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Standards Board
Sir Michael Spicer: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the costs incurred by the Standards Board for England were during its first year of operation. [111772]
Mr. Leslie: The Standards Board was established on 22 March 2001. In 2001/02 it incurred costs of £2,553,000 and in 2002/03 of £6,916,000.
Travel Costs
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the cost was of travel by train by staff in his Department in 2002. [106338]
Mr. Leslie: The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) came into existence following the Machinery of Government changes on 29 May 2002.
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Staff in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister are encouraged to use the most efficient and economic means of travel commensurate with meeting the operational needs of the Office. The estimated cost, subject to final audit, of travel by train by staff in the Office for the period 1 June 2002 to 31 March 2003 was £405,000.
Travellers
Mr. Sayeed: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what plans his Department has to provide accommodation for traveller communities whilst ensuring that settled communities are not deprived of essential services. [115934]
Mr. McNulty: Local authorities have the responsibility to ensure that adequate accommodation is available to meet the needs of the local community including Gypsies and Travellers. Both communities have the same right to access these services, and their needs should be assessed accordingly.
Working Hours
Mr. Yeo: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what policy on (a) core hours and (b) flexible working hours is operated by his Department and each agency and non-departmental public body for which his Department is responsible. [107656]
Mr. Leslie: The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is committed to accommodating staff who request to work flexibly subject to overriding operational requirements. Most organisations within the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister operate a flexible working hours system. Flexible working start times and finish times and core hours vary to reflect the operational requirements of the areas of work.
HEALTH
Accidental Injuries
Mrs. Roe: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what information the public health observatories are collecting on consumer product involvement in accidental injuries; [116029]
- (2) if he will make a statement on how injury surveillance is to be continued following the closure of the home accident surveillance system. [116031]
Ms Blears: The report of the accidental injury task force identified a need to strengthen the surveillance of accidental injury at regional and local levels. The Home Accident Surveillance System data was not sufficiently complete to serve as the main tool for local National Health Service surveillance because it was based on a sample of 18 hospitals across the United Kingdom, and did not include injuries on the roads. We are taking forward local surveillance in discussions on the future roles of directors of public health and public health observatories. It is too soon to say whether public health observatories will collect data on product involvement in accidental injuries.
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Mrs. Roe: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how he plans to monitor the progress on accidental injury reduction targets in "Our Healthier Nation" after the closure of the home accident surveillance system. [116030]
Ms Blears: Progress on the "Our Healthier Nation" target to reduce the death rate from accidents is monitored using data on registered deaths collected by the Office for National Statistics, and population estimates based on the 2001 Census. Progress on the target to reduce serious injury from accidents is monitored using hospital in-patient data collected by the Department of Health, and population estimates. The home accident surveillance system does not provide the information required for monitoring progress on the accidental injury targets and is not used for this purpose.
Ad Hoc Posts
Mr. Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the people appointed to ad hoc posts within his Department bearing the titles of advocate, tsar, adviser, champion and comparable titles since May 1997; what their job title is or was; what their role is or was; whether they were or are being paid; what the total cost of each such person was in each financial year, including expenses and benefits; what the expected cost of each such person is in 2003–04; to whom they are accountable; and if he will make a statement. [112465]
Mr. Lammy: There have been nine national clinical directors, formerly known as tsars, and one champion appointed to the Department of Health. All are seconded to the Department, most on a part-time basis, and their salaries are reimbursed to their employer. The national clinical directors are as follows:
Professor Ian Philp is the national director for older people's services and is responsible for leading the implementation of the national service framework (NSF) for older people which sets the Government standards for the health and social care for older people in England. Costs in 2000–01 were £46,347.00, in 2001–02 were £53,742.00, in 2002–03 were £54,472.00. Estimate for the year 2003–04 is £46,838.00
Professor Mike Richards is responsible for spearheading the development and implementation of cancer policy for the Department of Health and the national health service. Professor Richards is accountable to the task force manager for cancer and coronary heart disease. Costs in 2001–02 were £127,608 and in 2002–03 were £143,779. For the year 2000–01 his costs included that of his secretary and are therefore not shown.
Dr. Roger Boyle is the national director for heart disease and is responsible for implementing the NSF for coronary heart disease (CHD). Dr. Boyle is accountable to the task force manager for cancer and CHD. Cost in 2000–01 were £64,886, in 2001–02 were £77,235 and in 2002–03 were £82,005.
Dr. David Colin-Thome is the national director for primary care. Dr. Colin-Thome's key role is to aid the development of primary care within the Department and in the NHS and to contribute to implementing the
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primary care elements of the NHS Plan. Dr Colin-Thome is accountable to the branch head of primary care. Costs in 2001–02 were, £40.533
Professor Al Aynsley-Green is the national clinical director for children. Professor Aynsley-Green is leading the work of the children's taskforce and the development of the children's NSF. Professor Aynsley-Green is accountable to the head of the children's taskforce. Professor Aynsley-Green's costs are not available.
Professor Aidan Halligan had a dual role as national director of clinical governance for the NHS and director of the NHS clinical governance support team, now part of the Modernisation Agency. Professor Halligan was accountable to the Chief Medical Officer. Costs: None.
Professor Louis Appleby is the national clinical director for mental health. Since 1996, he has been director of the national confidential inquiry into suicide and homicide by people with mental illness, whose recommendations formed the basis of Standard 7 of the NSF on mental health—this standard is about suicide prevention. Professor Appleby is accountable to the Chief Nursing Officer. Costs in 2000–01 were £78,000, in 2001–02 were £77,000, in 2002–03 were £79,000. Estimated costs in 2003–04 are £80,000.
Dr. Sue Roberts is the national clinical director for diabetes and will be leading the programme for change outlined in the diabetes NSF. Dr. Roberts is accountable to the Deputy Chief Medical Officer. Estimated costs for 2002–03 are £8,000.
Tony Russell is the NSF mental health product champion. Mr. Russell is accountable to the head of primary care. Costs in 2002–03 were £25,000. Estimated costs in 2003–04 are £25,000.
Harry Cayton is the director for patient experience and public involvement, to spearhead a major change programme across the Department of Health and NHS to put patients first and involve the public in deciding how services are delivered nationally and locally. Mr. Cayton is accountable to the Chief Nursing Officer. Costs in 2002–03 were £40.971.
Professor Sir George Alberti is the national clinical director for emergency access. Sir George Alberti is accountable to the director of access and choice. Costs in 2002–03 were £48,626 and an estimated costs in 2003–04 are £120,000. These do not include expenses.
Agency Staff
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much each hospital trust in England spent on agency recruitment in (a) nurses and (b) doctors in (i) the last 12 months and (ii) each of the previous five years. [114754]
Mr. Hutton: Information on National Health Service trust expenditure on non-NHS medical, nursing, midwifery and health-visiting staff between 1996–97 and 2001–02 has been placed in the Library.
Information for 2002–03 is not yet available.
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