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Newcastle and North Tyneside Health Authority
Mr. Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the projects in Newcastle and North Tyneside health authority for which business cases have been submitted to the NHS executive since 1 April 1995 indicating for each (a) the location, (b) the projected cost and (c) the date on which the business case was received. [12752]
Mr. Horam: The information will be placed in the Library.
Cash and Running Cost Limits
Mr. Nigel Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what changes will be made to the cash limits and running cost limits of his Department in 1995-96. [13717]
Mr. Dorrell:
The cash limit for class XII, vote 1--hospital, community health, family health services and related services, England--will be increased by £68,671,000, from £26,539,964,000 to £26,608,635,000. This allows for an increase of £210,159,000 in respect of the take-up of entitlements to carry forward of underspends from the 1994-95 financial year under the end year flexibility arrangements as announced by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 13 July 1995, Official Report, columns 776-82, partially offset by £140,082,000 following a reappraisal of drugs budget requirements. In addition, the following transfers will take place; £1,145,000 to class XV, vote 5--national health service, Wales--for services provided by the London post-graduate teaching hospital, £1,050,000, and for operating costs of the NHS Supplies Authority, £95,000;
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£8,000 to the Department of Health and Social Services, Northern Ireland in respect of services provided by the London post-graduate teaching hospital as mentioned and £253,000 to class XII, vote 2--Department of Health, administration, miscellaneous health services and personal social services, England--for day care and domiciliary services, £106,000, for research work undertaken on behalf of the Clinical Standards Advisory Group, £248,000, partially offset by £101,000 for work of the NHS Estates agency.
The cash limit for class XII, vote 2--Department of Health, administration, miscellaneous health services and personal social services, England--will be increased by £628,000, from £1,279,378,000 to £1,280,006,000. This increase allows for transfers of £253,000 from class XII, vote 1 as mentioned, £212,000 from class XIII, vote 4--Department of Social Security, administration and miscellaneous services--for the headquarters recreational association, £62,000 running costs; and for storage and distribution costs, £150,000 running cost; and £169,000, running costs, from class XVII, vote 1--HM Treasury--for superannuation costs. The overall increase is partially offset by transfers of £3,000 to class XIV, vote 14--national health service (superannuation etc.), Scotland; £2,000 to class XV, vote 5--national health service, Wales--and £1,000 to DHSS, Northern Ireland, for services provided by the NHS Estates agency.
The Department's gross running costs limit will be reduced by £4,436,000 from £239,350,000 to £234,914,000. This reflects a reallocation of £4,817,000 for capital works partially offset by the transfers mentioned.
All increases will either be offset by savings, increased receipts or transfers to or from other votes or charged to the reserve and will not therefore add to the planned total of public expenditure.
Mr. Morgan:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which Departments were represented in the work of (a) the nutrition task force and (b) the low income project team. [13152]
Mr. Horam:
Department of Health, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Department for Education and Employment and the Office of Science and Technology are represented on the nutrition task force; Welsh Office, DHSS Northern Ireland, Scottish Home and Health Department and the Department of Social Security have observer status. Department of Health and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food are presented on the low income project team and the Department of Social Security has observer status.
Mr. Morley:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the implementation of guidelines laid down by the Human Fertilisation and Embryo Authority; and if he will make a statement. [13011]
Mr. Horam:
I refer the hon. Member to the reply my hon. Friend the Member for Bolton, West (Mr. Sackville) gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Eltham (Mr. Bottomley) on 19 October 1995, Official Report,
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column 367. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority is required to maintain a code of practice about the proper conduct of licensed activities. The current code was laid before the House on 14 December 1995.
Mr. Morley:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the viability of human embryos following freezing. [13009]
Mr. Horam:
I refer the hon. Member to the replies I gave to the hon. Member for Liverpool, Mossley Hill (Mr. Alton) on 26 January, Official Report, column 415. The Department of Health has not commissioned such research.
Mr. Morley:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many inspections have been carried out on licensed in vitro fertilisation centres in the last two years; and if all such centres have been inspected in that period. [13010]
Mr. Horam:
Between 30 January 1994 and 30 January 1996 the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority made 256 inspections of licensed IVF centres. All such centres were inspected during that period.
Mr. Byers:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the value of prescribed products which are imported from overseas having been manufactured in the United Kingdom; and of what savings are achieved as a result of not purchasing direct from a United Kingdom manufacturer. [13078]
Mr. Malone:
This information is not available centrally.
Mr. Wareing:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he received the letter from the Liverpool Central and Southern community health council respecting bed and staff shortages and the problems of accident and emergency units at Liverpool hospitals; what response he has made; what action he plans to take; and if he will make a statement. [13082]
Mr. Horam:
We received the letter on Monday 15 January and I expect to reply shortly. My reply will include a full explanation of the measures which the national health service has implemented to deal with the recent high levels of demand.
Mr. Madden:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will arrange for additional funding from his Department to be made available to provide more intensive care and high dependency beds in Bradford; if he will discuss with the regional health authority the funding of intensive care and high dependency beds in Bradford from the authority's unrenewable resources budget; and if he will make a statement. [12955]
Mr. Horam:
This is a matter for Bradford health authority. The national health service executive's Northern and Yorkshire regional office has asked health authorities to give a high priority to intensive care provision.
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Mr. David Young:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the proportion of nursing staff that are (a) full time and (b) bank or temporary in each hospital trust in the north-west region. [10466]
Mr. Horam
[holding answer 22 January 1996]: The information will be placed in the Library.
Mr. Malcolm Bruce:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the expenditure of his Department, agencies and non-departmental public bodies on all external consultants including management consultants for each of the years (a) 1979-80, (b) 1989-90, (c) 1991-92, (d) 1993-94, (e) 1994-95, and (f) 1995-96 (i) to date and (ii) as estimated for the whole year; what estimate he has made of such expenditure for 1996-97; and if he will estimate the savings accruing to his Department from the use of consultants in each of these years. [11335]
Mr. Horam
[holding answer 25 January 1996]: The Department of Health and its agencies have spent the following amounts from running costs on consultancy:
1991-92: £24,258,000
1993-94: £15,933,037
1994-95: £18,479,405
1995-96: £11,100,000 (to date)
Expenditure of some £17 million is estimated for the whole of the 1995-96 financial year. Estimates of expenditure for 1996-97 are not yet available.
Details of consultancy expenditure for 1979-80 and 1989-90 are not available, the Department of Health formed part of the Department of Health and Social Security until July 1988 and the Department's accounting records did not identify consultancy expenditure separately.
Consultancy expenditure by non-departmental public bodies is as follows:
1989-90: £125,532
1991-92: £271,237
1993-94: £661,256
1994-95: £664,984
1995-96: £333,532 (to date)
Expenditure of some £538,000 is estimated for the whole of the 1995-96 financial year and expenditure of some £510,000 is estimated for 1996-97.
Details of expenditure by non-departmental public bodies for 1979-80 are not held.
External consultants provide advice on improving efficiency and effectiveness in the Department. They have contributed to a large variety of projects, including the Department's "Competing for Quality" programme; but it is not possible to assess the savings which are a direct consequence of their activity.
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