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Childline
Mr. Galbraith: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to increase his Department's grant to the Childline charity. [37821]
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Mr. Bowis: There has been a substantial increase in Department of Health support for Childline from this financial year. Childline's main grant from the Government is £519,000 over the three financial years ending in 1998-99. In addition, a Government grant of £60,000 is being paid to Childline over three financial years ending 1998-99 to help it continue operating its dedicated line for children in care.
Private Finance Initiative
Mr. Redmond: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much each NHS trust has spent to date on the private finance initiative; and if he will make a statement. [37844]
Mr. Burden: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list by NHS region the financial costs to the NHS associated with the administration and testing of projects under the private finance initiative. [37714]
Mr. Horam: I refer the hon. Members to the reply that I gave to the hon. Member for Darlington (Mr. Milburn) on 15 January at column 337. Further information is not available centrally.
Mr. Burden: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the names and values of each private finance initiative contract which has been signed to date by NHS region. [37715]
Mr. Horam: The information requested for each private finance scheme with a capital value of £1 million or more has been placed in the Library. Information on schemes with a capital value of less than £1 million is not held centrally.
Medicines Control Agency
Mrs. Lait: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish the annual report and accounts of the Medicines Control Agency. [38214]
Mr. Malone: I have received the report and copies have today been laid before both Houses of Parliament in accordance with the requirements of section 5(2) and 5(3) of the Exchequer and Audit Departments Act 1921. Copies have also been placed in the Library.
Medicines Commission
Mrs. Lait: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects to receive the annual report of the Medicines Commission for 1995. [38215]
Mr. Malone: We have received the report, and copies have today been laid before both Houses of Parliament in accordance with the requirements of section 5(2) of the Medicines Act 1968.
Bound volumes have been placed in the Library containing the 1995 reports of the Medicines Commission, the Committee on Safety of Medicines, the Advisory Board on the Registration of Homoeopathic Products, the British Pharmacopoeia Commission and the Veterinary Products Committee.
We are glad to pay tribute to the valuable work done by the distinguished members of the Medicines Act advisory bodies and thank them warmly for the time and effort which they contribute in the public interest to this most important field.
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Mr. Steen:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the agencies for which his Department is responsible and the costs incurred by each for printing (a) all publications and (b) its annual report in the last year for which figures are available. [37472]
Mr. Horam:
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State is responsible for the following agencies: National Health Service Estates agency, Medical Devices Agency, Medicines Control Agency and NHS Pensions Agency.
| NHSE | MDA | MCA | NHSPA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All publications(13) | 240,000 | 414,490 | 56,003 | 203,507 |
| Annual report(14) | 7,789 | 8,550 | 6,411 | 4,512 |
(13) Figures are for 1995-96. They exclude costs of artwork and photography as this could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
(14) For production of the 1994-95 annual report including printing costs.
Rubery-Hollymoor Health Centre Project
Mr. Burden: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will make a statement on the future of the Rubery-Hollymoor health centre project in Birmingham; [37625]
- (2) when building will start on the Rubery-Hollymoor health centre project in Birmingham; what is the scheduled date for completion; what were the projected dates in the former West Midlands regional health authority's "Moving Ahead" and "Looking Forward" documents; and, if so, how they differ; [37623]
(3) if he will list the costs to the national health service (a) incurred to date and (b) projected in the current financial year in respect of the administration and testing of the proposed Rubery-Hollymoor health centre project in Birmingham under the private finance initiative; [37624]
(4) if he will make a statement on the availability of capital to build the capital to build the proposed Rubery-Hollymoor health centre in Birmingham in the financial year (a) 1996-97 and (b) 1997-98. [37622]
Mr. Horam: Proposals for a new health centre to be built on the Rubery-Hollymoor site in the west midlands are well advanced. Although the method of financing the project has yet to be decided, building should be completed in 1997. This is two years later than expected because of a number of problems, including difficulties over the siting, but the extra time has allowed for an improved design to be developed and significant reduction in the cost to be identified.
Costs incurred by the South Birmingham Mental Health national health service trust in exploring finance options are a matter for the trust and the hon. Member may wish to contact the chairman, Mrs. A. Hingley. Should the project need to be financed publicly, arrangements are in hand for enabling work to take place in 1996-97 with full funding in 1997-98.
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Mr. Matthew Banks:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the cost to his Department of funding research into Alzheimer's disease in each of the last five years and the present year to date. [37629]
Mr. Bowis:
The main agency through which the Government support bio-medical and clinical research is the Medical Research Council, which receives its grant in aid from the office of my right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade. The Department's policy research programme has contributed £750,000 to the MRC cognitive and aging study between October 1990 and June 1996. Another study, "Husbands and wives who care for elderly people with dementia and function psychiatric disorder", was undertaken at the Institute of Psychiatry and ended in December 1995; the total cost was £134,331.
Mr. Matthew Banks:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the cost of (a) collating, (b) collecting, (c) printing and (d) publishing the annual NHS reference guide. [37628]
Mr. Malone:
The national health service executive publishes an annual report which provides public information about the performance of the NHS and plays an important role in ensuring that the service remains accountable.
The annual report for 1994-95 was published on 2 November 1995 and cost £32,712 to produce.
Mr. Frank Field:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what inquiries to detect fraud by cross-checking his Department's payroll with details of those claiming benefit he has undertaken; when these exercises took place; and how many staff were (a) suspended, (b) dismissed and (c) prosecuted as a result. [37701]
Mr. Milburn:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the total cost to public funds of the review conducted by Sir William Utting of residential child care and his report "Children in the Public Care". [35145]
Mr. Bowis
[holding answer 1 July 1996]: The cost of Sir William Utting's review was around £25,000.
The Utting report, "Children in the Public Care", was a priced Her Majesty's Stationery Office document and there were no costs to public funds arising from its publication.
Mr. Milburn:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the total cost to public funds of the committee of inquiry into the selection, development and management of staff in children's homes separately identifying the cost of the report "Choosing with Care". [35147]
Mr. Bowis
[holding answer 1 July 1996]: The cost of the Warner committee of inquiry into the selection, development and management of staff in children's homes was £171,000.
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