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Devolved Assemblies (Defence Briefings)
Mr. Blunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what charging arrangements are in place in respect of the budgets of the Scottish Executive and National Assembly for Wales, to pay for the time of Ministry of Defence officials preparing briefing for members of the (a) Scottish Executive and (b) National Assembly for Wales when replying to debates. [101150]
Mr. Hoon:
Members of the Scottish Executive and the National Assembly of Wales are entitled to ask for and receive any information which would be relevant to the running of their business. The same principles apply to information that the Ministry of Defence might require from the devolved Administrations. As this relationship includes an exchange of information both ways, there are no charging arrangements in place in respect of the budgets of the Scottish Executive and the National Assembly of Wales to pay for the time of Ministry of Defence officials preparing this briefing.
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Mr. Blunt:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence to what security level members of the Scottish Executive are briefed on defence matters when answering debates on defence issues in the Scottish Parliament. [101149]
Mr. Hoon:
Members of the Scottish Executive are provided with all information that is necessary and appropriate to enable them to meet their responsibilities to the Scottish Parliament. As Scottish Ministers are Ministers of the Crown and members of the Scottish Executive remain Civil Servants, no additional security restrictions apply.
Mr. Blunt:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the current rate is of service pension that would be paid to an Army major who retired at the age of (a) 55 after 34 years reckonable service on 1 April 1977, (b) 53 after 32 years reckonable service on 1 April 1975 and (c) 55 after 34 years reckonable service on 1 April 1997. [101151]
Mr. Spellar:
(a) The current rate of service pension that would be paid to an Army major who retired at the age of 55 after 34 years reckonable service on 1 April 1977 is £12,776.18.
(b) The current rate of service pension that would be paid to an Army major who retired at the age of 53 after 32 years reckonable service on 1 April 1975 is £16,131.20.
(c) The current rate of service pension that would be paid to an Army major who retired at the age of 55 after 34 years reckonable service on 1 April 1997 is £19,233.
Mr. Ian Stewart:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what Government funding is available for HIV and AIDS research; and how this is distributed between the NHS regions. [99388]
Yvette Cooper:
Estimated total Government funding for HIV/AIDS research in 1999-2000 will be £16 million, of which £10 million will be spent by the Medical Research Council. The rest of the funding will be split between the Public Health Laboratory Service, the Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research, the National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, other research councils and Government Departments. Funding is not allocated across National Health Service regions, but is awarded to the research centre best able to undertake high quality work.
Project details of work directly funded by the Department or supported through the NHS research and development levy can be found on the National Research Register. This is available in the Library and most medical libraries on CD-Rom, and on the internet: http://www.doh.gov.uk/nrr.htm.
Mr. Hammond:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the compliance of current arrangements for appeals against recommendations of the
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National Institute for Clinical Excellence with the requirements of Article 2, paragraph 2 of the EC Council Directive of 21 December 1988. [99880]
Mr. Denham:
Article 2 of the EC Council Directive of 21 December 1988 (the "Transparency Directive") refers to arrangements for the approval of the price of medicinal products. That has no relevance to the work of the National Institute for Clinical Excellence, which has no role in relation to pricing issues.
Ms Roseanna Cunningham:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his estimate is of the value of land and property including properties under construction (a) in Scotland, (b) in England and (c) in total for his core Department, including leasehold and freehold properties, and the regional offices. [99737]
Ms Stuart
[holding answer 26 November 1999]: The value of the National Health Service estate in England, including properties under construction, is approximately £23 billion. The valuation of freehold land and property in England occupied by the Department, including its regional offices, is being developed as part of the implementation of resource accounting. This information is currently being audited. The first set of resource accounts will be published in respect of 1999-2000.
Issues relating to Scotland are a matter for my right hon. Friend the First Minister for Scotland.
Ms Roseanna Cunningham:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his estimate is of the value of land and property in (a) Scotland, (b) England and (c) total held by non-NHS bodies within his responsibility. [99735]
Ms Stuart
[holding answer 26 November 1999]: The total value of the National Health Service estate in England is approximately £23 billion. In addition, an amount of £75 million is directly attributable to non NHS bodies.
Issues relating to Scotland are a matter for my right hon. Friend the First Minister for Scotland.
Dr. Iddon:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many health authority mergers have occurred since May 1997. [100779]
Mr. Denham:
Nationally there has only been one health authority merger since May 1997 when North West Anglia, East Norfolk and Cambridge and Huntingdon Health Authorities merged to become Norfolk and Cambridge Health Authorities on 1 April 1999.
Dr. Iddon:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the hospital and community NHS trust mergers that have occurred since May 1997. [100778]
Mr. Denham:
The information requested has been placed in the Library.
Mr. Paul Marsden:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many emergency admissions (a) to the Royal
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Shrewsbury Hospital and (b) in total for Shropshire Health Authority there were in each year from 1992 to date; and if he will make a statement. [100723]
Ms Stuart:
The table shows the number of emergency admissions (a) to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital National Health Service Trust and (b) to NHS trusts within Shropshire Health Authority for the financial years 1992-93 to 1997-98.
| Shropshire HA | Royal Shrewsbury Hospital NHS Trust (8) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1992-93 | 23,262 | 12,143 |
| 1993-94 | 29,705 | 15,192 |
| 1994-95 | 29,882 | 15,088 |
| 1995-96 | 33,210 | 17,448 |
| 1996-97 | 33,860 | 17,005 |
| 1997-98(9) | 34,794 | 17,261 |
(8) Figures for 1992-93 and 1993-94 are for the Royal Shrewsbury Acute Unit and Shrewsbury Acute Hospital Unit respectively
(9) Figures for 1997-98 are provisional, no adjustments have yet been made for shortfalls in data (ie the date is ungrossed)
Source:
Department of Health, Hospital Episode Statistics (HES)
Mr. Paul Marsden: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish the full patient satisfaction survey results for (a) Shropshire Health Authority and (b) all the NHS trusts in Shropshire; and if he will make a statement. [100594]
Ms Stuart: The report of the first part of the national surveys programme--on general practitioner services--was placed in the Library in October ("National Surveys of NHS Patients: General Practice 1998"). A breakdown of the data to health authority level can be found on the internet at: http://doh.gov.uk/public/nhssurvey.htm.
The second part of the programme--on coronary heart disease--will include data at National Health Service trust level and will be published in 2000.
NHS Beds (Winter)
Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list those NHS trusts that are planning to cope with winter bed pressures by contracting with the private medical sector. [100574]
Ms Stuart: The information requested is not available centrally.
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