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Asset Sales
Mr. Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list by region, the income to each NHS trust and health authority, in each of the last 10 years for the sale of assets, land and properties; what uses this income has been put to; and what estimate he has made by region, of the income to each NHS trust and health authority, for each of the next 10 years, from the sale of assets, land and property. [76478]
Mr. Denham [holding answer 15 March 1999]: Information on the income of each National Health Service trust and health authority from the sale of assets, land and properties from 1991/92 has been placed in the Library. Information in respect of earlier years is not available.
Income from the sale of assets is available for re-use within the NHS.
Information is not available centrally on individual NHS trust and health authority forecasts of future income from the sale of assets, land and property.
Dr. Tony Wright:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list all those task forces and policy reviews with external members established by his Department since May 1997 which have set up (a) sub- groups, (b) working parties and (c) other subsidiary committees. [79266]
Ms Jowell:
Most task forces and reviews are short-term bodies established to give thorough consideration to important and difficult issues. Each establishes the working methods best suited to carrying out the work in the time available, and would normally provide a summary of its working methods in its report. Given the short term nature of task forces and reviews it is unlikely that many of them will set up sub-groups, working parties or subsidiary committees. However, this information is not available centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Dr. Tony Wright:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list for all task forces and policy reviews with external members established by his Department since May 1997 (a) their dates of establishment, (b) those which have issued final reports and their dates of publication, (c) those which have been terminated and their dates of termination and (d) for those bodies still in existence, expected reporting and termination dates. [79284]
Ms Jowell:
The reviews and taskforces, established since 1 May 1997 which have published their final reports are:
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Mr. Fearn:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the changes in the last five years in the average weight and height of schoolchildren in England and Wales; and if he will list the changes in the last five years in the (i) consumption of (a) dietary carbohydrate and (b) refined sugar products and (ii) total calorie intake and average levels of exercise of schoolchildren. [78135]
Ms Jowell
[pursuant to her reply, 26 March 1999, c. 424-25]: I regret that my previous answer contained
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incorrect information for 1995 for the weight of girls aged 11-15. I am also now in a position to provide the information on heights and weights for 1997 separately. The revised reply is as follows:
The heights and weights of primary schoolchildren were monitored in England between 1972 and 1994 by the National Study of Health and Growth (NSHG). No similar information is available for Wales. In 1995, the Health Survey for England (HSE) took over the monitoring of heights and weights of children and also measured their physical activity in 1997. The data for 1995 and 1996 were published in HSE Reports and the combined data for 1995-97 were published in December 1998 in the Report "The Health of Young People '95-'97".
The tables give heights and weights for 5 to 10 year olds for 1994 from NSHG and from HSE for 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1995-97 combined and on the same basis for comparison purposes with NSHG for 1995-97 combined.
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Heights and weights for children aged 11 to 15 years in 1995, 1996, and 1997 are given, along with the data for 1995-97 combined, which are the baseline from which changes will be monitored.
The extensive data on the types and levels of exercise among English schoolchildren in 1997 are given in tables 8.1 to 8.15 in the Report "The Health of Young People '96-'97". In Wales, the Youth Health Surveys carried out by Health Promotion Wales have shown that among 11 to 16 year olds, the proportion exercising for at least 4 hours per week outside school was 24 per cent. in 1994 and 29 per cent. in 1996.
There are no recent data on the consumption of dietary carbohydrate, refined sugar products, and total calorie intake of schoolchildren. However, fieldwork for the National Diet and Nutritional Survey of young people aged 4-18 years which covered Great Britain has been completed and the results are being analysed. This should provide data on all these factors and also on average levels of exercise. A report is expected at the end of this year.
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Review of cervical screening services at Kent and Canterbury Hospitals NHS Trust (established 23 June 1997; published 20 October 1997)
Review of the law relating to surrogacy (established 11 June 1997; published October 1998)
Review of evidence relating to silicone breast implants (established May 1997, published July 1998)
Review of the breast screening programme in Devon and the implications for the breast screening programme as a whole (established 9 June 1997; published 3 November 1997)
Strategic review of Health Services in London (established 20 June 1997; published 18 November 1997)
Review of the latest information available on inequalities in Health (established 11 July 1997, published 26 November 1998)
Independent review of proposals for the transfer of bulk blood processing and testing from Liverpool to Manchester (established 14 August 1997, published 8 April 1998)
The reviews and taskforces, established since May 1997, which have yet to publish reports are:
Review of NHS Charter (established June 1997, published December 1998)
Review of Prescribing, Supply and Administration of Medicines (established 21 March 1997; reports published 8 March 1999)
Ministerial task force on the Government's response to the Children's Safeguards Review (established November 1997; published 5 November 1998)
Review of the written consent requirements in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 (established 6 February 1997; published June 1998).
Mental Health Act Review (established September 1998, estimated publication date autumn 1999)
Thoracic Surgical Services Review (established July 1998, estimated publication date May 1999)
United Kingdom Transplant Support Service Authority Review (established September 1998, estimated publication date May 1999)
Review of general anaesthesia and sedation with dental treatment (established October 1998, publication date to be decided)
Review of the wheelchair voucher scheme and the provision of electrical and indoor wheelchairs (established November 1998, estimated publication date Spring 1999)
Eight regional task forces to support the Waiting List Action Team (established November 1997, on-going activity with no final report expected)
Normally termination of a review or task force coincides with publication of a final report. However, two are on-going activities from which no single final report is expected, and one (marked 1 ) will continue to meet beyond the date of publication shown.
NHS efficiency task force (established June 1997, on-going activity with no final report expected)
NHS task force on staff involvement (established March 1998, estimated publication date spring 1999)
A and E Modernisation Team 1 (established in March 1999, first annual report due in April 2000)
Independent review of mobile phone use (announced 8 April 1999, terms of reference and membership to follow).
| National Study of Health and Growth | Health Survey for England | Health Survey for England | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age at last birthday (years) | 1994 (7) | 1995-97 (7) | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1995-97 |
| Boys | ||||||
| 5 | 19.8 | 19.7 | 20.5 | 20.1 | 20.6 | 20.4 |
| 6 | 22.1 | 22.3 | 22.4 | 23.1 | 23.1 | 22.9 |
| 7 | 24.8 | 25.1 | 25.4 | 26.0 | 25.7 | 25.8 |
| 8 | 27.7 | 28.4 | 29.1 | 28.8 | 29.4 | 29.1 |
| 9 | 31.4 | 31.1 | 32.4 | 32.1 | 31.6 | 32.0 |
| 10 | 34.8 | 34.7 | 35.0 | 35.9 | 35.7 | 35.6 |
| Girls | ||||||
| 5 | 19.3 | 19.6 | 20.6 | 20.5 | 20.1 | 20.4 |
| 6 | 22.0 | 22.2 | 22.7 | 22.6 | 23.1 | 22.8 |
| 7 | 24.9 | 25.2 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 25.6 | 25.9 |
| 8 | 27.7 | 28.4 | 29.3 | 28.1 | 29.2 | 28.8 |
| 9 | 31.9 | 31.9 | 31.9 | 33.5 | 32.9 | 32.7 |
| 10 | 35.5 | 36.6 | 38.3 | 36.9 | 36.3 | 37.1 |
(7) White children only
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(8) White children only
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