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Northern Ireland Court Service
Mr. McGrady:
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many people have
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been promoted within the Northern Ireland Court Service in each of the last three years; and what is the religious breakdown of such promotions. [105345]
| Number of promotions | Protestant | Roman Catholic | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 11 | 9 | 2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
Mr. McGrady: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many people are employed in the Northern Ireland Court Service. [105324]
Mr. Lock: There are 668 people employed in the Northern Ireland Court Service.
Mr. McGrady: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what is the current religious breakdown at all levels of staff in the Northern Ireland Court Service; what were the figures for (a) 1992, (b) 1995 and (c) 1997; and if he will make a statement. [105344]
Mr. Lock: For the purposes of consistency and fair comparison the Equality Commission requires all organisations to present their data in Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) Groups.
The table represents the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) Groups used by the Northern Ireland Court Service and shows the religious breakdown for each SOC Group within the Northern Ireland Court Service for 1999, 1997, 1995 and 1992.
The Community Background information is presented in terms of Numbers within the Organisation (NO).
These numbers are then shown both as a percentage within the Organisation as a whole (% Org) and as a percentage within each SOC Group (% SOC).
The following notable trends are apparent from the table:
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Mr. Willetts:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if Haloperidol is available for prescription on the NHS; what steps he has taken to ensure adequate supplies of Haloperidol; and if he will make a statement. [104625]
Ms Stuart:
Haloperidol is available for prescription on the National Health Service. We have received no reports of supplies being inadequate.
Mr. Wyatt:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) who assesses the quality control of the out-of-hours Health Call service for Medway-Swale; [104692]
(3) how many on-call doctors there are for Sittingbourne and Sheppey in the out-of-hours Health Call service. [104693]
Ms Stuart:
Seventeen doctors are registered with Health Call, which covers the out-of-hours service for Sheppey. The average call out time is just under one hour and everyone is seen within two hours.
All 28 General Practitioners in the Sittingbourne area are registered with Medway Doctors On Call (MedDoc). Call-outs are assessed by a nurse triage and are prioritised according to clinical need.
The patient's GP is responsible for ensuring the quality of care for the patient. Complaints can be made about out-of-hours either directly to the out-of-hours service or via the patients GP. GPs have a contract with the out-of-hours service to provide a certain quality of care. Any complaints are managed through the National Health Service complaints procedure. Where the complainants are not happy with the response they receive through local resolution they will be given the opportunity to write to the local health authority for an independent review.
Mr. Wyatt:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will extend the minor injuries clinic hours at the hospital on the Isle of Sheppey to 9 pm. [104691]
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Ms Stuart:
The plans to extend the opening hours of the minor injuries clinic at the hospital on the Isle of Sheppey are currently a matter for discussion between the West Kent Health Authority and Thames Gateway National Health Service Trust.
Mrs. Brinton:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many Jehovah's Witnesses died as a result of refusing medically advised blood transfusions in each of the last five years. [104764]
Mr. Denham:
We do not hold this information centrally. Clinicians are required by law to respect the beliefs of Jehovah's Witnesses who do not wish to receive blood transfusions. In some cases, there are acceptable alternative medical interventions. For instance, for surgical operations, we asked NHS Trusts to consider the introduction of perioperative cell salvage by March 2000. This process retrieves the patient's own blood cells during surgery, which may be acceptable to some Jehovah's Witnesses.
Mr. Gibb:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were on the NHS waiting list for treatment in the West Sussex Health Authority area on (a) 1 November 1999 and (b) 1 December 1999. [104888]
Mr. Denham:
The latest figures available show that as at the end of November there were 19,783 people on the National Health Service waiting list for treatment in the West Sussex Health Authority area.
Mr. Gibb:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people had been waiting for 13 weeks or more for a first appointment with a consultant in the West Sussex Health Authority area on (a) 1 November 1999 and (b) 1 December 1999. [104887]
Mr. Denham:
The number of people waiting for 13 weeks or more for an outpatient appointment by health authority area is monitored on a quarterly basis. The last available figures for West Sussex are as at 30 September. At that date, there were 8,350 people waiting 13 weeks or more for a first outpatient appointment.
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The representation of Roman Catholics in SOC 1 has increased from 25 per cent. to 30 per cent. since 1992.
The representation of Roman Catholics has also increased in the Recruitment Grad (SOC 4) by 5 per cent. since 1997.
SOC 6 and 9 are mainly representative of our Security Grades and we continue to work with the Equality Commission towards fair participation.
1999 1997 1995 1992
NO ORG (%) SOC (%) NO ORG (%) SOC (%) NO ORG (%) SOC (%) NO ORG (%) SOC (%)
SOC1--Managers and Administrators
Protestant 182 27 69 191 29 69 198 29 70 192 28 72
Roman Catholic 78 12 30 78 12 28 79 11 28 66 9.5 25
Non Determined 4 6 1 6 9 2 7 1 2 9 1.3 3
SOC2--Professional Staff
Protestant 4 6 57 2 3 50 1 1 50 -- -- --
Roman Catholic 3 4 43 2 3 50 1 1 50 -- -- --
Non Determined -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
SOC3--Associated Professional
Protestant 1 15 100 1 1 100 2 0.3 100 -- -- --
Roman Catholic -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Non Determined -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
SOC 4--Clerical and Secretarial
Protestant 192 29 62 186 28 64 193 28 66 155 22 61
Roman Catholic 105 16 34 84 13 29 88 13 30 74 11 29
Non Determined 13 2 4 21 3 7 13 1.9 4 27 3.9 10
SOC6--Personal and Protective
Protestant 18 2.7 75 21 3 75 25 3.6 78 26 3.7 72
Roman Catholic 4 6 16 3 4 11 2 .3 6 3 0.4 8
Non Determined 2 3 8 4 6 14 5 .7 16 7 1 19
SOC9--Others
Protestant 49 7.3 79 52 7.8 75 54 7.8 74 85 12 64
Roman Catholic 8 1.2 13 8 1.2 12 10 1.4 14 18 2.6 14
Non Determined 5 0.7 8 9 1.3 13 9 1.3 12 29 4.2 22
(2) what was the average call-out time for the Health Call service for Sittingbourne and Sheppey in the last year for which figures are available; [104694]
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