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Private Patients
Mr. Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 11 June, Official Report, columns 109-10, if he will list the number of private patients in NHS pay beds in 1994-95 whose treatment is recorded in the hospital episode system under each of the five most frequently used (a) operation and (b) diagnosis codes in relation to conditions of (i) the nervous system, (ii) the eye, (iii) the upper digestive tract, (iv) the other abdominal organs, (v) the heart, (vi) the arteries and veins, (vii) the urinary system, (viii) the bones and joints of the skull and spines and (ix) miscellaneous. [33304]
Mr. Horam: The information available centrally relates to finished consultant episodes. A table will be placed in the Library showing the number of completed first order episodes, by selected main operation and principal diagnosis.
Elective Surgery
Ms Harman: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many elective operations were performed in the private sector privately as a percentage of NHS elective surgery (a) by region and (b) nationally in the last five years; [33604]
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- (2) how many elective operations have been performed in the private sector (a) by region and (b) nationally in the last five years. [33605]
Mr. Malone: I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave her on 13 May, column 322.
Hospital Waiting Lists
Ms Harman: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were waiting for in-patient admission in the NHS by region at the latest date for which figures were available. [33545]
Mr. Horam: Information on waiting times for in-patient admission is not available separately. Information on the number of people waiting for in-patient and day case admissions in all regions for the month ended 31 March 1996 is shown in the table.
| Region | 0-11 months | 12-17 months | 18+ months |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern and Yorkshire | 144,077 | 127 | 0 |
| Trent | 95,970 | 2,108 | 0 |
| Anglia and Oxford | 109,768 | 746 | 0 |
| North Thames | 155,745 | 934 | 0 |
| South Thames | 152,238 | 33 | 0 |
| South and West | 124,170 | 394 | 0 |
| West Midlands | 82,330 | 39 | 0 |
| North West | 173,041 | 0 | 0 |
| All regions | 1,037,339 | 4,381 | 0 |
St. George's Hospital NHS Trust
Mr. Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the members of the St. George's hospital NHS trust; indicating their qualifications and their outside interests. [33102]
Mr. Malone: A list of those appointed by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health to national health service authorities and trusts as at 1 April 1996, together with their occupation category, will be published later this summer and copies placed in the Library.
Board members' relevant private interests are declared and entered in a register of interests. These registers are made available by NHS authorities and trusts for public inspection on request.
Gelatine
Mr. Hinchliffe: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the name of the expert from the Medicines Control Agency who advised the Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee concerning the use of gelatine produced from non-specified bovine offal material; and what are that person's qualifications and experience concerning the study of bovine spongiform encephalopathy. [33137]
Mr. Horam: It is not the custom or practice to give details of individual civil servants.
Mr. Hinchliffe: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what new information was available to the
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Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee by 25 March, concerning potential contamination of gelatine by BSE infectivity to result in the alteration of existing advice outlined in the British Medical Journal of 20 April, page 988, issued by the Committee on Safety of Medicines in 1989 and adopted by the European Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products; and if he will make a statement. [33138]
Mr. Horam: The article in the British Medical Journal of 20 April, page 988, reviewed the history and content of the 1989 United Kingdom bovine spongiform encephalopathy guidelines and the later 1992 Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products guideline, "Minimizing the risk of transmitting agents causing spongiform encephalopathy via medicinal products", and concluded the guidelines were effective.
The CPMP guideline states:
Mr. Hinchliffe:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he has accepted the advice of the Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee, issued on 25 March, in respect of the safety of gelatine from non-specified bovine material in pharmaceutical and medical devices; and if he will make a statement. [33139]
"Given assurances of adequate collection and processing, certain materials and their derivatives are unlikely to present any risk of contamination. These include ... skin and its derivatives, for example gelatin".
Mr. Horam: The Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee is the expert committee set up to advise my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and my right hon. and learned Friend the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on all matters to do with spongiform encephalopathies. Ministers have always accepted their advice and take account of it when implementing measures to protect public health.
SCOTLAND
Court of Session Judges
Mr. Chisholm: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the role of the Lord Advocate in the appointment of a Court of Session judge; with whom he consults; and to whom he makes the recommendation. [32286]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: Judges are appointed by the Queen on the recommendation of the Secretary of State for Scotland. Because the Secretary of State does not normally have personal knowledge of suitable nominees, he relies on the Lord Advocate, who submits names to him for his consideration. The current practice is for the Lord Advocate always to consult the Lord President of the Court of Session and the Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, before putting forward any nomination. On occasion, other senior members of the legal profession and judiciary are also consulted by the Lord Advocate.
Electoral Registers
Mr. Home Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list, per constituency (1) the number of electors registered for a postal or proxy vote; [33064]
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- (2) the number of women on the current Scottish electoral registers. [33062]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: This information is not held centrally.
Postage Costs
Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much his Department spent on postage in the financial years 1994-95 and 1995-96; and how many items were posted during these periods. [32850]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The expenditure on postage and the number of items posted in the financial years 1994-95, and 1995-96 are as shown:
| Year | Cost | Items |
|---|---|---|
| £ | ||
| 1994-95 | 1,243,098 | 3,400,000 |
| 1995-96 | 1,214,071 | 3,187,173 |
Households
Mr. Home Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the number of households in each Scottish constituency. [33063]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: This information is contained in table H of the General Register Office (Scotland) publication "The 1991 Census: Monitoring for Parliamentary Constituencies in Scotland", copies of which are in the Library.
Motorways
Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list by parliamentary constituency the location of the sections of motorway in Scotland that have overhead lighting; and if he will plot this information on a map and place a copy in the Library. [33039]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The following table lists the locations of overhead lighting on motorways in Scotland. This information is not readily available by parliamentary constituency and a map could be made available only at disproportionate cost.
| Motorway | Section | Location | Lengths (miles) |
|---|---|---|---|
| M8 | Hermiston Gate Interchange to Newhouse Interchange | Hermiston Gate Interchange westwards | 1.00 |
| Claylands Interchange to Newbridge Roundabout | 2.50 | ||
| Dechmont Interchange | -- | ||
| Baillieston Interchange to St. James Interchange | 20.00 | ||
| St. James Interchange to West Ferry Toll (including M898 Erskine Road Brige) | Erskine Road Bridge Plaza | 0.25 | |
| M9 | Newbridge Roundabout to Keir Roundabout | Newbridge Roundabout | -- |
| Keir Roundabout | -- | ||
| M73 | Mollinsburn Interchange to Maryville Interchange | North of Baillieston Interchange to Maryville Interchange | 1.50 |
| M74 | Fullarton Road to Gretna | Fullarton Road to Hamilton Interchange | 7.00 |
| Gretna Interchange to Guardsmill Interchange | 2.00 | ||
| M80 | Stepps Bypass | Provan Interchange to Hornhill Interchange | 4.50 |
| M90 | Admiralty Interchange to Broxden Roundabout/ Barnhill Interchange | Halbeath Interchange | -- |
| Cocklaw Interchange | -- | ||
| Kinross Interchange | -- | ||
| Broxden Roundabout | -- | ||
| M876 | Bankhead Junction to Bowtrees Roundabout | Bowtrees Roundabout | -- |
| Total | 38.75 |
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