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Mr. Sarwar: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the role of Zyban in the development of the Government's policy on smoking. [128718]
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Yvette Cooper: Zyban is now available on National Health Service prescription. Zyban is a non-nicotine based treatment which has been shown to be effective in helping smokers to quit in combination with motivational support. This drug is an entirely new approach to treating nicotine dependence and NHS availability will give general practitioners an effective way to help smokers.
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what requirements abortion clinics must meet to be licensed by his Department. [129412]
Yvette Cooper: Any independent sector place wishing to carry out termination of pregnancy must first of all be registered with the local health authority under the Registered Homes Act 1984. All units are inspected and must undertake to comply with the Department's Required Standard Operating Principles (RSOP), which cover a variety of topics. The RSOPs can be found in the "Procedures For The Approval Of Independent Sector Places For The Termination Of Pregnancy". Copies are available in the Library.
Approved clinics are subject to regular unannounced inspections. Failure to comply with the RSOPs, or to maintain the standards required by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State may lead to withdrawal of approval.
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the private sector clinics and hospitals providing abortions, indicating (a) the number of approved beds they contain and (b) whether they are approved for (i) surgical day care abortions with or without general anaesthetic and (ii) late abortions, indicating the name of the proprietor in each case. [129413]
Yvette Cooper: The number of approved beds is controlled by local health authorities under the Registered Homes Act 1984 and this information is not collated centrally. The independent sector places approved to carry out termination of pregnancy are shown in the table. All of them are approved to undertake surgical day care abortions, subject to their conditions of registration under the above Act. Clinics approved to perform abortions from 20 weeks up to 24 weeks gestation are identified in the table. No independent sector place is approved to carry out termination of pregnancy after 24 weeks gestation.
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Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many consent forms were signed by women in the years 1995 to 2000 permitting the use of fetal tissue from their aborted babies to be used in (a) research and (b) other purposes. [129411]
Yvette Cooper: The information requested is not available centrally.
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Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the registered pregnancy advice bureaux. [129414]
Yvette Cooper: The following pregnancy advice bureaux are registered with the Department of Health.
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BPAS Bath Branch
BPAS Birmingham Branch
BPAS Bournemouth Branch
BPAS Brighton Branch
BPAS Bristol Branch
BPAS Cannock Branch
BPAS Central London Branch
BPAS Chester Branch
BPAS Coventry Branch
BPAS Doncaster Branch
BPAS Finsbury Park Branch
BPAS High Wycombe Branch
BPAS Leeds Branch
BPAS Leigham Lodge, London
BPAS Liverpool Branch
BPAS Luton Branch
BPAS Manchester Branch
BPAS Milton Keynes Branch
BPAS Preston Branch
BPAS Richmond Branch
BPAS Sheffield Branch
BPAS Swindon Branch
BPAS Telford Branch
BPAS Torquay Branch
Choice Pregnancy Advisory Service, Bolton
Choice Pregnancy Advisory Service, Warrington
East Midlands Pregnancy Advisory Service, Nottingham
Marie Stopes Basildon Centre
Marie Stopes Bolton Centre
Marie Stopes Bradford Centre
Marie Stopes Brighton Centre
Marie Stopes Bristol Centre
Marie Stopes Canterbury Centre
Marie Stopes Chatham Centre
Marie Stopes Colchester Centre
Marie Stopes Crawley Centre
Marie Stopes Darlington Centre
Marie Stopes Ealing Centre
Marie Stopes Essex Centre
Marie Stopes Golders Green Centre
Marie Stopes House, London
Marie Stopes Leeds Centre
Marie Stopes Maidstone Centre
Marie Stopes Manchester Centre
Marie Stopes North London Centre
Marie Stopes Reading Centre 1
Marie Stopes Reading Centre 2
Marie Stopes Sittingbourne Centre
Marie Stopes South London Centre
Marie Stopes Staines Centre
Marie Stopes Tottenham Centre
Marie Stopes Watford Centre
Marie Stopes Woking Centre
Pregnancy Advisory Service, Blackpool
Pregnancy Advisory Service, Manchester
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Pregnancy Advisory Service, Stoke
Pregnancy Advisory Service, Wolverhampton
Regents Park Clinic, London
South Manchester Pregnancy Advice Services, Stockport
The Calthorpe Clinic, Birmingham.
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