House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 16 Oct 2001 (pt 3)

Vaccinations

Mr. Brady: To ask the Secretary of State for Health on what clinical grounds parents seeking separate vaccinations for their children are being advised to give rubella vaccination first. [7212]

Jacqui Smith [holding answer 15 October 2001]: The information requested is not available centrally in the format requested.

The Department, acting on the advice of its independent expert advisory committees and on the overwhelming view of experts from around the world, does not recommend or endorse the use of separate measles, mumps and rubella vaccines instead of MMR. The Chief Medical Officer, Chief Nursing Officer and Chief Pharmaceutical Officer wrote to all doctors on 9 March 2001 reiterating their advice that

"Children should not be given separate measles, mumps and rubella vaccines in place of MMR, since there is no evidence of benefit and a clear risk of harm from such a practice".

We are not aware of any medical condition that would make the use of separate vaccines preferable to the use of MMR.

Mr. Brady: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children in each of the last five years were given separate vaccinations for measles, mumps and rubella. [7213]

Jacqui Smith [holding answer 15 October 2001]: The information requested is not available centrally.

Transplant Units

Mr. Brady: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) by what date changes to the network of transplant units will be implemented; [7221]

(3) when he will publish his proposals for the future of transplant units in Wythenshawe, Sheffield and Birmingham. [7223]

Mr. Hutton [holding answer 15 October 2001]: The discussion document on the National Heart and Lung Transplant Service was published on Friday 21 September 2001. The Department of Health will receive comments until 7 December 2001.

Our proposals for new national standards are set out in the discussion document National Adult Heat and Lung Transplant Service and will be reviewed in the light of the comments received.

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We have already made it clear that the transplant units at Manchester, Sheffield and Birmingham will remain open.

Retirements (NHS)

Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of staff working in the NHS are due to retire in the next (a) five years, (b) 10 years and (c) 15 years. [8030]

Mr. Hutton: Information on the number of staff due to retire from the national health service is not collected centrally.

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Children in Care

Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many young persons are in care and how many of those are (a) fostered and (b) otherwise cared for separately from their natural parents in each social services authority in England; and what percentage of the total under-18 population this represents. [7503]

Jacqui Smith: Information on the number of children looked after in each social services authority by type and placement at 31 March 2000 (latest available date) is given in the table.

Number of children looked after by local councils in England at 31 March 2000, by placement

Number and rates per 10,000 children aged under-18

Number Rate per 10,000

All children⁽¹⁾ Foster placements Placed with parents or relative Other placements All children Foster placements Placed with parents or relative Other placements

