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PRIME MINISTER

LNM Holdings

Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Prime Minister what arrangements are in place to ensure that officials advising him on (a) LNM's purchase of Sidex and (b) other overseas investments by UK-based companies on which he is considering making representations are (i) not influenced by and (ii) not aware of political donations by persons connected with such companies.[39364]

The Prime Minister: All advice is given in accordance with the Civil Service Code and the Ministerial Code.

Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Prime Minister in what way writing to the Romanian Government was calculated to assist LNM Holdings to obtain the contract to purchase Sidex. [39366]

The Prime Minister: I refer the hon. Member to the answers I gave him and the hon. Member for East Carmarthen and Dinefwr (Adam Price) on 14 February 2002, Official Report, columns 610-12W.

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Press Officers

Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Prime Minister if he will list those press officers who reported to his

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officialpress spokesman and have ceased to hold office since May 1977, identifying those who have resigned due to (a) reaching retirement age and (b) completion of a predetermined term of office. [39365]

The Prime Minister: It is not our policy to comment on individuals.

Business Contacts

Mr. Whittingdale: To ask the Prime Minister on what occasion he has written to the Czech Government about the possible award of contracts to companies with British connections in the last five years. [39670]

The Prime Minister: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave the hon. Members for East Carmarthen and Dinefwr (Adam Price) and for Isle of Wight (Mr. Turner) on 14 February 2002, Official Report, columns 610-11W.

Hammond Inquiry Review

Mr. Martyn Jones: To ask the Prime Minister when he intends to publish Sir Anthony Hammond's review of the conclusions of the 2001 Review of the circumstances surrounding an application for naturalisation by Mr. S. P. Hinduja in 1998. [40587]

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The Prime Minister: I am publishing Sir Anthony Hammond's review today. I am most grateful to Sir Anthony Hammond for all his work.

Sir Anthony Hammond remains satisfied that nothing improper has occurred in relation to the application for naturalisation by Mr. S. P. Hinduja. He also remains of the view that my right hon. Friend the Member for Hartlepool (Mr. Mandelson) and my hon. Friend the Member for North Warwickshire (Mr. O'Brien) behaved entirely properly throughout.

I have placed a copy of the report in the Libraries of both Houses. Copies are available from the Vote Office.

HEALTH

District and Community Nurses

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many district and community nurses there are per head of population in each of the health authority areas in England and Wales. [24345]

Mr. Hutton: [holding answer 8 January 2002]: The information requested is shown in the table.

NHS Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS): Qualified community and district nursing staff within each health authority area in England and rate per 100,000 population as at 30 September 2001headcount

