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Family Visit Appeals
Mr. Simon Hughes: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many (a) oral and (b) paper only family visit appeals were received by the Immigration Appellate Authority in March. [157969]
Jane Kennedy: In March 2001, the Immigration Appellate Authority received 136 cases for oral hearing and 144 cases for paper-only hearing.
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Mr. Simon Hughes: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many family visit appeals were (a) determined, (b) allowed and (c) dismissed by the Immigration Appellate Authority (i) at an oral hearing and (ii) on the papers only in March. [157970]
Jane Kennedy: The breakdown of family visit appeals determined, allowed and dismissed by the Immigration Appellate Authority in March 2001 is shown in the table.
| Determined | Allowed | Dismissed | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oral cases | 65 | 39 | 26 |
| Paper cases | 138 | 35 | 103 |
Family Graduated Fees Scheme
Sandra Gidley: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department when the Family Graduated Fees Scheme will be reviewed; and what form it will take. [157967]
Jane Kennedy: The Lord Chancellor has agreed to an overall review of the Family Graduated Fees Scheme after a fixed period of operation. It is intended that the review will take place 12 to 18 months after implementation, to allow sufficient time for data collection. It will assess the impact of the scheme and will include a review of the level of rates paid within the scheme, on a cost per case basis, to determine the actual percentage reduction in fees.
HEALTH
German Beef
Mr. Yeo: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the recent discovery of contaminated shipments of German beef in Northern Ireland. [147859]
Ms Stuart: I am advised on questions of food safety by the Food Standards Agency (FSA). The shipments of German beef in question were found to include a small number of beef forequarters to which pieces of spinal cord remained attached. Under the European Union-wide rules on specified risk material (SRM), the spinal cord should have been removed from the carcases at the abattoir at which the animals were slaughtered.
The presence of SRM on imported meat is clearly unacceptable. I have raised the issue personally with the Federal German Minister of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture on several occasions to stress the importance of effective implementation of the SRM rules and to press for remedial action at the abattoirs concerned. The FSA has also raised the matter with the European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection who also expressed his concern to the German authorities. I am satisfied that the German authorities fully recognise the importance of effective SRM controls and are taking appropriate steps when breaches of these controls are discovered.
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Correspondence
Mr. Cotter: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he will reply to the letters from the hon. Member for Weston-Super-Mare of 10 May 2000 and subsequent reminders regarding waiting times for neurological tests at Frenchay hospital. [150796]
Mr. Denham [holding answer 15 February 2001]: A reply to the hon. Member's letter was sent on 9 April 2001.
I apologise for the unacceptable delay in replying to the hon. Gentleman's correspondence and previous parliamentary question. I know the Department's Permanent Secretary/Chief Executive of the National Health Service has written to the hon. Member apologising for the unacceptable delay in replying to his correspondence.
Departmental Policies (North-East Derbyshire)
Mr. Barnes: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the North-East Derbyshire constituency, the effect on North-East Derbyshire of his Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [150886]
Yvette Cooper: Detailed information on the impact of Department of Health policies nationally is set out in the Department of Health Annual reports. A copy of the most recent report "Department of Health--Government Expenditure Plans 2000-01" is available in the House of Commons Library and on the Department of Health website at www.doh.gov.uk/dhreport.
The impact of policies is not examined by constituency and statistics collected centrally by the Department are not collected on a constituency basis.
My hon. Friend's constituency falls within the geographical area covered by North Derbyshire health authority and Derbyshire county council social services.
The increases in allocations between 1996-97 and 2001-02 for North Derbyshire HA are set out in the table.
| Increase | |
|---|---|
| Cash (£ million) | 70.1 |
| Real Terms (£ million) | 44.2 |
| Cash (Percentage) | 37.43 |
| Real Terms (Percentage) | 21.76 |
Note:
Increases for 1999-2000 onwards are for unified allocations which cover hospital and community health services, prescribing and discretionary family health services. Those for previous years cover hospital and community health services only.
In addition to the SSAs referred to, Derbyshire county council received additional funding in the form of a number of special and specific grants as set out in the table.
