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Iraq

Harry Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many applications for imports to Iraq have been blocked in the United Nations Sanctions Committee for (a) less than three months, (b) three to six months, (c) six to nine months, (d) nine to 12 months and (e) more than one year. [2712]

Peter Hain: Most applications to export goods to Iraq are made under the 'oil for food' programme established by United Nations Security Council resolution 986 (1996). The vast majority of applications are approved by the United Nations Sanctions Committee. As at 6 July 2001 around 19,700 applications worth over $28.7 billion had been received by the UN since the programme began in 1996. Only 1,350 were on hold by the Committee (see table for breakdown). The majority of Committee holds are imposed because applications are submitted with insufficient information for the Committee to be able to assess whether the goods could be used in Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) programmes. Where there are serious concerns in this regard, assurances of end-use or in-country monitoring are often sufficient to lift the hold.

Months on hold	Number of holds	Value of holds (US$ billion)
0–3 months	301	1.24
3–6 months	197	0.62
6–9 months	220	0.62
9–12 months	170	0.32
Over 12 months	461	0.59
Total	1,349	3.39

Embargoes

Roger Casale: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if the arms embargoes implemented by the United Kingdom prohibit the temporary export to embargoed destinations of protective clothing by UN personnel, representatives of the media and humanitarian workers for their personal use. [4271]

Peter Hain: The Government do not interpret those arms embargoes implemented by the UK as prohibiting the temporary export for personal use by United Nations personnel, representatives of the media or humanitarian workers of protective clothing on the UK Military List, which forms Part III of Schedule 1 to the Export of Goods (Control) Order 1994 as amended. The Government will therefore consider, on a case by case basis against the consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing criteria, all applications for licences for the temporary export of military helmets, body armour, bullet-proof or bullet-resistant clothing, flak suits and specially designed components for any of these goods.

Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention

Mr. Menzies Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what measures the Government will take at the 24th Session of the Ad Hoc Group on the draft protocol to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention to enable a legally binding

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compliance regime to be agreed at the fifth Review Conference; what changes to the chairman's text the Government will be proposing at the 24th Session of the Ad Hoc Group; and if he will make a statement. [3297]

Mr. Bradshaw: At the next session of the Ad Hoc Group in Geneva, the UK will continue to press for completion of the BWC protocol and resolution of the outstanding issues identified by the Chairman of the Ad Hoc Group, Ambassador Toth. There are a limited number of specific items in his "composite text" where further work is required. These are to be found in the sections on Definitions, Declarations, Visits, Measures to strengthen the implementation of Article III of the Convention, Investigations and Legal issues. The UK will continue to work closely with the Chairman and other Delegations to attempt to find solutions to these issues which are acceptable to all.

HEALTH

Strategic Health Authorities

Vernon Coaker: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is his timescale for the introduction of the new strategic health authorities. [1840]

Mr. Hutton: Strategic health authorities are to be in place by April 2002, with all related changes to the intermediate tier of National Health Service management completed by April 2003.

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Long-term Care

Mr. Laxton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the interim report on the supply of residential and nursing home care in England will be published. [2673]

Jacqui Smith: The study of the supply of residential and nursing home care that we are undertaking involves a number of research projects commissioned from the Personal Social Services Research Unit. We are currently considering an interim report on the rate, causes and consequences of home closures. A final report on this issue is expected later this year.

Health Inequalities

Ms Buck: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list for each health authority the rate on the Years of Life Lost index used for the interim health inequalities adjustment in 2001–02 allocations, indicating which health authorities received an allocation under the health inequalities adjustment. [2956]

Mr. Hutton: The table ranks health authorities by the Years of Life Lost index used for the health inequalities adjustment and shows the adjustment received with 2001–02 allocations.

£70 million was shared between the 47 health authorities with rates at or above 137 on the Years of Life Lost index. This supplemented the £60 million health inequalities funding for health authorities with Health Action Zones.

