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Oral Tobacco Products

Mr. Maclean: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans the Government have to introduce legislation to ban the import of oral tobacco products; when he intends to introduce such legislation; and if he will make a statement. [158218]

Yvette Cooper: None. So long as oral tobacco from overseas sources does not fall within a banned category, complies with United Kingdom customs duty regulations and carries health warnings, their import in the UK is not illegal.

However, we wish to ensure that people have information about health risks. We are, therefore, seeking to develop greater awareness of the health risks associated with oral tobacco as part of our tobacco information strategy. We are working on a dedicated campaign, focused on high-risk ethnic minority populations, to address the health risks of smoking and the use of oral

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tobacco in order to decrease demand for these products. We have funded a training pack for Trading Standards Officers on oral tobacco.

National Blood Authority

Mr. Wood: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the budget was for the National Blood Service for the year 2000-01; and by how much it was underspent. [158781]

Mr. Denham: The National Blood Authority's accounts for 2001-01 show a total income of £315,436 million against a total revenue expenditure of £311,456 million. Of the £4 million surplus of income over expenditure, £3.8 million is accounted for primarily by an increase in stocks of United States plasma purchased by the authority's bio products laboratory. Only £200,000 is unspent cash.

Mental Health Services

Dr. Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of the £700 million for mental health services for the years 1999-2000 to 2001-02 was allocated for each district health authority in England for financial years (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01 and (c) 2001-02. [159158]

Mr. Hutton: Not all additional funding for mental health services in the years 1999-2000, 2000-01 and 2001-02 was allocated to health authorities. A substantial element was allocated to local authorities through the Mental Health Grant. The table shows the allocations to health authorities for 1999-2000 and 2000-01. Allocations have not yet been made to health authorities for 2001-02.

£000

Health authority1999-20002000-01
Avon200,945696,030
Barking and Havering100,055189,000
Barnet67,440153,000
Barnsley72,58397,260
Bedfordshire109,165160,226
Berkshire148,958213,608
Bexley and Greenwich137,128184,108
Birmingham116,399800,584
Bradford164,318225,175
Brent and Harrow75,770129,506
Bromley56,08981,054
Buckinghamshire113,520167,017
Bury and Rochdale94,180176,700
Calderdale and Kirklees122,567189,272
Cambridge and Huntingdon192,800691,038
Camden and Islington63,009134,490
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly125,290165,400
County Durham222,500291,186
Coventry130,085169,117
Croydon70,040106,000
Doncaster41,47873,042
Dorset80,463136,602
Dudley31,06059,121
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow176,265264,626
East and North Hertfordshire63,078102,118
East Kent127,220181,200
East Lancashire111,287274,323
East London and The City79,220389,490
East Norfolk118,181179,353
East Riding121,030176,150
East Surrey59,530189,667
East Sussex, Brighton and Hove153,123225,307
Enfield and Haringey108,321168,681
Gateshead and South Tyneside65,040110,143
Gloucestershire50,24095,547
Herefordshire47,04060,101
Hillingdon40,06063,085
Isle of Wight23,50534,040
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster57,215276,535
Kingston and Richmond40,14471,122
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham179,126459,763
Leeds155,667241,740
Leicestershire206,139510,454
Lincolnshire157,248211,357
Liverpool109,665229,214
Manchester109,595248,170
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth151,393505,675
Morecambe Bay97,123167,407
Newcastle and North Tyneside54,521460,578
North and East Devon100,380138,525
North and Mid Hampshire146,119434,284
North Cheshire97,176154,182
North Cumbria65,02593,127
North Derbyshire52,20383,333
North Essex110,465178,477
North Nottinghamshire60,788284,210
North Staffordshire78,070128,233
North West Anglia160--
North West Lancashire84,098211,612
North Yorkshire80,664500,937
Northamptonshire127,402177,452
Northumberland32,20061,220
Nottingham113,147113,272
Oxfordshire92,895343,000
Portsmouth and South East Hampshire100,580150,265
Redbridge and Waltham Forest130,045181,000
Rotherham46,66172,312
Salford and Trafford81,241178,235
Sandwell98,545136,173
Sefton62,080113,068
Sheffield140,585418,468
Shropshire42,51278,591
Solihull20,49038,079
Somerset150,273187,727
South and West Devon50,639104,564
South Cheshire111,168211,216
South Derbyshire99,085154,050
South Essex237,014298,425
South Humber90,180119,200
South Lancashire94,115162,547
South Staffordshire139,115185,271
Southampton and South West Hampshire90,395152,140
St. Helen's and Knowsley103,090254,098
Stockport50,49798,099
Suffolk140,736192,640
Sunderland45,04581,161
Tees129,713196,785
Wakefield73,065108,287
Walsall85,982114,793
Warwickshire48,05091,148
West Hertfordshire65,035109,080
West Kent147,220226,419
West Pennine70,162171,193
West Surrey112,068157,198
West Sussex147,220358,436
Wigan and Bolton84,325206,327
Wiltshire65,175112,515
Wirral58,667120,868
Wolverhampton154,192185,211
Worcestershire113,085154,154
Total9,915,66019,965,986


