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Absenteeism

Mr. Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what estimate he has made of absenteeism rates in days per annum for staff in his Department for each

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of the years (a) 1979-80, (b) 1989-90, (c) 1991-92, (d) 1993-94, (e) 1994-95 and (f) 1995-96. [11397]

Sir Paul Beresford: The following information gives the average number of sick days per staff member for the calendar years 1992, 1993 and 1994; it covers non-industrial staff in my Department--excluding Health and Safety Executive, Ordnance Survey and PSA Services. Information is not available for earlier years andwill not be available for 1995 until late summer.


HEALTH

NHS Administration

Mr. Milburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what expenditure was incurred on (a) general and senior managers and (b) administrative and clerical staff salaries

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in the national health service in each region in each year since 1990-91. [9035]

Mr. Malone: I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave the right hon. Member for Derby, South (Mrs. Beckett) on 6 November 1995, Official Report, columns 624-25. Provisional expenditure for 1994-95 is shown in the table.

Hospital and community health service salary costs for managerial and administrative and clerical staff 1994-95
£ 000

Managerial expenditureAdmin and clerical expenditure
Northern and Yorkshire region100,963199,367
Trent region59,387139,380
Anglian and Oxford region70,363148,005
North Thames region122,338285,923
South Thames region112,835243,981
South and West region91,730183,010
West Midlands region70,588166,298
North-west region93,474212,515
Special health authorities1,6333,650
Total England723,3611,582,129

Sources:

1. The annual financial returns of district and regional health authorities and the special health authorities of the London postgraduate teaching hospitals.

2. The annual financial returns of NHS trusts.

Notes:

1. The figures are provisional.

2. Salaries and wages costs incurred by family health services authorities and the special hospitals service authority (HQ London, Broadmoor, Ashworth and Rampton hospitals) and the UK transplant support service are excluded as corresponding costs are not identified on the same basis.

3. Managerial staff consist of general senior managers for health authorities and executive board members and senior managers for NHS trusts.

4. The figures are based upon gross costs including employers' National Insurance and superannuation contributions.

Early Retirement

Mr. Milburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information his Department collects on (a) general practitioners and (b) other medical staff taking early retirement. [10931]

Mr. Malone: Statistical information about general practitioners and other medical staff are recorded, along with all other groups of national health service employees by the NHS Pensions Agency, and are categorised by reason of termination. This covers the type of retirement and age. Data are not readily identifiable for specific posts.

Efficiency Scrutiny

Mr. Kilfoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) by how much the total budget of the North Mersey Community Health Trust has been reduced as a result of his efficiency scrutiny; [10713]

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Mr. Malone: The efficiency scrutiny into the burdens of paperwork in national health service trusts and health authorities will complete its report within 90 working days. There are no plans at present to extend its remit beyond the end of March 1996. The efficiency scrutiny team will report to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State, and the Prime Minister's efficiency adviser, Sir Peter Levene, with recommendations for implementations within two years.

The aim of the efficiency scrutiny is to make proposals to cut down on unnecessary bureaucracy in the NHS so that more time and effort can be devoted to patient care. It is not within the terms of reference of the scrutiny to reduce the total budget of any particular trust. Copies of the terms of reference will be placed in the Library.

Continuing Health Care

Mr. Milburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish his Department's analysis of the responses to HSG(95)8. [10929]

Mr. Bowis: Yes, in due course.

Medical Negligence Claims

Ms Harman: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what amount of money was paid out by the NHS in relation to medical negligence claims in each of the last five years. [10741]

Mr. Horam: Data on medical negligence alone are not collected centrally. For the estimated costs of overall clinical negligence claims, I refer the hon. Member to the reply my hon. Friend the Minister for Health gave the hon. Member for Darlington (Mr. Milburn) on 6 March 1995, Official Report, columns 40-42, for 1991-92 to 1993-294. Figures for 1990-91 and 1994-95 are £60 million and £155 million respectively.

Promotional Calendars (Cost)

Ms Harman: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will indicate how much "The New NHS Number is for every 1" desktop calendar cost to the NHS Management Executive to produce and send; to how many people it was sent; and if he will list the recipients. [10736]

Mr. Horam: The costs of production and distribution totalled £28,000, and it was sent to 30,000 people. The recipients were general practice managers for distribution within their practices, and those officers with responsibility for implementation of the new NHS number in family health services authorities and acute hospitals.

The purpose of the calendar is to raise awareness of the new NHS number and to provide a visual reminder on a daily basis of the importance of using it. The total cost will be more than offset if as few as 1 per cent. of GP practices use the new NHS number.

School Dental Service

Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many pupils in Lancashire were both inspected and re-inspected by the school dental service in each year since 1990. [10874]

Mr. Malone: This information is not available centrally.

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Mental Health Services

Mr. Milburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what has been the expenditure on mental health services as a proportion of total NHS spending in each year since 1988-89. [11053]

Mr. Bowis: Information in the form requested is not available.

Elderly Mentally Ill

Mr. Cummings: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how may EMI beds there are in the Sunderland, Hartlepool and Durham health authority areas; and how many there were in each year since 1990. [11092]

Mr. Horam: Information is published annually in "Bed availability for England", copies of which are available in the Library. Information for 1990-91 to 1992-93 is available for individual health authorities. For subsequent years, the information was collected by national health services trust or directly managed unit.

Tomlinson Projects

Mr. Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much money has been allocated to Tomlinson projects in each year since the programme started; and what was the allocation in each year to each health commission in the London area. [11110]

Mr. Malone: The information requested on the London initiative zone programme, since it was established in 1993, is shown in the table:

£000

Family health services authority1993-941994-951995-96
Barking and Havering1,7161,9272,094
Camden and Islington2,9206,0367,095
City and East London5,08813,13213,221
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow3,5949,94112,576
Brent and Harrow1,2103,2922,048
Enfield and Haringey2,7866,8085,258
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster2,4368,1826,029
Redbridge and Waltham Forest1,3183,8875,876
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham10,75011,60524,214
Bexley and Greenwich3,0852,1817,834
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth3,9284,4904,425
Croydon5235,1475,743

1. LIZ funds comprise central top-sliced resources together with funds from the Thames regions and local HAs.

2. Figures are based on total LIZ plans, excluding funds carried forward from previous years.

3. The table excludes payments made centrally by the NHS executive and regions in respect of the voluntary sector initiative (1993-94 and 1994-95) and GP educational initiatives (1994-95 and 1995-96).

Mr. Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the projects funded by Tomlinson moneys to date stating the budget location, name and purpose of each project. [11111]

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Mr. Malone: Information on individual London initiative zone projects are available from the chief executives of the health authorities concerned. These are:


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