Health authority(1)	Composite Years of Life Lost index(2)	Health inequalities for health authorities at or above 137 on Years of Life Lost index £000	Health inequalities funding for health authorities with Health Action Zones £000	Total health inequalities adjustment £000
Manchester	181.30	2,013	2,428	4,441
Liverpool	178.57	1,997	2,350	4,347
Gateshead and South Tyneside	174.07	1,476	1,678	3,154
East Lancashire	167.76	2,069	0	2,069
West Pennine	167.63	1,827	0	1,827
County Durham	166.41	2,424	0	2,424
St. Helen's and Knowsley	165.35	1,374	1,602	2,976
Barnsley	164.33	925	1,061	1,985
Bury and Rochdale	163.45	1,528	1,705	3,233
Wirral	163.15	1,246	1,398	2,644
Tees	162.92	2,166	2,547	4,713
Sandwell	162.02	1,180	1,364	2,544
Sunderland	162.01	1,112	1,376	2,488
North West Lancashire	161.36	1,748	0	1,748
Salford and Trafford	160.90	1,723	2,009	3,732
North Cumbria	160.73	1,226	1,256	2,482
South Humber	160.67	1,188	0	1,188
Newcastle and North Tyneside	159.24	1,778	2,201	3,979
Northumberland	159.00	1,175	1,249	2,424
Doncaster	156.99	1,106	1,307	2,412
North Staffordshire	156.40	1,752	1,608	3,360
Wigan and Bolton	156.18	2,158	0	2,158
Sefton	155.00	998	1,161	2,159
North Cheshire	153.17	1,151	0	1,151
Wolverhampton	151.42	872	1,081	1,953
North Nottinghamshire	150.63	1,376	0	1,376
Wakefield	150.46	1,190	1,414	2,604
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly	150.29	1,744	1,842	3,585
Lincolnshire	149.82	2,301	0	2,301
Morecambe Bay	149.79	1,101	0	1,101
North Derbyshire	149.60	1,308	0	1,308
Isle of Wight	149.30	436	0	436
East Riding	148.75	2,054	2,350	4,404
Walsall	148.42	900	1,102	2,003
Rotherham	147.16	854	1,065	1,919
Camden and Islington	144.22	1,358	1,841	3,199
South Lancashire	143.79	1,081	0	1,081
Bradford	143.52	1,686	2,165	3,851
Calderdale and Kirklees	141.51	1,967	0	1,967
Herefordshire	140.53	560	0	560
Shropshire	140.36	1,450	0	1,450
Coventry	139.82	1,067	0	1,067
Sheffield	139.72	1,787	2,377	4,164
East Kent	139.69	1,962	0	1,962
Leeds	139.38	2,471	3,142	5,614
Nottingham	138.29	2,124	2,668	4,792
Dudley	137.32	1,010	0	1,010
East London and the City	136.92	0	3,217	3,217
South Cheshire	136.81	0	0	0
North Yorkshire	136.79	0	0	0
Warwickshire	136.57	0	0	0
Birmingham	136.51	0	0	0
South and West Devon	135.63	0	994	994
Stockport	134.85	0	0	0
South Staffordshire	134.83	0	0	0
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham	133.99	0	3,607	3,607
Barking and Havering	133.71	0	0	0
East Sussex, Brighton and Hove	133.66	0	0	0
Norfolk	133.11	0	0	0
Northamptonshire	131.38	0	0	0
South Derbyshire	131.26	0	0	0
Dorset	130.58	0	0	0
Hillingdon	130.45	0	0	0
Worcestershire	130.18	0	0	0
Somerset	130.18	0	0	0
Bexley and Greenwich	129.67	0	0	0
North and East Devon	129.42	0	0	0
Leicestershire	128.60	0	1,149	1,149
West Kent	127.65	0	0	0
Portsmouth and South East Hampshire	126.48	0	0	0
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow	125.71	0	0	0
Solihull	125.39	0	0	0
Suffolk	125.38	0	0	0
South Essex	124.75	0	0	0
Gloucestershire	124.39	0	0	0
Bedfordshire	122.80	0	682	682
West Sussex	122.52	0	0	0
Wiltshire	122.42	0	0	0
Avon	121.96	0	0	0
Enfield and Haringey	121.10	0	0	0
North Essex	121.07	0	0	0
Southampton and South West Hampshire	120.88	0	0	0
North and Mid Hampshire	118.96	0	0	0
Bromley	118.18	0	0	0
Cambridgeshire	117.88	0	0	0
East and North Hertfordshire	117.82	0	0	0
West Surrey	117.75	0	0	0
Redbridge and Waltham Forest	117.56	0	0	0
Croydon	116.24	0	0	0
East Surrey	115.76	0	0	0
Buckinghamshire	115.54	0	0	0
Brent and Harrow	115.01	0	1,002	1,002
West Hertfordshire	114.44	0	0	0
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth	113.10	0	0	0
Berkshire	112.96	0	0	0
Oxfordshire	109.71	0	0	0
Kingston and Richmond	108.58	0	0	0
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster	105.57	0	0	0
Barnet	100.00	0	0	0
England total	—	70,000	60,000	130,000

⁽¹⁾ April 1999 boundaries

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Ms Buck: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will rank all health authorities in England and Wales on the basis of an age-standardised Years of Life Lost index, indicating which health authorities received an allocation under the health inequalities adjustment. [2957]

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Mr. Hutton: The table ranks health authorities in England on the basis of an age-standardised Years of Life Lost index and shows the health inequalities adjustment received with 2001–02 allocations.

