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Correspondence

Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for the Isle of Wight of 26 April, about NHS dental services. [61953]

Ms Blears: A reply was sent on 8 July.

Secondments

Matthew Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people from organisations outside his Department have been seconded to start work in his Department since 1 January 1999. [63087]

Mr. Lammy: The information requested is shown in the table.

	Number of secondments
1999–2000	20
2000–01	62
2001–02	49
Total	131

Source:

Department of Health Interchange database 1 April to 31 March

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Hospices

Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much National Cancer Plan funding has been allocated to hospices in (a) Suffolk and (b) the eastern region. [63807]

Mr. Lammy: Voluntary hospice services in eastern region are, in common with the rest of the country, funded from a variety of sources in addition to voluntary funding.

Priorities for development are determined by each cancer network board (of which health authorities; primary care trusts and national health service trusts are part).

Palliative care priorities for development (including hospices) are first determined within each network's palliative care strategy and then prioritised against other cancer priorities as part of the network's overall three year strategic plan.

Suffolk Health Authority invested £1,460,858 in voluntary hospices in 2001–02 rising to £1,527,757 in 2002–03.

During the same period the whole eastern region invested £8,177,426 in voluntary hospices in 2001–02 rising to £8,545,111 in 2002–03.

Hepatitis C

Stephen Hesford: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the Government's policy on making financial arrangements for sufferers, and their families, of Hepatitis C caused by infected blood products. [64262]

Ms Blears: We deeply regret that so many people with haemophilia were infected with hepatitis C through blood products. But the fact is that as soon as a technology became available to make blood products free from hepatitis C the national health service introduced it. There is therefore no legal liability to justify compensation for people with haemophilia and hepatitis C.

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This Government and their predecessor have held that compensation is only paid to patients when the NHS has been at fault and that an exception to this rule is not justified in the case of haemophiliacs infected with hepatitis C.

We met the haemophilia society and members of the all party group on haemophilia on 12 June to discuss the 'Report of the Hepatitis C Working Party' which was produced for the haemophilia society and published by them on 17 June. We will respond to this report when we have given it our full consideration.

Cancer and Mental Health

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much money was earmarked for cancer and mental health treatments for (a) PCT and (b) health authorities in the latest year for which figures are available. [64337]

Ms Blears: Health authorities share their total recurrent allocation between their constituent primary care trusts in line with guidance issued by the Department.

In 2002–03, health authorities were instructed to allocate earmarked funding to primary care trusts on the same basis allocations were made to health authorities.

Primary care trust shares of health authority earmarked funding for cancer and mental health are shown in table 1 and the health authority totals in table 2.

