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Residential Care/Nursing Beds

Mr. David Atkinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the change in numbers of (a) residential care beds and (b) nursing beds has been in (i) Dorset health authority area and (ii) Bournemouth since 1997. [173622]

Dr. Ladyman: The table shows the number of residential and nursing home places in Dorset and Bournemouth, as at 31 March for the years 1997 to 2001.

Figures for later years have been collected by the National Care Standards Commission but comparable details broken down by council are not available.
Number of residential and nursing places in Dorset and Bournemouth: 1997 to 2001 Rounded numbers

At 31 March	Residential places(30)	Nursing places2,3
Dorset
1997(33)	—	3,660
1998	3,430	3,690
1999	3,140	3,410
2000	3,110	3,130
2001	3,070	3,090
Bournemouth
1997	—	—
1998	3,340	—
1999	3,040	—
2000	2,660	—
2001	2,520	—

¹  Covers Dorset and Bournemouth councils with Social Services responsibility.

²  Dorset health authority includes Bournemouth. ³  Nursing data includes places in general nursing homes, mental nursing homes and private hospitals and clinics. ⁴  Comparable data not available. In 1997 Dorset county council included Poole and Bournemouth councils. Source: RA and RH(N) form A
 
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Parliamentary Questions

Mr. Brady: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he will reply to the Written Questions tabled by the   hon. Member for Altrincham and Sale, West on 5 March. [173579]

Ms Rosie Winterton: I replied to the hon. Member on Tuesday 18 May 2004.

Professional Executive Committees

Tom Brake: To ask the Secretary of State for Health   what reviews of (a) professional executive committees (PECs) and (b) the role patients' forum representatives play on PECs has been conducted by the Government. [171349]

Ms Rosie Winterton: There has been no national review of the role of patients' forums and professional executive committees (PECs).

Primary care trusts (PCTs) have developed their PEC membership in many diverse ways to reflect and meet the needs of their local health community.

Forums are encouraged by the Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health to work closely with PCTs, their boards and professional executive committees to enable them to carry out their functions.

Radiography Services (Berkshire)

Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the average waiting time for radiotherapy treatment is in (a) East Berkshire, (b) the Royal Berkshire Hospital and (c) Wexham Park Hospital; [173731]
 
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(2) how many people were waiting for radiotherapy treatment in east Berkshire in each of the last five years. [173732]

Ms Rosie Winterton: The Department does not collect data on waiting times for radiotherapy.

TREASURY

Abortion

Mr. Amess: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many conceptions resulted in abortions in women aged (a) 11, (b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 years in each year since 2000, broken down by strategic health authority; and if he will make a statement. [174525]

John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.

Letter from Len Cook to Mr. David Amess, dated 20 May 2004:

As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking for the number of conceptions leading to an abortion for women aged between 11 and 19 for each year since 2000. (174525)

The number of conceptions leading to an abortion, at ages under 14 and by single year for ages 14 to 19, are shown in the attached tables. The information is provided for all strategic health authorities in England, for the years 2000 and 2001. This is the most recent year for which figures are available.

In order to protect the confidentiality of individuals, ONS does not publish these figures by single year of age below age 14, given the small number of cases.

Number of conceptions leading to an abortion to women under 20 by age England and Wales, strategic health authority, 2000

	Age at conception
	Under 14	14	15	16	17	18	19
England and Wales	236	1,100	3,048	5,854	8,020	9,651	10,517
England	225	1,035	2,894	5,572	7,613	9,146	9,966
County Durham and Tees Valley	6	28	80	109	163	172	180
Northumberland, Tyne & Wear	5	32	110	168	221	293	265
Cheshire & Merseyside	8	44	141	298	427	479	513
Cumbria and Lancashire	3	39	138	214	301	368	320
Greater Manchester	5	54	153	345	419	556	569
North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire	6	33	90	185	221	285	262
South Yorkshire	4	39	91	172	191	224	246
West Yorkshire	9	40	111	221	300	338	370
Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland	5	26	82	157	221	254	309
Trent	13	48	137	238	335	377	404
Birmingham and the Black Country	20	62	173	300	448	547	566
Coventry, Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire	7	33	106	180	256	287	327
Shropshire and Staffordshire	3	35	88	161	218	237	235
Bedford and Hertfordshire	4	34	74	165	223	268	270
Essex	5	29	85	165	218	262	245
Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire	10	27	86	184	250	294	281
North Central London	8	28	76	174	244	350	422
North East London	12	52	140	264	370	464	516
North West London	13	35	98	236	354	442	606
South East London	19	51	116	267	350	464	560
South West London	11	32	86	153	232	288	322
Hampshire and Isle of Wight	4	24	89	168	232	264	303
Kent and Medway	7	27	83	172	232	239	276
Surrey and Sussex	5	47	114	222	339	374	447
Thames Valley	9	42	112	217	260	322	407
Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire	14	39	106	211	233	301	365
Dorset and Somerset	5	20	57	96	158	170	142
South West Peninsula	5	35	72	130	197	227	238
Wales	11	65	154	282	407	505	551

 
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Number of conceptions leading to an abortion to women under 20 by age England and Wales, by strategic health authority, 2001 (provisional)

	Age at conception
Area	Under 14	14	15	16	17	18	19
England and Wales	219	1,154	3,025	5,993	8,323	9,666	10,312
England	211	1,087	2,840	5,638	7,925	9,198	9,838
County Durham and Tees Valley	5	29	56	114	169	181	175
Northumberland, Tyne & Wear	6	37	97	157	219	250	250
Cheshire & Merseyside	7	42	119	311	422	453	454
Cumbria and Lancashire	9	45	115	208	273	306	314
Greater Manchester	10	64	175	312	474	536	525
North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire	—	39	83	175	243	235	243
South Yorkshire	7	43	94	159	194	219	257
West Yorkshire	10	42	109	217	295	360	362
Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland	—	33	68	155	212	268	282
Trent	7	55	143	252	322	400	386
Birmingham and the Black Country	18	63	160	330	448	529	518
Coventry, Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire	5	36	117	168	240	271	314
Shropshire and Staffordshire	7	30	83	178	235	195	223
Bedford and Hertfordshire	6	36	78	153	220	265	283
Essex	6	29	71	159	242	275	281
Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire	6	36	94	186	245	282	321
North Central London	8	37	78	185	261	364	443
North East London	6	48	146	281	399	500	563
North West London	7	33	108	228	335	480	569
South East London	17	47	138	319	421	523	554
South West London	6	23	85	161	253	256	345
Hampshire and Isle of Wight	6	36	107	166	239	278	334
Kent and Medway	9	33	93	165	250	287	279
Surrey and Sussex	9	47	106	224	319	388	398
Thames Valley	6	32	103	212	301	382	393
Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire	12	41	95	206	319	316	378
Dorset and Somerset	5	18	50	135	156	159	172
South West Peninsula	7	33	69	122	219	240	222
Wales	8	67	185	355	398	468	474

Note:
To protect confidentiality, figures for certain strategic health authorities are not shown

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