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Voluntary Groups

Mr. Keith Hill: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list each voluntary group part or wholly funded by his Department in the last two years for which the information is available and the amount of money received by each group in that period. [14146]

Mr. Burns: The information requested has been placed in the Library.

Prescriptions

Mr. Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the payments made (a) to dispensing doctors for prescriptions dispensed and items personally administered and (b) to non-dispensing doctors for items personally administered by the Prescription Pricing Authority, broken down by (i) net ingredient cost, (ii) discounted cost, (iii) VAT, (iv) oxygen etc., (v) container allowance, (vi) dispensing fees and (vii) on cost, and in total in each year since 1990-91. [14141]

Mr. Malone: The information requested is shown in the tables.

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Payments made for prescriptions dispensed by doctors, 1990-91 to 1995-96England £ million

	Basic price (NIC)	Discount	On cost allowance	Percentage addition to basic price	Fees	Container allowance	Total payment oxygen	VAT	Total cost
1990-91	144.1	9.7	15.1	0.0	23.5	1.0	0.0	20.1	194.2
1991-92	163.1	11.2	17.1	--	25.5	1.1	0.1	26.0	221.5
1992-93	186.0	13.0	19.5	0.0	25.9	1.1	0.1	30.2	249.8
1993-94	209.6	14.8	22.0	--	27.3	1.2	0.1	33.9	279.2
1994-95	228.7	16.3	24.0	--	28.4	1.2	0.1	36.9	303.0
1995-96	245.8	22.7	25.9	--	28.9	1.3	0.1	36.0	315.3

1. Information obtained from the Prescription Pricing Authority form PD1(A)DD.

2. The information relates to prescriptions dispensed in the periods February to January, most of which are paid in the periods April to March.

3. The information includes items personally administered by dispensing doctors.

4. An "0.0" indicates less than £50,000, an "--" indicates zero.

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Payments made for prescriptions submitted by prescribing doctors for items personally administered, 1990-91 to 1995-96England£ million

	Basic price (NIC)	Discount	On cost allowance	Percentage addition to basic price	Fees	Container allowance	Total payment oxygen	VAT	Total cost
1990-91	20.9	0.1	2.2	0.0	7.4	0.3	--	3.2	33.9
1991-92	25.3	0.1	2.7	0.0	8.2	0.3	--	4.4	40.8
1992-93	35.0	0.2	3.7	0.0	9.1	0.4	--	6.2	54.1
1993-94	48.7	0.3	5.1	0.0	9.6	0.4	--	8.3	71.7
1994-95	63.2	0.6	6.6	0.0	10.2	0.4	--	10.3	90.1
1995-96	75.0	1.9	7.9	0.0	10.2	0.4	--	12.4	104.0

1. Information obtained from the Prescription Pricing Authority form PD1(A)PA.

2. The information relates to prescriptions dispensed in the periods February to January, most of which are paid in the periods April to March.

3. An "0.0" indicates less than £50,000, an "--" indicates zero.

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Doctors and Dentists Pay Review Body

Mr. Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish the evidence submitted to the Doctors and Dentists Pay Review Body regarding disbursements to doctors in England and Wales. [14142]

Mr. Malone: Copies are available in the Library.

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GP Principals

Mr. Chris Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many full-time GP principals there were in 1994, 1995 and 1996 by region and nationally. [14332]

Mr. Malone: The information requested is contained in "General Medical Services Statistics England and Wales", copies of which are available in the Library.

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Operation Cancellations

Mr. Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will place in the Library figures by (a) district health authority, (b) regional health authority and (c) overall of the number of operations cancelled on the day of, or the day after, admission to hospital and the number of those patients not readmitted within a month for the third quarter of 1996-97. [13857]

Mr. Horam: Information on cancelled operations for quarter three of 1996-97 will be available in March and will be placed in the Library at that time.

TRANSPORT

M6

Mr. David Marshall: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he had made of the cost of completing the M6 motorway between Carlisle and the Scottish border; what is the distance involved; and out of which Department's budget the cost will be met. [11861]

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Mr. Watts: Improvements to the A74 between Carlisle and the border is currently an option in the recently awarded design, build, finance and operate contract and covers the upgrade of the 5.5 miles of the A74 in England to a three-lane motorway, at an estimated cost of £55.9 million. The merits of DBFO procurement for the section of A74 in England are being assessed by the Department of Transport and my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland. No decision has been reached.

Motorway Accidents

Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport for each stretch of the motorway network in each of the last two years, how many (a) fatalities and (b) injuries have been reported; how many accidents have been reported; and if he will collate centrally data on the causes of road accidents. [14134]

Mr. Bowis: The following numbers of personal injury road accidents and resulting casualties were recorded on motorways in Great Britain during 1994 and 1995. These are the most recent two years for which statistics are available. The police do not currently collate accident causation data for the Department, but a review this year will decide whether such information should be collected in the future.

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	1994			1995
	Accidents	Fatalities	Injuries	Accidents	Fatalities	Injuries
M1/M10	942	20	1,533	980	23	1,635
M45	5	0	8	3	0	7
M2	61	0	99	59	0	87
M3	189	4	260	229	1	352
M4	584	14	880	603	23	913
M5	348	11	632	373	11	580
M6	987	27	1,769	940	26	1,633
M11	151	5	226	143	3	206
M18	40	0	72	50	3	82
M20	92	1	151	98	4	182
M23	128	0	277	85	1	145
M25	926	8	1,394	1,028	17	1,606
M26	8	0	17	12	0	24
M27/M271/M275	159	3	234	206	6	293
M40	284	6	477	273	7	447
M42	121	3	201	112	1	173
M50	13	0	16	11	0	14
M53	69	1	101	76	0	120
M54	20	0	31	29	2	37
M55	29	1	52	19	0	40
M56	120	2	189	108	1	170
M57	34	1	57	26	2	48
M58	17	0	26	24	0	30
M61	88	5	170	72	2	114
M62	500	11	810	483	15	738
M63	120	3	156	132	1	191
M65	35	0	58	30	0	45
M66	34	1	50	39	0	53
M69	21	0	30	27	0	36
M180/M181	34	0	47	19	1	19
Other motorways	137	2	194	112	3	145
Motorways	6,296	129	10,217	6,401	153	10,165
A(M) roads	420	6	615	450	13	660
Total (including A(M) roads)	6,716	135	10,832	6,851	166	10,825
Wales (including A(M) roads)	179	6	265	209	4	319
Scotland (including A(M) roads)	330	16	496	332	10	527
Great Britain
Motorways	6,801	151	10,974	6,940	167	11,009
A(M) roads	424	6	619	452	13	662
Total (including A(M) roads)	7,225	157	11,593	7,392	180	11,671

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West Coast Main Line

Mr. Mike O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what evaluation he has made of the adequacy of services on the west coast main line; what plans there are for improvements; and over what time scale. [14221]

Mr. Watts: I expect that InterCity west coast rail services will be franchised in the near future. The franchising director and the chairman of Railtrack signed an infrastructure investment agreement which will give the successful bidder for the franchise the opportunity to run tilting trains and increase maximum speed to 125 mph on all principal InterCity west coast routes by 2002.

Proposals to build on the existing franchises are being made by prospective franchisees and as the competition for the franchise is in progress, I cannot comment on these. I expect the franchisee to achieve sustained improvements in services soon after taking over, as has happened elsewhere.

Consultation on service levels has been carried out by the Office of Passenger Rail Franchising and the finalised passenger service requirement for these services will also be published this week.

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