these (a) constituted a new rule or regulation, (b) were introduced to implement European Community directives and (c) amplifies the minimum standards set out in an original European Community directive. [2427]

Mr. Sackville: The Department of Health sponsored 222 statutory instruments in the last Session of Parliament. Of this total, 62 constitute a new rule or regulation and six were introduced to implement European Community directives. None amplifies the minimum standards set out in any of the original European Community directives.

Migration Statistics

Mr. Alex Carlile: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what are the net migration figures for each of the last 10 years for which they are available; and if he will make a statement. [2337]

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Mr. Sackville: The information is shown in the table.

Estimated net inward migration to the United Kingdom

Year	Thousands of migrants
1984	58.3
1985	80.2
1986	58.8
1987	30.6
1988	18.3
1989	91.2
1990	88.8
1991	73.9
1992	35.5
1993	35.2

Work Experience

Mr. Madden: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance has been issued to hospitals about school pupils undertaking work experience in hospitals; and if he will make a statement. [2762]

Mr. Malone: None. This is a matter for local national health service employers.

Hip Replacement Operations

Mr. Tony Banks: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hip replacement operations have been carried out in the national health service on individuals over the age of 80 years during the past 12 months. [2698]

Mr. Sackville: In 1993-94, the latest year for which figures are available, 18,487 patients over the age of 80 years had hip replacement or other arthroplasty of the hip operations.

Public Bodies (Income and Staff)

Mr. Steen: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the annual income from (a) fees, (b) charges and (c) fines; what was the total number of staff employed (i) part time and (ii) full time; and what contribution his Department has made towards the annual running costs in each of the past three years in respect of (1) the Medicines Control Agency, (2) the Good Laboratory Practice Monitoring Authority, (3) the Medical Devices Agency and (4) the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority. [2749]

Mr. Sackville: The information is shown in the table.

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	Annual income			Total number of staff employed		Department's contribution to annual running costs
	Fees £ million	Charges	Fines	Part-time	Full-time	£ million
1992-93
Medicines Control Agency	0.021	nil	nil	(13)349	--	nil
Good Laboratory Practice Monitoring Authority	0.140	nil	nil	4	4	(14)--
Medical Devices Agency	(15)0.402	nil	nil	n/a	n/a	4.851
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority	0.647	nil	nil	1	15	(16)0.922
1993-94
Medicines Control Agency	0.024	nil	nil	(13)374	--	nil
Good Laboratory Practice Monitoring Authority	0.147	nil	nil	4	4	(14)--
Medical Devices Agency	(15)0.483	nil	nil	(17)6	(17)162	5.714
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority	0.907	nil	nil	1	18	(16)1.173
1994-95
Medicines Control Agency	0.025	nil	nil	--	(13)399	nil
Good Laboratory Practice Monitoring Authority	0.159	nil	nil	3	4	(14)--
Medical Devices Agency	1.229	nil	nil	(18)7	(18)165	11.392
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority	0.794	nil	nil	1	23	(16)1.353

(13) Full-time and part-time counted as whole-time equivalent. Breakdown not readily available.

(14) Authority is staffed by DH officials and full annual running costs are met from the DH Vote.

(15) Figures are fees/receipts.

(16) Figures include contributions from other Territorial Departments.

(17) Figures at 1st April 1993.

(18) Figures at 1 April 1994.

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Social Workers

Ms Coffey: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many social workers there were per (a) 10,000 residents and (b) 10,000 residents over 65 years of age in each year since 1988 in each metropolitan district, London borough and shire county. [2790]

Mr. Bowis: It would depend on the definition of "social workers"--that is, by qualifications or by job and whether one were looking at all of such categories working in all sectors.

The Department has published a wide range of statistical information on local authority staff which is available in the Library.

Ms Coffey: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many social workers qualified in mental health in each year since 1988 in each metropolitan district, London borough and shire county. [2789]

Mr. Bowis: This information is not available centrally.

Unregistrable Children's Homes

Ms Coffey: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what are the numbers of (a) unregistrable children's homes visited by the social services inspectorate, (b) proprietors interviewed, (c) agencies sent a questionnaire and (d) questionnaires completed, in their recent study of unregistrable children's homes. [2791]

Mr. Bowis: Five, six, 41 and 15 respectively.

Ms Coffey: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make publicly available a copy of the questionnaire sent to agencies and proprietors managing small unregistrable children's homes as part of the study by the social services inspectorate published in August. [2792]

Mr. Bowis: Copies of the questionnaire have been placed in the Library.

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Private Finance Initiative

Mr. Milburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much private capital has been invested in each NHS region and in how many projects in each year since the private finance initiative was launched, listing each of the projects and their value. [3088]

Mr. Sackville: I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave the hon. and learned Member for Montgomery (Mr. Carlile) on 6 November, Official Report, columns 622-23.

Ms Harman: To ask the Secretary of State for Health for the purposes of the private finance initiative in the NHS, if he will specify which clinical services are to be excluded from PFI-NHS contracts. [3103]

Mr. Sackville: The private finance initiative in the national health service is concerned with the provision of modern and efficient facilities for the delivery of NHS health care. It does not seek to extend private sector responsibility into the clinical area. No clinical or clinical support service will be provided by PFI partners without the support of local clinicians.

Mr. Milburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many schemes, and to what value, are currently being considered for private finance initiative in each region. [3091]

Ms Harman: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will specify the PFI contracts in the NHS (a) under way, (b) signed and (c) under discussion. [3102]

Mr. Sackville: To ensure that national health service capital projects meet NHS needs as cost effectively as possible, the option of using private finance, under this Government's private finance initiative, must be considered for every potential capital project. Formulation of plans for projects to meet local needs is the responsibility of NHS trusts and health authorities. I refer the hon. Members to the reply I gave the hon. and learned Member for Montgomery (Mr. Carlile) on 6 November, Official Report, columns 622-23, for the available information on PFI projects that have been given approval by the NHS executive.

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Mr. Milburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many officials are responsible within (a) his Department and (b) the NHS executive for the private finance initiative. [3092]

Mr. Sackville: I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave the right hon. Member for Derby, South (Mrs. Beckett) on 2 May 1995, Official Report, columns 175- 76.

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