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| 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special Transitional Grant(72) | 5,063 | -- | -- | -- |
| Partnership Grant(73) | -- | 3,590 | 3,135 | 4,350 |
| Prevention Grant(73) | -- | 268 | 404 | |
| Carers Grant(74) | -- | 272 | 628 | 884 |
| Children's Grant(74) | -- | 604 | 957 | 2,476 |
| MH Core Grant | 662 | 1,117 | 1,397 | (75)1,735 |
| Training Support Grant | 450 | 514 | 658 | (75)534 |
(72) The special transitional grant ended in 1998-99
(73) The partnership and prevention grants have been combined in 2001-02 and called the promoting independence grant
(74) The carers' and children's grants were introduced in 1999-2000
(75) Indicative allocation
North Derbyshire health authority has also received additional funding for certain policies. This includes:
- £155,000 for accident and emergency modernisation between 1997-98 and 2000-01.
- £71,000, £138,000, £194,000 and £125,000 for improving cancer services (breast colorectal, lung and cancer outpatients) in 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-2000 and 2000-01 respectively.
- £4,804 million to reduce waiting lists and times between 1997-98 and 2000-01.
- £641,000 to expand critical care services in 2000-01.
- £810,000 to deal with winter pressures and delayed discharges in 2000-01.
- £139.000 for heart disease services between 1997-98 and 2000-01.
- £139,500 invested into dentistry between 1997-98 and 2000-01.
£235,000 was provided from the New Opportunities Fund in January 2001 for the Holmewood and Health Healthy Living Centre Project.
Derbyshire county council's personal social services standard spending assessment (SSA) for 2001-02 compared with 1996-97 is set out in the table.
| Percentage increase | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| £ million | Real | Cash | |
| 1996-97 | 118.872 | -- | -- |
| 2001-02 | 118.717 | -11.6 | -0.1 |
Note:
The SSA has decreased because of boundary changes resulting from local Government re-organisation
Departmental Policies (High Peak)
Mr. Levitt: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effects on the High Peak constituency of his Department's policies and actions since May 1997. [156783]
Yvette Cooper: Detailed information on the impact of Department of Health policies nationally is set out in the Department of Health Annual reports. A copy of the most recent report "Department of Health--Government Expenditure Plans 2000-01" is available in the Library and on the Department of Health website at www.doh.gov.uk/dhreport.
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The impact of policies is not examined by constituency and statistics collected centrally by the Department are not collected on a constituency basis.
My hon. Friend's constituency falls within the geographical area covered by North Derbyshire Health Authority and Derbyshire county council social services.
Increases in allocations between 1996-97 and 2001-02 for North Derbyshire Health Authority are shown in the table.
| Increase | |
|---|---|
| £ million (cash) | 70.1 |
| £ million (real terms) | 44.2 |
| Percentage (cash) | 37.43 |
| Percentage (real terms) | 21.76 |
Note:
Increases for 1999-2000 onwards are for unified allocations which cover hospital and community health services, prescribing and discretionary family health services. Those for previous years cover hospital and community health services only.
North Derbyshire Health Authority has also received additional funding for certain policies. This includes: £155,000 for accident and emergency modernisation between 1997-98 and 2000-01; £71,000, £138,000, £194,000 and £125,000 for improving cancer services (breast, colorectal, lung and cancer outpatients) in 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-2000 and 2000-01 respectively; £4,804 million to reduce waiting lists and times between 1997-98 and 2000-01; £641,000 to expand critical care services in 2000-01; £810,000 to deal with winter pressures and delayed discharges in 2000-01; £139,000 for heart disease services between 1997-98 and 2000-01; and £139,500 invested into dentistry between 1997-98 and 2000-01.
Derbyshire county council's personal social services standard spending assessment (SSA) for 2001-02 compared with 1996-97 is set out in the table:
| Percentage increase | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| £ million | Real | Cash | |
| 1996-97 | 118.872 | -- | -- |
| 2001-02 | 118.717 | -11.6 | -0.1 |
Note:
The SSA has decreased because of boundary changes resulting from local government re-organisation
In addition to the SSAs referred to, Derbyshire county council received additional funding in the form of a number of special and specific grants as set out in the table.
| 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special Transitional Grant(76) | 5,063 | -- | -- | -- |
| Partnership grant(77) | -- | 3,590 | 3,135 | 4,350 |
| Prevention grant(77) | -- | 268 | 404 | -- |
| Carers grant(78) | -- | 272 | 628 | 884 |
| Children's grant(78) | -- | 604 | 957 | 2,476 |
| Mental Health core grant | 662 | 1,117 | 1,397 | (79)1,735 |
| Training Support Grant | 450 | 514 | 658 | (79)534 |
(76) The special transitional grant ended in 1998-99
(77) The partnership and prevention grants have been combined in 2001-02 and called the promoting independence grant
(78) The carers' and children's grants were introduced in 1999-2000
(79) Indicative allocation
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