Questions about health authorities in Wales are a matter for the National Assembly for Wales.

Health authority(3)	Age standardised Years of Life Lost index(4)	Health inequalities adjustment for health authorities at or above 137 on Years of Life Lost index £000	Health inequalities funding for health authorities with Health Action Zones £000	Total health inequalities adjustment £000
Manchester	195.4	2,013	2,428	4,441
Liverpool	173.6	1,997	2,350	4,347
East Lancashire	159.2	2,069	0	2,069
West Pennine	159.1	1,827	0	1,827
Bury and Rochdale	155.8	1,528	1,705	3,233
Gateshead and South Tyneside	154.5	1,476	1,678	3,154
East London and the City	153.1	0	3,217	3,217
St. Helens and Knowsley	152.4	1,374	1,602	2,976
Sandwell	151.8	1,180	1,364	2,544
Tees	151.5	2,166	2,547	4,713
Barnsley	150.2	925	1,061	1,985
Newcastle and North Tyneside	148.6	1,778	2,201	3,979
Salford and Trafford	148.4	1,723	2,009	3,732
Sunderland	147.9	1,112	1,376	2,488
County Durham	147.9	2,424	0	2,424
South Humber	146.3	1,188	0	1,188
Wirral	145.1	1,246	1,398	2,644
Camden and Islington	144.6	1,358	1,841	3,199
Wigan and Bolton	144.4	2,158	0	2,158
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham	144.2	0	3,607	3,607
North Cheshire	143.8	1,151	0	1,151
Doncaster	142.8	1,106	1,307	2,412
Bradford	142.7	1,686	2,165	3,851
North West Lancashire	141.1	1,748	0	1,748
North Staffordshire	140.4	1,752	1,608	3,360
North Cumbria	140.4	1,226	1,256	2,482
Wolverhampton	140.4	872	1,081	1,953
Birmingham	137.9	0	0	0
Wakefield	137.7	1,190	1,414	2,604
Northumberland	136.7	1,175	1,249	2,424
Coventry	135.9	1,067	0	1,067
East Riding	135.1	2,054	2,350	4,404
Rotherham	134.7	854	1,065	1,919
North Nottinghamshire	134.6	1,376	0	1,376
Calderdale and Kirklees	133.3	1,967	0	1,967
Walsall	132.8	900	1,102	2,003
Morecambe Bay	132.4	1,101	0	1,101
Sefton	132.0	998	1,161	2,159
Leeds	131.6	2,471	3,142	5,614
South Lancashire	130.1	1,081	0	1,081
Sheffield	129.5	1,787	2,377	4,164
North Derbyshire	129.3	1,308	0	1,308
Nottingham	129.3	2,124	2,668	4,792
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow	129.2	0	0	0
Hillingdon	128.6	0	0	0
Lincolnshire	128.3	2,301	0	2,301
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly	128.0	1,744	1,842	3,585
Bexley and Greenwich	126.1	0	0	0
Shropshire	125.6	1,450	0	1,450
Isle of Wight	125.0	436	0	436
Northamptonshire	124.5	0	0	0
East Kent	123.4	1,962	0	1,962
Barking and Havering	123.0	0	0	0
Enfield and Haringey	121.9	0	0	0
Herefordshire	121.1	560	0	560
Leicestershire	120.8	0	1,149	1,149
Warwickshire	120.8	0	0	0
Dudley	120.5	1,010	0	1,010
South Derbyshire	120.4	0	0	0
South Staffordshire	120.0	0	0	0
South Cheshire	119.9	0	0	0
North Yorkshire	119.8	0	0	0
Stockport	118.7	0	0	0
South and West Devon	118.7	0	994	994
Bedfordshire	118.5	0	682	682
East Sussex, Brighton and Hove	117.9	0	0	0
Redbridge and Waltham Forest	117.7	0	0	0
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth	117.3	0	0	0
West Kent	117.2	0	0	0
Portsmouth and South East Hampshire	116.8	0	0	0
Worcestershire	115.6	0	0	0
Norfolk	114.4	0	0	0
South Essex	113.7	0	0	0
Croydon	113.3	0	0	0
Wiltshire	113.3	0	0	0
Somerset	113.2	0	0	0
Suffolk	113.0	0	0	0
Dorset	113.0	0	0	0
Brent and Harrow	112.8	0	1,002	1,002
Cambridgeshire	112.3	0	0	0
Avon	112.1	0	0	0
Gloucestershire	111.7	0	0	0
North and Mid Hampshire	111.3	0	0	0
Solihull	110.6	0	0	0
Berkshire	110.6	0	0	0
Buckinghamshire	110.4	0	0	0
Southampton and South West Hampshire	110.3	0	0	0
North and East Devon	109.6	0	0	0
East and North Hertfordshire	108.5	0	0	0
North Essex	107.8	0	0	0
West Sussex	107.5	0	0	0
West Hertfordshire	107.2	0	0	0
West Surrey	106.9	0	0	0
Bromley	105.3	0	0	0
Oxfordshire	104.5	0	0	0
Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster	104.3	0	0	0
Kingston and Richmond	103.7	0	0	0
East Surrey	102.4	0	0	0
Barnet	100.0	0	0	0
England total		70,000	60,000	130,000

