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Stillbirths and Deaths in Infancy
Ms Harman: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when his Department established the confidential inquiry into stillbirths and deaths in infancy; and how much money was (a) allocated to and (b) spent on the enquiry in each year since it was established, showing separately the sums (i) for central organisation and analysis, (ii) allocated to NHS regions and districts, by region and (iii) allocated for other purposes. [5275]
Mr. Horam [holding answer 11 December 1995]: The confidential inquiry into stillbirths and deaths in infancy was established in 1992. The financial information requested is not available for 1992-93. Information for the following years is as follows:
Amounts allocated to the inquiry, which do not include accommodation, postage and telephones for the central secretariat are:
1993-94 = £1.886 million
1994-95 = £2.107 million
1995-96 = £2.317 million.
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Initial allocations to regions for 1993-94 and 1994-95 are not available. Allocations by regions to districts for 1993-94, 1994-95 and 1995-96 are also not available centrally. Initial allocations for 1995-96 are:
| 1995-96 | |
|---|---|
| Central Organisation, reports, special projects, and special inquiries | 1,107 |
| Northern and Yorkshire | 169 |
| Trent | 121 |
| Anglia and Oxford | 137 |
| North Thames | 164 |
| South Thames | 165 |
| South and West | 135 |
| West Midlands | 150 |
| North West | 169 |
| 1993-94 £000 | 1994-95 £000 | |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 1,761 | 2,107 |
| Central organisation, reports, special projects and special inquiries | 71 | 177 |
| Northern | 113 | 288 |
| Yorkshire | 186 | |
| Trent | 153 | 225 |
| East Anglia | 80 | 215 |
| Oxford | 88 | |
| North-west Thames | 101 | 244 |
| North-east Thames | 109 | |
| South-east Thames | 125 | 137 |
| South-west Thames | 93 | |
| Wessex | 90 | 379 |
| South Western | 181 | |
| West Midlands | 175 | 248 |
| Mersey | 87 | 194 |
| North Western | 109 |
1. Totals may not exactly add due to rounding. 2. Total Expenditure for 1995-96 is not yet available.
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Mr. Milburn:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many assaults on national health service staff have been reported to his Department in each of the last five years. [6915]
(2) what information his Department collects on assaults against staff. [6917]
Mr. Horam:
Only a very small number of assaults on national health service staff are reported to the Department each year, as this is primarily a local management matter.
Mrs. Roche:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what has been the outcome of his Department's review of measures taken to facilitate small firms' access to appropriate areas of Government procurement in the light of best practice. [6663]
Mr. Horam:
It is not the Department's policy to discriminate in favour of large or small companies when letting contracts. The Department's tendering process includes an invitation to all companies, no matter what their size, to bid for departmental contracts. Their bids are subjected to an objective evaluation and the firm offering the best value for money is awarded the contract. A review of these procedures is not, therefore, necessary.
Mr. McLeish:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will list for September 1994 the whole-time equivalent numbers of nurses and midwives in the NHS by each of the former regional health authority areas; [2009]
(2) if he will list the whole-time equivalent numbers of nurses and midwives in the NHS by each of the former regional health authority areas for each year since 1989 to 1993 inclusive. [2008]
Mr. Horam
[holding answer 23 November 1995]: The information is shown in the table.
Notes:
(26) Comparisons between 1993 and other years at sub-national level should be treated with caution. Changes over a longer period of time are
likely to provide more reliable comparisons.
(27) "SHAs and others" include staff in SHAs, FHSAs and other special authorities.
(28) Learners are nursers on traditional nurse training courses, spending the majority of their time on patient care, and are directly employed by
NHS HCHS. Project 2000 training was introduced in 1989 and has gradually replaced traditional pre-registration nurse training. Project 2000 training is predominantly college based, and students are funded by bursaries. Figures for Project 2000 students are headcounts and should not be added to figures which are whole-time equivalents. 1. All HCHS figures are at 30 September of each year, and GMS figures as at 1 October of each year. All figures are whole-time equivalents, rounded to the nearest 10. 'n/a' denotes not applicable. Sources: Department of Health Non-Medical Workforce census. Department of Health bi-annual census of General Medical Practitioners.