England 58,100 37,900 6,500 13,700 51 34 6 12

North East

Shire counties

Durham 525 345 55 125 47 31 5 11

Northumberland 300 175 60 65 44 26 9 10

Unitary authorities

Darlington 115 75 15 30 51 32 6 13

Hartlepool 115 65 35 15 52 29 16 7

Middlesbrough 185 135 20 30 51 36 6 9

Redcar and Cleveland 165 115 10 35 50 36 3 11

Stockton on Tees 205 125 35 45 46 28 7 10

Metropolitan districts

Gateshead 260 160 30 70 60 37 7 16

Newcastle Upon Tyne 445 305 45 95 76 51 8 16

North Tyneside 280 185 30 65 67 44 8 15

South Tyneside 295 180 30 80 82 51 9 23

Sunderland 465 300 40 125 68 44 6 18

North West

Shire counties

Cheshire 475 350 40 90 32 23 3 6

Cumbria 515 325 100 90 49 31 10 9

Lancashire 1,445 780 265 405 55 30 10 15

Unitary authorities

Blackburn and Darwen 275 160 45 75 72 42 11 19

Blackpool 285 175 25 80 92 57 8 26

Halton 175 135 15 25 56 43 5 8

Warrington 165 120 15 30 38 27 3 7

Metropolitan districts

Bolton 315 185 55 75 49 28 9 12

Bury 195 130 25 45 46 30 6 10

Manchester 1,235 815 195 225 110 72 18 20

Oldham 300 190 30 80 54 34 6 14

Rochdale 255 155 40 60 48 30 7 12

Salford 570 345 80 145 108 66 16 27

Stockport 350 210 50 90 54 32 8 14

Tameside 265 170 45 45 50 33 9 9

Trafford 150 90 15 45 30 18 3 9

Wigan 465 305 85 80 66 43 12 11

Merseyside

Metropolitan districts

Knowsley 250 165 35 45 61 41 9 11

Liverpool 1,215 715 170 330 112 66 16 31

Sefton 300 195 30 80 47 31 4 12

St. Helens 270 140 40 95 67 34 9 23

Wirral 395 265 60 70 52 35 8 9

Yorkshire and Humberside

Shire counties

North Yorkshire 340 235 45 60 28 19 4 5

Unitary authorities

East Riding of Yorkshire 240 150 35 55 36 22 5 8

Kingston Upon Hull 645 410 90 145 101 64 14 23

North East Lincolnshire 275 180 35 55 72 48 9 15

North Lincolnshire 190 110 40 40 55 32 11 12

York 140 80 15 45 38 21 4 13

Metropolitan districts

Barnsley 335 190 60 85 65 37 12 16

Bradford 685 410 95 180 54 33 7 14

Calderdale 220 135 25 55 48 30 6 13

Doncaster 435 245 75 115 63 36 11 17

Kirklees 330 155 75 100 35 16 8 11

Leeds 1,275 835 155 280 79 52 10 17

Rotherham 370 235 60 75 62 40 10 13

Sheffield 695 410 120 165 61 36 11 15

Wakefield 455 350 40 60 61 48 6 8

East Midlands

Shire counties

Derbyshire 645 515 25 105 40 32 1 7

Leicestershire 275 200 30 45 20 15 2 3

Lincolnshire 520 295 80 140 39 22 6 11

Northamptonshire 610 375 55 180 41 25 4 12

Nottinghamshire 530 365 40 120 32 22 3 7

Unitary authorities

Derby 445 315 35 90 81 57 7 17

Leicester 465 310 50 105 63 42 6 14

Nottingham 605 385 70 150 89 57 10 22

Rutland 10 5 ⁽²⁾— 5 10 6 1 3

West Midlands

Shire Counties

Shropshire 190 130 5 55 31 22 1 9

Staffordshire 570 375 70 125 321 21 4 7

Warwickshire 350 260 35 55 31 23 3 5

Worcestershire 640 440 90 110 54 37 8 9

Unitary authorities

Herefordshire 195 145 20 35 53 38 5 9

Stoke on Trent 345 230 40 70 60 40 7 13

Telford and Wrekin 155 95 10 55 41 25 3 14

Metropolitan districts

Birmingham 1,760 1,030 200 525 67 39 8 20

Coventry 490 290 75 125 66 39 10 17

Dudley 380 240 80 65 55 35 11 9

Sandwell 440 315 70 55 62 45 10 8

Solihull 180 120 20 40 38 26 4 8

Walsall 365 230 35 100 59 37 6 16

Wolverhampton 380 250 60 70 65 43 10 12

South West

Shire Counties

Cornwall 565 400 60 105 54 38 6 10

Devon 700 490 55 155 48 34 4 11

Dorset 270 215 10 45 34 27 1 6

Gloucestershire 505 370 65 75 40 29 5 6

Isles of Scilly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Somerset 335 230 10 95 30 21 1 9