Table 1£000

Primary care trust	Cancer	Mental health
Adur, Arun and Worthing	360	355
Airedale	172	170
Amber Valley	181	178
Ashfield	118	117
Ashford	140	138
Ashton, Leigh and Wigan	485	479
Barking and Dagenham	262	258
Barnet	521	514
Barnsley	385	380
Basildon	158	156
Bassetlaw	150	148
Bath and North East Somerset	239	236
Bebington and West Wirral	161	159
Bedford	208	205
Bedfordshire Heartlands	317	313
Bexhill and Rother	135	133
Bexley	302	298
Billericay, Brentwood and Wickford	186	184
Birkenhead and Wallasey	361	356
Blackburn with Darwen	245	242
Blackpool	257	254
Bolton	444	438
Bournemouth	259	255
Bracknell Forest	128	127
Bradford City	228	225
Bradford South and West	229	226
Brent	471	465
Brighton and Hove City	422	417
Bristol North	347	342
Bristol South and West	287	283
Broadland	152	150
Bromley	423	417
Broxtowe and Hucknall	197	194
Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale	401	396
Burntwood, Lichfield and Tamworth	198	195
Bury	271	268
Calderdale	296	292
Cambridge City	184	182
Camden	413	408
Cannock Chase	173	171
Canterbury and Coastal	250	247
Carlisle and District	174	172
Castle Point and Rochford	226	223
Central Cheshire	347	343
Central Cornwall	289	285
Central Derby	183	181
Central Liverpool	463	457
Central Manchester	305	301
Central Suffolk	126	125
Charnwood and North West Leicestershire	318	314
Chelmsford	155	153
Cheltenham and Tewkesbury	210	207
Cherwell Vale	163	160
Cheshire West	231	227
Chesterfield	171	169
Chiltern and South Bucks	210	207
Chingford, Wanstead and Woodford	181	179
Chorley and South Ribble	289	285
City and Hackney	467	461
Colchester	229	226
Cotswold and Vale	266	262
Coventry	496	489
Craven, Harrogate and Rural District	290	286
Crawley	156	154
Croydon	515	508
Dacorum	198	195
Darlington	161	159
Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley	317	313
Daventry and South Northamptonshire	118	116
Derbyshire Dales and South Derbyshire	117	115
Derwentside	142	140
Doncaster Central	164	162
Doncaster East	135	134
Doncaster West	172	170
Dudley Beacon and Castle	162	160
Dudley South	283	280
Durham and Chester-Le-Street	230	227
Durham Dales	144	142
Ealing	551	544
Easington	180	177
East Birmingham	398	393
East Cambridgeshire and Fenland	208	206
East Devon	179	176
East Elmbridge and Mid Surrey	364	359
East Hampshire	265	262
East Kent Coastal	388	383
East Leeds	236	232
East Lincolnshire	402	397
East Staffordshire	174	171
East Surrey	212	209
East Yorkshire	202	199
Eastbourne Downs	284	281
Eastern Cheshire	259	255
Eastern Hull	196	193
Eastern Leicester	269	266
Eastern Wakefield	288	284
Eastleigh and Test Valley	190	187
Eden Valley	98	97
Ellesmere Port and Neston	126	124
Enfield	409	404
Epping Forest	153	151
Erewash	143	141
Exeter	183	180
Fareham and Gosport	250	247
Fylde	106	105
Gateshead	343	339
Gedling	137	135
Great Yarmouth	145	144
Greater Derby	221	218
Greenwich	380	375
Guildford and Waverley	328	323
Halton	190	187
Hambleton and Richmondshire	154	152
Hammersmith and Fulham	311	307
Haringey	429	424
Harlow	122	120
Harrow	297	293
Hartlepool	152	150
Hastings and St. Leonards	159	157
Havering	350	345
Heart of Birmingham	470	464
Herefordshire	241	238
Hertsmere	126	124
Heywood and Middleton	122	121
High Peak and Dales	146	144
Hillingdon	369	364
Hinckley and Bosworth	124	122
Horsham and Chanctonbury	119	118
Hounslow	370	365
Huddersfield Central	212	210
Huntingdonshire	185	183
Hyndburn and Ribble Valley	174	172
Ipswich	207	205
Isle of Wight	210	207
Islington	407	401
Kensington and Chelsea	378	373
Kingston	246	243
Knowsley	269	265
Lambeth	546	539
Langbaurgh	153	151
Leeds North East	229	226
Leeds North West	260	257
Leeds West	170	167
Leicester City West	220	217
Lewisham	445	439
Lincolnshire South West	247	244
Luton	277	274
Maidstone Weald	308	304
Maldon and South Chelmsford	103	102
Mansfield District	140	138
Medway	361	357
Melton, Rutland and Harborough	181	178
Mendip	145	143
Mid Devon	139	137
Middlesbrough	319	315
Mid-Hampshire	232	228
Mid-Sussex	181	179
Milton Keynes	301	297
Morecambe Bay	473	467
New Forest	252	249
Newark and Sherwood	169	166
Newbury and Community	134	132
Newcastle	455	449
Newcastle-Under-Lyme	155	153
Newham	490	484
North and East Cornwall	227	224
North Birmingham	236	233
North Bradford	141	139
North Devon	218	215
North Dorset	123	121
North East Lincolnshire	243	239
North East Oxfordshire	86	85
North East Warwickshire	249	246
North Eastern Derbyshire	229	226
North Hampshire	244	241
North Hertfordshire and Stevenage	264	261
North Kirklees	260	257
North Lincolnshire	221	218
North Liverpool	190	187
North Manchester	276	273
North Norfolk	150	148
North Peterborough	168	166
North Sheffield	208	205
North Somerset	266	262
North Stoke	221	218
North Surrey	289	285
North Tees	276	273
North Tyneside	331	326
North Wilts and Kennet	256	253
Northampton	295	292
Northamptonshire Heartlands	383	378
Northumberland Care Trust	470	463
Norwich	205	203
Nottingham City	480	474
Oldbury and Smethwick	171	169
Oldham	368	363
Oxford City	256	253
Plymouth	381	376
Poole	247	244
Portsmouth City	292	288
Preston	231	228
Reading	293	289
Redbridge	246	243
Redditch and Bromsgrove	207	204
Richmond and Twickenham	279	276
Rochdale	217	214
Rotherham	384	379
Rowley, Regis and Tipton	133	131
Royston, Buntingford and Bishop's Stortford	95	94
Rugby	120	119
Rushcliffe	153	151
Rushmore and Hart	234	231
Salford	394	389
Scarborough, Whitby and Ryedale	239	236
Sedgefield	154	152
Selby and York	378	373
Sheffield South West	190	188
Sheffield West	184	181
Shepway	156	154
Shropshire County	389	384
Slough	179	177
Solihull	291	288
Somerset Coast	205	202
South and East Dorset	217	214
South Birmingham	540	533
South Cambridgeshire	118	116
South East Hertfordshire	228	225
South East Oxfordshire	102	100
South East Sheffield	272	269
South Gloucestershire	290	286
South Hams and West Devon	152	150
South Huddersfield	123	122
South Leeds	230	227
South Leicestershire	187	184
South Liverpool	152	150
South Manchester	240	237
South Peterborough	125	123
South Sefton	266	263
South Somerset	203	201
South Stoke	217	214
South Tyneside	263	260
South Warwickshire	329	325
South West Dorset	205	202
South West Kent	240	236
South West Oxfordshire	236	233
South Western Staffordshire	244	241
South Wiltshire	163	161
South Worcestershire	373	368
Southampton City	359	354
Southend On Sea	275	272
Southern Norfolk	270	267
Southport and Formby	178	175
Southwark	457	451
St. Albans and Harpenden	177	174
St. Helens	299	295
Staffordshire Moorlands	150	148
Stockport	427	422
Suffolk Coastal	133	131
Suffolk West	307	303
Sunderland Teaching	483	477
Sussex Downs and Weald	202	199
Sutton and Merton	536	529
Swale	134	132
Swindon	261	257
Tameside and Glossop	361	356
Taunton Deane	147	145
Teignbridge	157	155
Telford and Wrekin	222	219
Tendring	222	219
Thurrock	205	202
Torbay	212	209
Tower Hamlets	365	360
Trafford North	149	147
Trafford South	186	183
Uttlesford	90	88
Vale of Aylesbury	247	244
Wakefield West	221	218
Walsall	403	398
Walthamstow, Leyton and Leytonstone	280	276
Wandsworth	476	469
Warrington	278	274
Watford and Three Rivers	248	245
Waveney	184	181
Wednesbury and West Bromwich	189	186
Welwyn Hatfield	138	136
West Cumbria	207	204
West Gloucestershire	303	299
West Hull	253	250
West Lancashire	160	158
West Lincolnshire	312	308
West Norfolk	212	209
West Of Cornwall	237	234
West Wiltshire	155	153
Western Sussex	311	307
Westminster	478	472
Windsor, Ascot and Maidenhead	227	224
Witham, Braintree and Halstead(24)	179	177
Woking area	248	245
Wokingham	173	171
Wolverhampton City	392	387
Wycombe	184	181
Wyre Forest	148	146
Wyre	190	187
Yorkshire Wolds and Coast	211	208
England	76,000	75,000