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Mr. McNamara:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many exclusion orders under the Prevention of Terrorism legislation are still operative; and how many apply to (a) matters concerned with the Irish troubles and (b) other. [5040]
Mr. Howard:
Thirty-five exclusion orders under the Prevention of Terrorism Act remain in force. The power to make exclusion orders contained in that Act applies only to terrorism connected with the affairs of Northern Ireland.
Mr. Canavan:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will repeal the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989 following the recent European Court of Justice ruling and the ceasefires. [4808]
Mr. Howard
[holding answer 11 December 1995]: No. The recent European Court of Justice ruling was confined to procedural matters and did not question the continued need for the powers in the Prevention of Terrorism Act. We will maintain powers to deal with terrorism--from whatever source--for as long as the threat remains.
Mr. Steen:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what legislation from his Department passed in the last five years contains provision for statutory repeal or review. [2033]
Mr. Howard
[holding answer 27 November 1995]: None.
Ms Lynne:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give an estimate of the number of children and young people under 18 years who have been reported missing this year and the estimated statistics of missing children for every year over the last 15 years; and if he will make a statement. [5333]
Mr. Maclean:
Statistics are not collated centrally of the number of missing children reported to the police, the majority of whom are found within a few days. A National Missing Persons Bureau was established in New Scotland Yard in April 1994 in order to provide a central register and matching facility for vulnerable missing persons, including juveniles, missing for more than 28 days or otherwise of special concern. The following numbers have been referred to the bureau since its opening.
Ms Lynne:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what co-operation and co-ordinated action his
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Department has undertaken with local authorities and the National Missing Persons Bureau to locate missing children; and if he will make a statement. [5334]
Mr. Maclean:
The Government established and fund the National Missing Persons Bureau as a clearing house of information on vulnerable missing persons. Tracing missing persons, including children, remains an operational matter for the police service.
Ms Lynne:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the current method of categorising missing children; and if he will make a statement. [5335]
Mr. Maclean:
Recording missing persons is an operational matter for police forces. A range of information may be kept concerning missing children, including their age, appearance, the circumstances in which they are missing and any particular cause for concern.
1989 1990 1991 1992 1993(26) 1994
Total 341,130 344,260 353,630 353,170 350,020 346,700
Northern 24,040 23,850 24,530 23,670 24,300 23,380
Yorkshire 25,530 25,710 26,450 25,310 26,060 25,770
Trent 32,640 33,650 34,780 34,220 35,000 35,150
East Anglia 14,220 14,520 14,540 14,600 14,750 14,890
North-west Thames 22,170 22,020 23,560 23,250 21,450 21,090
North-east Thames 26,410 26,910 27,650 27,220 25,720 25,710
South-east Thames 25,650 25,480 25,120 26,110 23,260 24,100
South-west Thames 19,940 19,740 20,180 21,340 20,530 19,770
Wessex 20,420 21,480 22,050 21,240 23,140 22,170
Oxford 15,120 15,400 16,030 16,120 16,960 15,990
South Western 23,960 24,750 25,280 25,410 25,980 26,350
West Midlands 35,860 36,320 36,330 37,800 36,960 36,230
Mersey 18,750 18,360 18,030 18,050 17,460 16,910
North Western 32,200 32,150 32,640 32,470 32,230 32,400
SHAs and others(27) 4,210 3,930 6,460 6,350 6,230 6,810
Not included in the above:
HCHS learners(28) 62,100 58,840 47,340 34,740 21,040 11,080
Project 2000 students(28) n/a 3,000 10,500 18,300 28,000 32,000
1 April 1994 to 31 March 1995 1 April 1995 to 30 November 1995
Males under 14 50 24
Males 14 to 17 118 60
Females under 14 48 23
Females 14 to 17 227 137
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