Wiltshire 260 195 30 35 26 20 3 3

Unitary authorities

Somerset 145 130 5 15 43 38 1 4

Bournemouth 205 160 5 35 67 53 2 12

Bristol 555 395 45 115 63 45 5 13

North Somerset 150 110 20 20 38 27 5 6

Plymouth 405 315 25 65 72 56 5 12

Poole 145 110 10 25 48 37 3 8

South Gloucestershire 140 105 10 20 25 19 2 4

Swindon 180 140 15 20 42 33 4 5

Torbay 215 150 30 35 85 59 13 13

Eastern

Shire counties

Bedfordshire 355 200 60 100 41 23 7 11

Cambridgeshire 395 285 40 75 32 23 3 6

Essex 1,205 735 125 350 42 25 4 12

Hertfordshire 810 590 55 170 34 24 2 7

Norfolk 680 490 35 155 41 30 2 9

Suffolk 535 355 75 100 35 23 5 7
Unitary authorities

Luton 305 220 40 50 62 44 8 10

Peterborough 390 270 55 65 101 70 14 17

Southend 250 195 20 35 66 51 6 10

Thurrock 185 130 10 45 56 39 3 13

London

Inner London

Camden 330 210 10 105 88 56 3 29

City of London 5 5 0 0 72 72 0 0

Greenwich 465 315 40 110 86 58 8 21

Hackney 490 355 30 105 95 69 5 21

Hammersmith and Fulham 365 255 20 90 119 83 7 29

Islington 545 315 15 215 143 83 4 56

Kensington and Chelsea 215 135 10 70 68 43 3 23

Lambeth 735 420 25 285 117 67 4 45

Lewisham 495 320 35 135 84 54 6 23

Southwark 600 435 30 135 104 75 5 24

Tower Hamlets 280 ⁽³⁾— ⁽³⁾— ⁽³⁾— 54 ⁽³⁾— ⁽³⁾— ⁽³⁾—

Wandsworth 345 250 25 65 70 51 5 14

Westminster 290 180 30 80 76 47 7 21

Outer London

Barking and Dagenham 235 165 10 65 58 40 2 16

Barnet 265 195 15 55 35 26 2 8

Bexley 200 150 10 40 39 29 2 8

Brent 295 200 30 65 49 33 5 11

Bromley 250 155 30 65 40 24 5 11

Croydon 395 255 50 95 50 32 6 12

Ealing 430 230 40 160 62 33 6 23

Enfield 250 170 10 75 40 27 1 11

Haringey 435 260 10 165 85 51 2 32

Harrow 175 120 15 40 36 24 3 8

Havering 165 115 10 40 33 23 2 8

Hillingdon 385 245 15 120 67 43 3 21

Hounslow 255 160 30 70 52 32 6 14

Kingston Upon Thames 105 55 5 50 34 17 2 15

Merton 185 130 20 35 46 31 5 9

Newham 485 375 30 80 68 52 4 11

Redbridge 145 85 15 45 26 16 2 8

Richmond Upon Thames 110 65 10 35 29 17 3 9

Sutton 145 100 20 25 36 24 5 6

Waltham Forest 325 170 5 150 60 31 1 27

South East

Shire counties

Buckinghamshire 255 165 40 50 23 15 3 4

East Sussex 465 300 70 95 44 28 7 9

Hampshire 905 550 125 230 32 19 4 8

Kent 1,500 1,080 145 270 49 35 5 9

Oxfordshire 470 285 65 120 33 20 4 8

Surrey 670 380 85 205 28 16 4 9

West Sussex 750 490 75 190 46 30 5 12

Unitary authorities

Bracknell Forest 65 30 5 35 23 10 1 12

Brighton and Hove 345 275 30 45 71 56 6 9

Isle of Wight 175 125 30 20 67 48 11 8

Medway Towns 345 245 15 80 57 41 3 14

Milton Keynes ⁽³⁾— ⁽³⁾— 0 0 ⁽³⁾— ⁽³⁾— ⁽³⁾— ⁽³⁾—

West Berkshire 130 85 5 40 38 25 2 11

Portsmouth 220 130 40 50 54 32 10 12

Reading 130 55 15 60 40 17 5 18

Slough 135 80 20 40 49 29 6 14

Southampton 385 240 75 65 82 52 16 14

Windsor and Maidenhead 90 45 5 40 28 14 1 13

Wokingham 85 45 5 35 25 14 1 10

								Number and rates per 10,000 children aged under-18
	Number	Rate per 10,000
	All children⁽¹⁾	Foster placements	Placed with parents or relative	Other placements	All children	Foster placements	Placed with parents or relative	Other placements
England	58,100	37,900	6,500	13,700	51	34	6	12

North East
	Shire counties
Durham	525	345	55	125	47	31	5	11
Northumberland	300	175	60	65	44	26	9	10
	Unitary authorities
Darlington	115	75	15	30	51	32	6	13
Hartlepool	115	65	35	15	52	29	16	7
Middlesbrough	185	135	20	30	51	36	6	9
Redcar and Cleveland	165	115	10	35	50	36	3	11
Stockton on Tees	205	125	35	45	46	28	7	10
	Metropolitan districts
Gateshead	260	160	30	70	60	37	7	16
Newcastle Upon Tyne	445	305	45	95	76	51	8	16
North Tyneside	280	185	30	65	67	44	8	15
South Tyneside	295	180	30	80	82	51	9	23
Sunderland	465	300	40	125	68	44	6	18