⁽³⁾ April 1999 boundaries

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Ms Buck: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list health authorities in order of their distance from target in 2001–02, showing (a) the cash amount and (b) the percentage increase on their baselines directed towards moving under-target authorities closer to their weighted capitation targets for (a) 1999–2000, (b) 2000–01 and (c) 2001–02. [2958]

Mr. Hutton: The table lists health authorities in order of their distance from target in 2001–02 and shows, in cash and percentage terms, the increase on their baselines

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directed towards moving under target health authorities closer to their weighted capitation targets for 1999–00 and 2000–01.

For 2001–02, the distribution of extra resources was on the following basis:

(a) every health authority received a general increase to meet the pressures they all face calculated pro rata to their baselines;

(b) funding for implementing the NHS Plan was issued pro rata to their weighted capitation targets.

(No funding was specifically directed towards moving under target HAs to target.)

	Distances from targets	Increase directed towards moving under target health authorities closer to target
Health authority(5)	2001–02 Percentage	1999–2000 £000	2000–01 £000	1999–2000 Percentage	2000–01 Percentage
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster	-10.90	7,919	6,605	3.01	2.28
East London and the City	-7.15	8,868	6,051	1.95	1.22
Bedfordshire	-4.40	5,071	3,968	1.74	1.26
Berkshire	-3.36	6,696	4,834	1.67	1.09
Oxfordshire	-3.14	4,635	2,901	1.52	0.87
Cambridgeshire(6)	-3.10	NA	3,673	NA	0.91
Barnsley	-2.95	2,252	1,664	1.55	1.07
Wigan and Bolton	-2.84	5,511	3,883	1.58	1.04
Buckinghamshire	-2.83	4,926	3,805	1.43	1.02
Barnet	-2.82	0	0	0.00	0.00
Leicestershire	-2.44	6,988	5,224	1.45	1.00
Walsall	-2.35	1,778	1,193	1.17	0.73
South Derbyshire	-1.91	4,247	2,509	1.33	0.73
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow	-1.77	4,533	2,012	1.02	0.42
West Pennine	-1.73	3,453	2,260	1.24	0.76
Nottingham	-1.55	5,273	3,533	1.45	0.90
Shropshire	-1.39	2,247	1,676	0.97	0.67
Croydon	-1.33	2,198	1,290	1.16	0.63
South Essex	-1.26	6,426	3,073	1.65	0.72
Avon	-1.25	6,233	3,733	1.14	0.63
South Staffordshire	-1.24	0	1,358	0.00	0.42
County Durham	-1.20	5,363	3,326	1.40	0.80
North Staffordshire	-1.10	4,152	2,329	1.46	0.76
North Essex	-1.04	4,894	2,133	1.04	0.42
Enfield and Haringey	-1.03	0	0	0.00	0.00
East and North Hertfordshire	-0.98	2,842	1,933	1.04	0.66
Bradford	-0.96	3,770	1,981	1.29	0.63
Hillingdon	-0.88	0	794	0.00	0.51
Wolverhampton	-0.82	1,803	1,275	1.20	0.79
Coventry	-0.79	3,101	2,001	1.66	0.99
North Yorkshire	-0.74	3,975	2,178	0.97	0.50
