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Ministerial Visits
Mr. Harvey: To ask the Minister without Portfolio if he will list the constituencies he has visited in the past three months on official business and the constituencies he intends to visit in the next three months; and if he will make a statement. [34390]
Dr. Mawhinney: In April, I gave the Allsebrook lecture at the university of Ulster in Jordanstown in my capacity as Minister without Portfolio. My diary for the next three months has not yet been finalised, but I always do my best to give prior warning to hon. Members when I visit their constituencies in an official capacity.
Competitiveness
Mrs. Roche: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what was the cost to public funds of producing "Competitiveness: creating the enterprise centre of Europe". [34060]
The Deputy Prime Minister [holding answer 25 June 1996]: Final figures are not yet available, but I expect my Department's costs for the production and launch of the White Paper and related products to be in the region of £380,000.
HEALTH
Desogestrel and Gestodene
Mr. Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if the formal written request of 11 October 1995 to the Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products that matters relating to desogestrel and gestodene be considered by that committee received the prior approval of Ministers. [33980]
Mr. Malone: I refer the hon. Member to the reply that I gave him on 30 April, column 499.
Myocardial Infarction
Mr. Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 19 December 1995 to the hon. Member for Gordon, (Mr. Bruce), Official Report, column 1152, if he will name the studies relating to myocardial infarction which were made available to the Committee on Safety of Medicines on 13 October 1995; and if he will list the data included and vehicle of publication of those results and what results remain unpublished. [33979]
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Mr. Malone: I refer the hon. Member to the replies that I gave him on 7 March, column 321-22 and on 9 May, column 243.
Licensing Authority
Mr. Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the means by which the Licensing Authority has, since 1 January 1995, implemented its responsibilities to the European Medicines Evaluation Agency. [33985]
Mr. Malone: The Licensing Authority implements its responsibilities under the European drug regulatory system through adoption of the following European directives: the Medicines for Human Use (Marketing Authorisations Etc.) Regulations 1994, (S.I. 3144, and European Council Regulation 2309/93.
Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products
Mr. Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Health by what procedure referrals are made to the Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products by the United Kingdom [33981]
Mr. Malone: Formal referrals to the Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products must comply with the provisions of Council directive 75/319/EEC, as amended by directives 83/570/EEC and 93/39/EEC.
Matters may also be placed on the agenda of meetings of the CPMP for information and discussion.
Unique Patient Numbers
Mr. Gapes: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of hospitals, and the number and proportion of general practitioner practices, which now have systems in place to handle the unique NHS patient number. [33990]
Mr. Horam [pursuant to his reply, 21 June 1996, c. 669]: I regret that there was an error in my previous reply.
The final sentence should have read:
"At the end of May 1996, the number of practices with this capacity was 5,700, which is 67 per cent. of all computerised practices".
Mr. Jon Owen Jones:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the cost of providing free prescriptions and optical and dental treatment to students for each year since 1992-93. [34279]
Mr. Malone:
The information is not available.
Mr. Thurnham:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will estimate how many people suffering (a) schizophrenia, (b) manic depression and (c) other severe mental illness receive free prescriptions; and if he will make a statement. [34103]
Mr. Malone:
This information is not available. In 1996-97, we expect 85 per cent. of prescriptions to be dispensed free, thanks to our extensive exemption
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arrangements, which are among the most generous in Europe. Many people with mental health problems will benefit from these.
Mr. Gordon Prentice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the current salary range for consultant anaesthetists in the NHS; and how many NHS trusts offer salaries in excess of the range. [34427]
Mr. Malone:
The current salary range for hospital medical and dental consultant staff is £41,760, to a maximum of £64,690, which includes discretionary points. This applies to consultants employed on national terms and conditions of service. Consultant staff employed on trust contracts may be remunerated in excess of this range. Information on the number of consultant staff on trust contracts is not available centrally.
Ms Janet Anderson:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS trusts have made a pay offer additional to the pay award to nurses recommended by the Nurses and Midwives Pay Review body on 8 February. [34641]
Mr. Corbett:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list those hospital trusts in the west midlands that (a) have made pay offers to nurses and (b) have not made pay offers to nurses at the latest convenient date. [34660]
Mr. Malone:
The timing and structure of local pay offers is a matter for local national health service management. It is for each trust to decide whether to make public the position it has reached.
Mr. Anthony Coombs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he will publish his Department's response to the sixth biennial report of the Mental Health Act Commission. [35117]
Mr. Bowis:
I have written to Lady Runciman, chairman of the Mental Health Act Commission, enclosing a detailed response and have today placed these documents in the Library.
Mr. Alfred Morris:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance he has given to health authorities on the supply of wheelchairs to disabled people. [33730]
Mr. Bowis:
We have recently issued HSG(96)34 to health authorities. This gives guidance on the provision of indoor-outdoor powered wheelchairs, which the Government have made available on the national health service for the first time.
Mr. Morris:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will list those health authorities which no longer supply wheelchairs to disabled people unable to walk outside their homes; [33731]
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Mr. Bowis:
Wheelchair services are the responsibility of health authorities. It is for health authorities and the wheelchair service centres that provide the service to set their own criteria and priorities.
Mr. Morris:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many wheelchairs are currently on loan from the NHS; and if he will breakdown the ages of the users into the following groups (a) 10 to 20 years, (b) 20 to 40 years, (c) 40 to 50 years, (d) 50 to 60 years, (e) 60 to 70 years, (f) 70 to 80 years and (g) 80 years-plus. [33733]
Mr. Bowis:
The information is not available centrally in the form requested.
Mr. Morris:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what correspondence he has had with the Royal Associations for Disability and Rehabilitation regarding the wheelchair service offered by Sandwell health authority; and if he will make a statement. [33734]
Mr. Bowis:
I have seen the correspondence between Mr. Bert Massie of the Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation and my officials, It is for health authorities to set their own criteria for the provision of wheelchairs within the increased resources available.
Mr. Morley:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research is currently being carried out on stored frozen embryos. [34581]
Mr. Horam:
Research in the United Kingdom involving frozen embryos requires a licence from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority. At present, there are no licences granted for such research. As for previous research, I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave the hon. Member for Liverpool, Mossley Hill (Mr. Alton) on 26 January, column 415.
Mr. Morley:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the arrangements for identifying the donors of stored embryos. [34582]
Mr. Horam:
I refer the hon. member to my letter of 14 May to my hon. Friend the Member for Congleton (Mrs. Winterton). This was placed in the Library following the reply I gave the hon. Member for Liverpool, Mossley Hill (Mr. Alton) on 25 June, columns 85-6.
(2) what provision he proposes to make to ensure that disabled people who are occasional users of a wheelchair have access to a wheelchair suitable for their needs. [33732]
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