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Historic Buildings (Admission Charges)
Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what plans she has to review admission prices to castles and historic buildings managed by English Heritage. [33641]
Mr. Sproat: This is an operational matter for English Heritage. I have no plans to intervene in its arrangements.
Next Steps Agencies
Ms Jowell: To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what is the total number of people employed by each of the next steps agencies under her Department's control; how many of those employees are women; and at what civil service or equivalent grades they are employed. [32729]
Mr. Sproat: My Department is responsible for two agencies, the Historic Royal Palaces agency and the Royal Parks agency. HRPA employs 419 staff, of whom 183 are women. RPA employs 250 staff, of whom 68
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are women. The following table shows the grades women are employed in and their respective numbers in those grades. These figures do not include casual staff.
| Number of women--HRPA | Number of women--RPA | |
|---|---|---|
| Civil Service grades incorporating equivalents | ||
| Grade 7 | 3 | 2 |
| Senior executive officer | 8 | 2 |
| Higher executive officer | 16 | 5 |
| Executive officer | 34 | 8 |
| Administrative officer | 54 | 7 |
| Administrative assistant | 62 | -- |
| Sub-total | 177 | 24 |
| Other grades which do not necessarily equate to Civil Service grades | ||
| Inspector | -- | 1 |
| Police sergeant | -- | 2 |
| Police constable | -- | 39 |
| Horse manager | -- | 1 |
| Groom | -- | 1 |
| Industrial gardeners | 6 | -- |
| Sub-total | 6 | 44 |
| Total | 183 | 68 |
Copyright
Mr. Maclennan: To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage on what occasions her Department has signed a licence from the Copyright Licensing Agency. [33765]
Mr. Sproat: None. The Department of National Heritage is currently discussing the terms of its photocopying licence with the Copyright Licensing Agency. We expect to sign the final licence shortly.
Judicial Review
Ms Hodge: To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage on how many occasions in each Session since 1991-92 legislation has been introduced into Parliament by her Department with the purpose of (a) removing the effects of a judicial review decision or (b) implementing a judicial review decision; and if she will list the relevant legislative provisions. [33590]
Mr. Sproat [holding answer 19 June 1996]: No such legislation has been introduced by the Department of National Heritage since its inception in 1992.
Ms Hodge: To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage how many decisions by her Department were challenged by way of judicial review in each Session since 1991-92; and if she will list in how many cases (a) the Department's decision was upheld by the court, (b) the court found for the applicant, (c) the Department submitted to the judgment and (d) the Department appealed successfully against the judicial review decision. [33572]
Mr. Sproat [holding answer 19 June 1996]: One decision was upheld by the courts in each of the Sessions 1993-94, 1994-95 and 1995-96. Additionally, in 1995-96 one application for judicial review against the Department
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was struck out. In no cases during the periods in question have the courts found for the applicant; nor has the Department ever submitted to judgment. It follows that the Department had never appealed against a judicial review decision.
HEALTH
Prescriptions (Students)
Mr. Jon Owen Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many claims for free prescriptions have been made by students; and how many have been successful for 1995-96 and in each of the previous five years. [29039]
Mr. Malone: During 1992-93, around 248,000 low-income scheme claims were made by students of which around 52 per cent. resulted in entitlement to free prescriptions. For 1993-94, the figures were respectively around 308,000 and 60 per cent. and for 1994-95 around 333,000 and 72 per cent. Information was not collected for years before 1992-93 and is not yet available for 1995-96.
Mr. Tipping: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many claims for free prescriptions have been made by students; and how many have been successful for the latest year for which figures are available. [1059]
Mr. Malone [pursuant to his reply, 21 November 1995, c. 66]: I regret that my previous answer was incorrect. It should have read as follows:
"During 1994-95, around 333,000 national health service low-income scheme claims were made by students of which around 72 per cent. resulted in entitlement to free prescriptions".
Oral Contraceptives
Mr. Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will list the members for the day who attended the meeting of the Committee on Safety of Medicines held on 13 October 1995; [31866]
- (2) how many full members of the Committee on Safety of Medicines were present at the meeting of the committee held on 13 October 1995. [31862]
Mr. Malone: Proceedings of the committee are confidential.
Mr. Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Gordon (Mr. Bruce) of 19 December 1995, Official Report, column 1150, if he will list the factors which led to the choice of Professor Rawlins and Professor Langman to attend the meeting of the Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products on 26 to 27 October. [31895]
Mr. Malone: Professor Rawlins and Professor Langman attended the meeting on the basis of their long-standing expertise in pharmacoepidemiology, and in their capacities as chairman of the Committee on Safety of Medicines and chairman of the Sub-Committee on Pharmacovigilance respectively.
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Mr. Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his oral statement of 23 October 1995, Official Report, column 701, of what data the Medicines Control Agency requested an expedited analysis. [31864]
Mr. Malone: The Medicines Control Agency requested an expedited analysis of the data on venous thromboembolism from the transnational case control study. The Medicines Control Agency discussed with the investigators the availability of information on the relative risks of myocardial infarction and stroke with different oral contraceptives and understood that substantive data would not be available for one to two years.