North West
	Shire counties
Cheshire	475	350	40	90	32	23	3	6
Cumbria	515	325	100	90	49	31	10	9
Lancashire	1,445	780	265	405	55	30	10	15
	Unitary authorities
Blackburn and Darwen	275	160	45	75	72	42	11	19
Blackpool	285	175	25	80	92	57	8	26
Halton	175	135	15	25	56	43	5	8
Warrington	165	120	15	30	38	27	3	7
	Metropolitan districts
Bolton	315	185	55	75	49	28	9	12
Bury	195	130	25	45	46	30	6	10
Manchester	1,235	815	195	225	110	72	18	20
Oldham	300	190	30	80	54	34	6	14
Rochdale	255	155	40	60	48	30	7	12
Salford	570	345	80	145	108	66	16	27
Stockport	350	210	50	90	54	32	8	14
Tameside	265	170	45	45	50	33	9	9
Trafford	150	90	15	45	30	18	3	9
Wigan	465	305	85	80	66	43	12	11

Merseyside
	Metropolitan districts
Knowsley	250	165	35	45	61	41	9	11
Liverpool	1,215	715	170	330	112	66	16	31
Sefton	300	195	30	80	47	31	4	12
St. Helens	270	140	40	95	67	34	9	23
Wirral	395	265	60	70	52	35	8	9

	Yorkshire and Humberside
Shire counties
North Yorkshire	340	235	45	60	28	19	4	5
	Unitary authorities
East Riding of Yorkshire	240	150	35	55	36	22	5	8
Kingston Upon Hull	645	410	90	145	101	64	14	23
North East Lincolnshire	275	180	35	55	72	48	9	15
North Lincolnshire	190	110	40	40	55	32	11	12
York	140	80	15	45	38	21	4	13
	Metropolitan districts
Barnsley	335	190	60	85	65	37	12	16
Bradford	685	410	95	180	54	33	7	14
Calderdale	220	135	25	55	48	30	6	13
Doncaster	435	245	75	115	63	36	11	17
Kirklees	330	155	75	100	35	16	8	11
Leeds	1,275	835	155	280	79	52	10	17
Rotherham	370	235	60	75	62	40	10	13
Sheffield	695	410	120	165	61	36	11	15
Wakefield	455	350	40	60	61	48	6	8

East Midlands
Shire counties
Derbyshire	645	515	25	105	40	32	1	7
Leicestershire	275	200	30	45	20	15	2	3
Lincolnshire	520	295	80	140	39	22	6	11
Northamptonshire	610	375	55	180	41	25	4	12
Nottinghamshire	530	365	40	120	32	22	3	7
	Unitary authorities
Derby	445	315	35	90	81	57	7	17
Leicester	465	310	50	105	63	42	6	14
Nottingham	605	385	70	150	89	57	10	22
Rutland	10	5	⁽²⁾—	5	10	6	1	3

	West Midlands
	Shire Counties
Shropshire	190	130	5	55	31	22	1	9
Staffordshire	570	375	70	125	321	21	4	7
Warwickshire	350	260	35	55	31	23	3	5
Worcestershire	640	440	90	110	54	37	8	9
	Unitary authorities
Herefordshire	195	145	20	35	53	38	5	9
Stoke on Trent	345	230	40	70	60	40	7	13
Telford and Wrekin	155	95	10	55	41	25	3	14
	Metropolitan districts
Birmingham	1,760	1,030	200	525	67	39	8	20
Coventry	490	290	75	125	66	39	10	17
Dudley	380	240	80	65	55	35	11	9
Sandwell	440	315	70	55	62	45	10	8
Solihull	180	120	20	40	38	26	4	8
Walsall	365	230	35	100	59	37	6	16
Wolverhampton	380	250	60	70	65	43	10	12

South West
	Shire Counties
Cornwall	565	400	60	105	54	38	6	10
Devon	700	490	55	155	48	34	4	11
Dorset	270	215	10	45	34	27	1	6
Gloucestershire	505	370	65	75	40	29	5	6
Isles of Scilly	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Somerset	335	230	10	95	30	21	1	9
Wiltshire	260	195	30	35	26	20	3	3
	Unitary authorities
Somerset	145	130	5	15	43	38	1	4
Bournemouth	205	160	5	35	67	53	2	12
Bristol	555	395	45	115	63	45	5	13
North Somerset	150	110	20	20	38	27	5	6
Plymouth	405	315	25	65	72	56	5	12
Poole	145	110	10	25	48	37	3	8
South Gloucestershire	140	105	10	20	25	19	2	4
Swindon	180	140	15	20	42	33	4	5
Torbay	215	150	30	35	85	59	13	13