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Doctors (East Lancashire)

Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many golden hellos and golden handcuffs are being offered to doctors (a) practising and (b) encouraged to practice in (i) Pendle and (ii) the East Lancashire health authority area; and if he will make a statement. [159380]

Mr. Denham: East Lancashire health authority has received a number of expressions of interest in "golden hellos" and is awaiting further information about the scheme. The final details are subject to consultation with the British Medical Association and these will be circulated when confirmed.

NHS Dentistry

Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dentists in (a) Lancashire and (b) England stopped doing NHS work during the last 12 months for which figures are available. [159378]

Mr. Hutton: Dentists may leave the general dental service (GDS) for a number of reasons including retirement and career breaks. Some departures are only temporary. During the year 2000, the figures for England will be inflated by the transfer of some dentists from the GDS to some personal dental service pilots.

The number of dentists leaving the GDS in the 12 months ending 31 December 2000 is shown in the table for Lancashire health authorities and England.

Number of dentists who left the GDS during the year 2000

PrincipalsAssistantsVocational dental practitionersTotal
(a) Lancashire health authorities
South Lancashire 91212
East Lancashire 60410
North West Lancashire 103114
Morecambe Bay 91111
Total345847
(b) England8591791491,187

Nurses

Mr. Sayeed: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many nurses there are in total in the UK per head of population working in the National Health Service, in private facilities and through registered nursing agencies. [159558]

Mr. Denham: The table shows the number (headcount) of nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff working in the National Health Service and the number of nursing staff working in private nursing homes, hospitals and clinics per 10,000 population in England.

Matters relating to Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are for the devolved Administrations.

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NHS hospital and community health services (HCHS): Nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff and practice nurses by qualification and per 10,000 population in England as at 30 September 2000

HeadcountHeadcount per 10,000 population(16)
All staff460,01092
Qualified335,95068
of which
HCHS Nurses316,75064
Practice Nurses 19,2004
Unqualified123,85025
Unknown210(17)--

(16) England population = 49,752,900. Population figure is for 1999 which is the latest available information.

(17) Five or less and greater than zero.

Note:

Figures are rounded to the nearest ten.

Source:

Department of Health Non-Medical Workforce Census

Department of Health General Medical Service census

Office for National Statistics


Number (headcount) of nursing staff working in private nursing homes, hospitals and clinics per 10,000 population in England as at 31 March--England, 1999-2000
Rate per 10,000 population

Permanent staffTemporary agency/bank staff
Qualified staff15.582.87
Unqualified staff27.702.47

Source:

General mental nursing homes and private hospital and clinics form 1999-2000


Number (whole-time equivalent) of nursing staff working in private nursing homes, hospitals and clinics per 10,000 population in England as at 31 March--England, 1999-2000
Rate per 10,000 population

Permanent staffTemporary agency/bank staff
Qualified staff12.141.17
Unqualified staff22.161.16

Source:

General mental nursing homes and private hospital and clinics form 1999-2000



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