	Of which
	All Community Nurses	Number per 100,000 population	District Nurses	Number per 100,000 population
Northern & Yorkshire
Bradford HA	890	180	120	20
Calderdale & Kirklees HA	950	160	120	20
County Durham & Darlington HA	700	120	160	30
East Riding & Hull HA	1,180	210	330	60
Gateshead & Tyneside HA	460	130	80	20
Leeds HA	870	120	100	10
Newcastle & North Tyneside HA	640	140	120	30
North Cumbria HA	390	120	100	30
North Yorkshire HA	820	110	180	20
Northumberland HA	450	150	100	30
Sunderland HA	540	190	80	30
Tees HA	950	170	150	30
Wakefield HA	520	160	70	20
Trent
Barnsley HA	310	140	40	20
Doncaster HA	540	180	100	30
Leicestershire HA	1,220	130	110	10
Lincolnshire HA	840	130	160	30
North Derbyshire HA	520	140	100	30
North Nottinghamshire HA	800	210	40	10
Nottingham HA	800	130	110	20
Rotherham HA	370	140	60	20
Sheffield HA	630	120	80	20
South Humber HA	360	120	150	50
Southern Derbyshire HA	790	140	300	50
West Midlands
Birmingham HA	1,520	150	370	40
Coventry HA	440	150	50	20
Dudley HA	340	110	80	30
Herefordshire HA	250	150	50	30
North Staffordshire HA	960	200	140	30
Sandwell HA	370	130	70	30
Shropshire HA	580	130	130	30
Solihull HA	220	110	70	40
South Staffordshire HA	900	150	140	20
Walsall HA	450	170	120	40
Warwickshire HA	700	140	200	40
Wolverhampton HA	340	140	120	50
Worcestershire HA	790	150	110	20
North West
Bury & Rochdale HA	620	160	140	30
East Lancashire HA	890	170	190	40
Liverpool HA	720	160	150	30
Manchester HA	700	160	140	30
Morecambe Bay HA	670	220	80	30
North Cheshire HA	820	260	150	50
North West Lancashire HA	790	170	100	20
Salford & Trafford HA	620	140	120	30
Sefton HA	310	110	70	20
South Cheshire HA	720	110	180	30
South Lancashire HA	460	150	90	30
St Helens & Knowsley HA	430	130	50	10
Stockport HA	400	140	150	50
West Pennine HA	550	120	130	30
Wigan and Bolton HA	900	150	160	30
Wirral HA	550	170	60	20
Eastern
Bedfordshire HA	740	130	120	20
Cambridgeshire HA	990	140	170	20
Hertfordshire HA	1,710	160	330	30
Norfolk HA	870	110	240	30
North Essex HA	1,130	120	270	30
South Essex HA	880	120	270	40
Suffolk HA	970	140	140	20
London
Barking & Havering HA	360	90	60	10
Barnet Enfield & Haringey HA	930	110	230	30
Bexley Bromley & Greenwich HA	1,100	150	240	30
Brent & Harrow HA	280	60	60	10
Camden & Islington HA	490	130	30	10
Croydon HA	460	140	100	30
Ealing Hammersmith & Hounslow HA	710	100	170	20
East London & City HA	840	130	120	20
Hillingdon HA	380	150	90	30
Kensington Chelsea & Westminster HA	1,290	300	170	40
Kingston & Richmond HA	270	80	80	20
Lambeth Southwark & Lewisham HA	1,190	160	350	50
Merton Sutton & Wandsworth HA	1,150	180	160	20
Redbridge & Waltham Forest HA	480	110	100	20
South East
Berkshire HA	1,280	160	310	40
Buckinghamshire HA	1,010	150	180	30
East Kent HA	750	120	280	40
East Surrey HA	300	70	30	10
East Sussex, Brighton & Hove HA	1,300	170	240	30
Isle of Wight, Portsmouth & South East Hampshire HA	970	140	120	20
North & Mid Hampshire HA	300	50	90	20
Northamptonshire HA	700	110	190	30
Oxfordshire HA	730	120	190	30
Southampton & South West Hampshire HA	610	110	100	20
West Kent HA	1,070	110	220	20
West Surrey HA	1,070	160	210	30
West Sussex HA	770	100	180	20
South West
Avon HA	1,220	120	180	20
Cornwall & Isles of Scilly HA	680	140	60	10
Dorset HA	840	120	170	20
Gloucestershire HA	840	150	150	30
North & East Devon HA	620	130	190	40
Somerset HA	490	100	110	20
South & West Devon HA	860	140	110	20
Wiltshire HA	580	90	120	20

Notes: Community nurses are qualified nurses working in community psychiatry, community learning difficulties and community services. Practice nurses are not included within the definition.

Figures are rounded to the nearest ten

Figures exclude agency staff

Population estimates for 2000 based on 1991 data

Source:

Department of Health non-medical workforce census

Office for National Statistics (ONS)

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City of London Corporation (Events)

John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list those functions, engagements and events which Ministers, his officials and advisers have attended which have been sponsored, funded, promoted and hosted by the City of London Corporation since 1997. [35704]

Ms Blears: According to our records there have been no such events.

Delayed Discharges

Dr. Murrison: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the variations that exist in delayed discharges between districts served by the same NHS acute hospital trust. [33616]

Jacqui Smith [holding answer 11 February 2002]: Any variation in management of delayed discharges from an acute hospital should be managed through the local capacity planning group, which includes representatives of the acute trust, primary care trusts and social services.

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