North Nottinghamshire	-0.65	2,540	2,059	1.15	0.86
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham	-0.58	5,471	0	1.02	0.00
Tees	-0.57	3,813	2,349	1.10	0.63
Dudley	-0.53	1,893	1,312	1.10	0.71
St. Helen's and Knowsley	-0.49	2,175	1,345	0.98	0.57
Bury and Rochdale	-0.49	2,717	1,191	1.17	0.47
Rotherham	-0.47	1,543	1,006	1.04	0.63
Norfolk(6)	-0.46	NA	0	NA	0.00
Stockport	-0.43	0	0	0.00	0.00
Sunderland	-0.34	1,978	1,223	1.05	0.61
West Sussex	-0.34	4,603	2,345	1.05	0.50
Lincolnshire	-0.33	0	2,266	0.00	0.57
North and Mid Hampshire	-0.18	0	0	0.00	0.00
West Hertfordshire	-0.11	0	0	0.00	0.00
Sandwell	-0.09	2,267	1,202	1.18	0.59
North Cumbria	-0.07	0	0	0.00	0.00
Brent and Harrow	-0.06	0	0	0.00	0.00
Wakefield	0.04	0	0	0.00	0.00
Worcestershire	0.20	0	0	0.00	0.00
Camden and Islington	0.21	0	0	0.00	0.00
Herefordshire	0.23	0	450	0.00	0.45
East Lancashire	0.29	3,393	1,925	1.03	0.55
Northamptonshire	0.30	0	0	0.00	0.00
Gateshead and South Tyneside	0.32	2,514	1,557	1.05	0.61
Southampton and South West Hampshire	0.35	0	0	0.00	0.00
Wiltshire	0.46	0	0	0.00	0.00
Portsmouth and South East Hampshire	0.49	2,939	0	0.95	0.00
Calderdale and Kirklees	0.51	0	1,571	0.00	0.42
North Derbyshire	0.58	2,021	1,104	0.94	0.48
Kingston and Richmond	0.68	0	0	0.00	0.00
Northumberland	0.75	1,701	896	0.92	0.45
West Kent	0.76	0	0	0.00	0.00
Somerset	0.85	0	0	0.00	0.00
South Lancashire	0.92	0	0	0.00	0.00
Solihull	0.92	0	0	0.00	0.00
Suffolk	1.06	0	0	0.00	0.00
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly	1.12	0	0	0.00	0.00
Doncaster	1.14	1,706	856	0.92	0.43
Warwickshire	1.14	0	0	0.00	0.00
Birmingham	1.18	0	0	0.00	0.00
Leeds	1.27	0	0	0.00	0.00
North and East Devon	1.27	0	0	0.00	0.00
Barking and Havering	1.45	2,525	0	1.05	0.00
East Riding	1.46	3,473	1,512	1.03	0.42
North West Lancashire	1.52	2,952	0	0.98	0.00
South Cheshire	1.58	0	0	0.00	0.00
Bromley	1.63	1,631	0	0.95	0.00
West Surrey	1.74	0	0	0.00	0.00
East Surrey	2.15	0	0	0.00	0.00
North Cheshire	2.22	0	0	0.00	0.00
Newcastle and North Tyneside	2.25	0	0	0.00	0.00
Salford and Trafford	2.48	0	0	0.00	0.00
South Humber	2.52	0	0	0.00	0.00
East Kent	2.69	0	0	0.00	0.00
South and West Devon	2.80	0	0	0.00	0.00
Sheffield	2.81	0	0	0.00	0.00
Dorset	2.86	0	0	0.00	0.00
Manchester	2.89	0	0	0.00	0.00
East Sussex, Brighton and Hove	3.01	0	0	0.00	0.00
Liverpool	3.13	0	0	0.00	0.00
Redbridge and Waltham Forest	3.39	0	0	0.00	0.00
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth	3.60	0	0	0.00	0.00
Wirral	3.65	0	0	0.00	0.00
Gloucestershire	3.71	0	0	0.00	0.00
Sefton	4.18	0	0	0.00	0.00
Morecambe Bay	4.37	0	0	0.00	0.00
Bexley and Greenwich	7.27	0	0	0.00	0.00
Isle of Wight	7.70	0	0	0.00	0.00

⁽⁵⁾ April 1999 boundaries

⁽⁶⁾ New health authorities established 1 April 1999.

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