Eastern
	Shire counties
Bedfordshire	355	200	60	100	41	23	7	11
Cambridgeshire	395	285	40	75	32	23	3	6
Essex	1,205	735	125	350	42	25	4	12
Hertfordshire	810	590	55	170	34	24	2	7
Norfolk	680	490	35	155	41	30	2	9
Suffolk	535	355	75	100	35	23	5	7
Unitary authorities
Luton	305	220	40	50	62	44	8	10
Peterborough	390	270	55	65	101	70	14	17
Southend	250	195	20	35	66	51	6	10
Thurrock	185	130	10	45	56	39	3	13

London
	Inner London
Camden	330	210	10	105	88	56	3	29
City of London	5	5	0	0	72	72	0	0
Greenwich	465	315	40	110	86	58	8	21
Hackney	490	355	30	105	95	69	5	21
Hammersmith and Fulham	365	255	20	90	119	83	7	29
Islington	545	315	15	215	143	83	4	56
Kensington and Chelsea	215	135	10	70	68	43	3	23
Lambeth	735	420	25	285	117	67	4	45
Lewisham	495	320	35	135	84	54	6	23
Southwark	600	435	30	135	104	75	5	24
Tower Hamlets	280	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	54	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—
Wandsworth	345	250	25	65	70	51	5	14
Westminster	290	180	30	80	76	47	7	21

Outer London
Barking and Dagenham	235	165	10	65	58	40	2	16
Barnet	265	195	15	55	35	26	2	8
Bexley	200	150	10	40	39	29	2	8
Brent	295	200	30	65	49	33	5	11
Bromley	250	155	30	65	40	24	5	11
Croydon	395	255	50	95	50	32	6	12
Ealing	430	230	40	160	62	33	6	23
Enfield	250	170	10	75	40	27	1	11
Haringey	435	260	10	165	85	51	2	32
Harrow	175	120	15	40	36	24	3	8
Havering	165	115	10	40	33	23	2	8
Hillingdon	385	245	15	120	67	43	3	21
Hounslow	255	160	30	70	52	32	6	14
Kingston Upon Thames	105	55	5	50	34	17	2	15
Merton	185	130	20	35	46	31	5	9
Newham	485	375	30	80	68	52	4	11
Redbridge	145	85	15	45	26	16	2	8
Richmond Upon Thames	110	65	10	35	29	17	3	9
Sutton	145	100	20	25	36	24	5	6
Waltham Forest	325	170	5	150	60	31	1	27

South East
	Shire counties
Buckinghamshire	255	165	40	50	23	15	3	4
East Sussex	465	300	70	95	44	28	7	9
Hampshire	905	550	125	230	32	19	4	8
Kent	1,500	1,080	145	270	49	35	5	9
Oxfordshire	470	285	65	120	33	20	4	8
Surrey	670	380	85	205	28	16	4	9
West Sussex	750	490	75	190	46	30	5	12
	Unitary authorities
Bracknell Forest	65	30	5	35	23	10	1	12
Brighton and Hove	345	275	30	45	71	56	6	9
Isle of Wight	175	125	30	20	67	48	11	8
Medway Towns	345	245	15	80	57	41	3	14
Milton Keynes	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	0	0	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—
West Berkshire	130	85	5	40	38	25	2	11
Portsmouth	220	130	40	50	54	32	10	12
Reading	130	55	15	60	40	17	5	18
Slough	135	80	20	40	49	29	6	14
Southampton	385	240	75	65	82	52	16	14
Windsor and Maidenhead	90	45	5	40	28	14	1	13
Wokingham	85	45	5	35	25	14	1	10

⁽¹⁾ All children looked after under a series of short-term placements have been excluded from this table

⁽²⁾ Indicates less than 3

⁽³⁾ Data not available

Note:

All numbers of children rounded to the nearest 5.

Source:

CLA 100

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