⁽²⁴⁾ Planned care trust from 1 October 2002.

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Table 2£000

Health authority	Cancer	Mental health
Avon	1,428	1,409
Barking and Havering	612	604
Barnet, Enfield and Haringey	1,360	1,342
Barnsley	385	380
Bedfordshire	802	791
Berkshire	1,134	1,119
Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich	1,105	1,091
Birmingham	1,645	1,623
Bradford	770	760
Brent and Harrow	768	758
Buckinghamshire	941	929
Bury and Rochdale	610	602
Calderdale and Kirklees	892	880
Cambridgeshire	989	976
Camden and Islington	820	809
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly	753	744
County Durham	1,010	997
Coventry	496	489
Croydon	515	508
Doncaster	471	465
Dorset	1,050	1,037
Dudley	445	440
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow	1,232	1,216
East Kent	934	922
East Lancashire	840	829
East London and the City	1,322	1,304
East Riding	861	850
East Surrey	575	568
East Sussex, Brighton and Hove	1,202	1,187
Gateshead and South Tyneside	606	598
Gloucestershire	778	768
Herefordshire	241	238
Hertfordshire	1,474	1,454
Hillingdon	369	364
Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire	1,018	1,004
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster	856	845
Kingston and Richmond	526	519
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham	1,448	1,429
Leeds	1,124	1,109
Leicestershire	1,299	1,281
Lincolnshire	962	949
Liverpool	804	794
Manchester	821	810
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth	1,011	998
Morecambe Bay	473	467
Newcastle and North Tyneside	786	775
Norfolk	1,135	1,120
North and East Devon	719	709
North and Mid Hampshire	710	700
North Cheshire	467	461
North Cumbria	478	472
North Derbyshire	546	539
North Essex	1,252	1,236
North Nottinghamshire	577	569
North Staffordshire	743	733
North West Lancashire	765	755
North Yorkshire	1,061	1,047
Northamptonshire	796	785
Northumberland	470	463
Nottingham	967	954
Oxfordshire	843	832
Redbridge and Waltham Forest	707	697
Rotherham	384	379
Salford and Trafford	729	719
Sandwell	493	486
Sefton	444	438
Sheffield	854	843
Shropshire	611	603
Solihull	291	288
Somerset	700	691
South and West Devon	902	890
South Cheshire	962	950
South Derbyshire	845	834
South Essex	1,051	1,037
South Humber	463	457
South Lancashire	449	443
South Staffordshire	788	778
Southampton and South West Hampshire	800	790
St. Helen's and Knowsley	567	560
Stockport	427	422
Suffolk	957	944
Sunderland	483	477
Tees	901	890
Wakefield	509	503
Walsall	403	398
Warwickshire	699	690
West Kent	1,360	1,342
West Pennine	729	719
West Surrey	865	853
West Sussex	1,127	1,112
Wigan and Bolton	929	916
Wiltshire	835	824
Wirral	522	515
Wolverhampton	392	387
Worcestershire	728	719
Total England	76,000	75,000

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