Mr. Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 11 December 1995, Official Report, columns 521-24, if he will list the members for the day of the Committee on Safety of Medicines during the period 1 January 1995 to 31 December 1995. [31860]
Mr. Malone: The information requested will be contained in the committee's annual report which will be published in due course.
Mr. Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 11 December 1995, Official Report, columns 520-21, if all members and co-opted members of the Committee on Safety of Medicines received at 10.30 am on 12 October the papers relating to desogestrel and gestodene which had been dispatched on 11 October. [31861]
Mr. Malone: I refer the hon. Member to the replies I gave him on 1 April, Official Report, column 53, and on 16 April, Official Report, column 487.
Mr. Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which individual in the World Health Organisation in July 1995 made available preliminary results from the World Health Organisation study on oral contraceptives to the Medicines Control Agency. [31911]
Mr. Malone: The preliminary results from the study were provided to the Medicines Control Agency by the World Health Organisation in confidence.
Capital Projects, London
Mr. John Marshall: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the capital projects with a value of over £1 million which have been undertaken in London during the past four years. [31611]
Mr. Horam: The capital projects undertaken in London during the past four years with a value over £1 million are shown in the table.
| Unit | Scheme |
|---|---|
| Bethlem and Maudsley NHS trust | Knights Hill--ESMI Unit |
| Camden and Islington Community Health Services NHS trust | Daleham Gardens Intensive Rehabilitation Unit/Health Clinic |
| Central Middlesex Hospital NHS trust | Central Middlesex Hospital Mother and Baby Unit |
| City and Hackney Community NHS trust | Medium Secure Unit |
| Chelsea and Westminster Healthcare NHS trust | Vincent Square Health Care Centre |
| Chelsea and Westminster Healthcare NHS trust | Chelsea and Westminster Hospital |
| Eastman Dental Hospital | Phase 2 Scheme 8 |
| Enfield Community NHS trust | Medium Secure Unit |
| Enfield Community NHS trust | Reprovide Highlands Hospital |
| Forest Healthcare NHS trust | Whipps Cross Hospital Phase 2 |
| Great Ormond Street Hospital For Children NHS trust | Camelia Botnar Laboratories |
| Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS trust | Phase 1 redevelopment |
| Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS trust | Southwood balconies and fire exit stairs |
| Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS trust | Guy's hospital development phase 3 |
| Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS trust | St. Thomas' hospital--A and E upgrade/extension |
| Hammersmith Energy Centre | Incinerator installation |
| Hammersmith Energy Centre | Mechanical and electrical installation |
| Hammersmith Hospitals NHS trust | Charing Cross hospital linear accelerator and new building |
| Hammersmith Hospitals NHS trust | Hammersmith hospital cancer centre |
| Hammersmith Hospitals NHS trust | Hammersmith hospital PACS X-ray system |
| Homerton Hospital NHS trust | Homerton development A and E extension |
| Homerton Hospital NHS trust | Homerton--relocation of services |
| Homerton Hospital NHS trust | Medium secure unit--Hackney |
| King's College London | Camberwell joint education centre |
| King's Healthcare NHS trust | Kings College hospital theatres |
| King's Healthcare NHS trust | Kings College redevelopment of A and E |
| King's Healthcare NHS trust | Radiology phase 1 Neurosciences |
| Lewisham Hospital NHS trust | Lewisham phase 2 redevelopment |
| London Ambulance NHS trust | Homerton ambulance station |
| London Ambulance NHS trust | HQ/control room |
| Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS trust | Redevelopments phase 3A |
| North West London Mental Health NHS trust | Park Royal acute secure unit |
| Northwick Park and St. Mark's NHS trust | Relocation of St. Mark's hospital |
| Parkside Health NHS trust | North Kensington Pembridge centre |
| Pathfinder Mental Health Services NHS trust | Springfield hospital forensic psychiatric clinic |
| Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton Healthcare NHS trust | Barnes ESMI phase 2 (Nucleus) |
| Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton Healthcare NHS trust | St. John's Twickenham redevelopment phase 1 |
| Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton Healthcare NHS trust | St. John's Twickenham redevelopment phase 2 |
| Riverside Community Healthcare NHS trust | Regent St. Nursing Home for the Elderly |
| Royal Free Hampstead NHS trust | Royal Free hospital renal unit centralisation |
| Royal Hospitals NHS trust | St. Bartholomew's theatres |
| Royal Marsden Hospital NHS trust | Royal Marsden hospital paediatric unit |
| St. George's Healthcare NHS trust | Atkinson Morley's hospital theatres |
| St. George's Healthcare NHS trust | St. George's combined heat and power |
| St. Mary's NHS trust | Special children's wing |
| The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery | Phase 1B (new building) |
| University College London | Relocate tropical diseases |
| Wellhouse NHS trust | Barnet general hospital |
| West Lambeth Community Care NHS trust | South Western hospital redevelopment |
| West London Healthcare NHS trust | Regional secure unit |
| Whittington Hospital NHS trust | A and E redevelopment |
Source:
CIM Database and North and South Thames regional office records.
This table includes all schemes situated within London boundaries i.e. with London post codes and with a works cost of £1 million or over.
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