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NHS Finance

Peter Bradley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the NHS funding budget was for Shropshire in each year since 1997; [127585]

Dr. Ladyman: Revenue allocations for Shropshire Health Authority, Shropshire County Primary Care Trust and Telford and Wrekin Primary Care Trust are shown in the tables.

Total allocation for Shropshire HA 1997–98 to 2002–03

Period£000
1997–98169,555
1999–99178,325
1999–2000247,650
2000–01270,975
2001–02295,252
2002–03326,945

Total allocation to PCTs comprising the former Shropshire HA 2003–04 to 2005–06
£000

PeriodShropshire County PCTTelford and Wrekin PCT
2003–04230,545124,364
2004–05252,424136,914
2005–06275,548152,918

Allocations for 1999–2000 onwards are not comparable with those for 1997–98 and 1998–99 which cover hospital and community health services only. 1999–2000 was the first year of unified allocations, which cover hospital and community health services, prescribing and discretionary general medical services.

From 2003–04 allocations are made to PCTs.

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NHS Hospital Trusts

Dr. Pugh: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS hospital trusts have general hospitals in different towns. [117771]

Mr. Hutton: Of the trusts in England with more than one general hospital, 75 per cent. have hospitals in more than one town. The remaining 25 per cent. have all their hospitals in the same town.

NHS Recruitment

Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many advertisements for non-clinical jobs within the NHS have been advertised in the national press each year since 1997; and at what cost. [127368]

Mr. Hutton: The Department of Health does not hold this information centrally.

The Department is currently commissioning a national electronic recruitment service for the National Health Service. It will link with NHS Careers to provide a web-based service advertising posts, providing information about careers, jobs and NHS employers, and an electronic application process, supported by a call centre service to provide flexible, interactive access to information and job and training opportunities. The new service will enable the NHS to reduce its recruitment and advertising costs.

Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what budget his Department has in the current year for job advertisements. [127369]

Ms Rosie Winterton: The Department does not have a budget specifically for job advertisements, but does have a recruitment budget, which for the current year is £300,000. The costs for job advertisements are met from this budget.

Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much each primary care trust spent on advertising job positions in (a) 2001, (b) 2002 and (c) 2003. [127370]

Mr. Hutton: The Department of Health does not hold this information centrally.

The Department of Health is currently commissioning a national electronic recruitment service for the National Health Service. It will link with NHS Careers to provide a web-based service advertising posts, providing information about careers, jobs and NHS employers, and an electronic application process, supported by a call centre service to provide flexible, interactive access to information and job and training opportunities. The new service will enable the NHS to reduce its recruitment and advertising costs.

NHS Professionals

Dr. Evan Harris: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which NHS trusts are using NHS Professionals. [128155]

Mr. Hutton: There are currently 75 national health service trusts using NHS Professionals. These are listed.

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NHS Salaries

Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance his Department issues to NHS trusts about limits on staff salaries. [127341]

Mr. Hutton: The Department does not issue guidance to national health service trusts on limits to individual staff salaries. In each of the five years from 1998–99 to 2002–03, the Department issued guidance recommending a financial envelope for increases in each organisation's pay bill for senior managers.

NHS Costs

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the rate of increase of NHS specific costs on an annualised basis. [127621]

Mr. Hutton: In order to estimate the rate of increase of national health service costs annually, the Department of Health uses the Hospital and Community Health Services pay and prices inflation. For 2001–02 (the latest year for which data are available), the pay and prices percentage growth over the previous year was 5.1 per cent.

NHS Trust Chief Executives

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS trust chief executives have resigned in each of the past five years. [127731]

Mr. Hutton: We do not collect any information on national health service trust chief executive resignations. This information is not monitored by the Department of Health and therefore not held centrally.

NHS Walk-in Centres

Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many NHS walk-in centres have been been established in the UK; [127383]

Mr. Hutton: There are 42 National Health Service walk-in centres in the United Kingdom.

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Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many people are employed in NHS walk-in centres, broken down by (a) grade and (b) salary; [127710]

Mr. Hutton: This information is not held centrally.

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the locations of NHS walk-in centres in England. [127713]

Mr. Hutton: A full list of National Health Service walk-in centres and their location had been placed in the Library. This information can also be found at www.doh.gov.uk/nhswalkincentres

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