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Pay Systems

Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will place in the Library the most recent review of (a) his Department's pay systems, (b) the pay systems of the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible and (c) the departmental equal pay action plan. [181348]

Ms Rosie Winterton: The pay system used in the Department is called pay plus and has been in full operation since August 2002. A copy of pay plus, which records the outcome of the most recent review, has been placed in the Library of the House.
 
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Non-departmental public bodies are independent and as such are given maximum operational flexibility including the matter of pay systems. The Cabinet Office and Her Majesty's Treasury issue guidance to them on most operational matters.

As part of the Government's response to the equal opportunities (EOC) task force 'Just Pay' report the Department conducted a review and produced a report which includes the departmental equal pay action plan that was placed in the Library in June 2003.

Primary Care Trusts (Funding)

Mrs. Calton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much of the money that has been made available to primary care trusts (PCTs) to assist in the additional
 
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costs of moving to payment by results for foundation trusts from 1 April has been allocated to each (a) PCT and (b) foundation trust; and by what formula these allocations were calculated. [182237]

Mr. Hutton: All of the additional funding made available to primary care trusts (PCTs), to support their contracting with Wave 1 national health service foundation trusts, was designed to compensate them for the price difference that they were to face in 2004–05 following the move to a national tariff. The funding was made available as non-recurring adjustments to PCT allocations.

No allocations were made directly to NHS foundation trusts. The overall impact on NHS foundation trusts income will be dependent on the activity they deliver, in line with the payment by results system.

The three elements to the adjustment were calculated as follows:

PCT purchasing power adjustment

This was calculated as the difference between local and national price for an agreed set of activity. Under the payment by results transition arrangements three quarters of this adjustment was returned by NHS foundation trusts to their host PCTs, whose allocation was adjusted, in turn, by the same amount.
 
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PCT growth support

This was calculated as 1.2 per cent., of the value of the agreed baseline for each NHS foundation trust.

Specialist supplement

This was calculated based on the average impact that the move to a national tariff had those Wave 1 NHS Foundation Trusts who were classified as general hospitals. This funding was made available to the host PCTs of those Wave 1 NHS Foundation Trusts classified as teaching or providing specialist services.

Information on the allocation adjustment by PCT has been placed in the Library.

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Mr. Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) sexually transmitted diseases, broken down by (i) disease, (ii) sex, (b) births and (c) abortions were reported in young people in Essex aged (A) under 12, (B) 12, (C) 13, (D) 14, (E) 15, (F) 16, (G) 17, (H) 18 and (I) 19 years in each of the last five years. [180317]

Miss Melanie Johnson [holding answer 28 June 2004]: The number of diagnoses of syphilis, gonorrhoea, chlamydia, genital herpes (first attack) and genital warts (first attack) by sex and age group in the Essex Strategic Health Authority between 1998 and 2002 are shown in the, tables. The data refers to diagnoses made in genitourinary medicine clinics and is available for the age ranges shown.
Diagnoses of selected sexually transmitted infections⁽¹⁶⁾ in those aged under 20 years of age: Essex Strategic Health Authority, 1998–2003

Condition	Age	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Females
Primary and secondary infectious syphilis	<15	0	1	0	0	0
	15	0	0	0	0	0
	16–19	0	1	0	0	0
Uncomplicated chlamydial infection	<15	4	3	3	4	3
	15	12	14	8	17	13
	16–19	168	246	281	337	376
Uncomplicated gonorrhoea	<15	1	0	0	0	3
	15	2	0	1	2	0
	16–19	13	31	19	21	21
Anogenital herpes simplex (first attack)	<15	0	0	0	2	1
	15	3	2	2	1	0
	16–19	46	64	45	53	50
Anogenital warts (first attack)	<15	4	4	3	3	4
	15	6	8	5	5	8
	16–19	207	251	219	273	249
Males
Primary and secondary infectious syphilis	<15	0	0	0	0	0
	15	0	0	0	0	0
	16–19	0	0	0	0	0
Uncomplicated chlamydial infection	<15	0	0	0	0	0
	15	0	3	1	0	0
	16–19	37	52	56	76	80
Uncomplicated gonorrhoea	<15	1	0	0	0	0
	15	0	1	1	0	0
	16–19	6	12	15	18	10
Anogenital herpes simplex (first attack)	<15	0	0	0	0	0
	15	0	0	0	0	0
	16–19	7	9	7	13	9
Anogenital warts (first attack)	<15	2	0	1	0	0
	15	1	0	1	0	1
	16–19	62	82	91	94	109

⁽¹⁶⁾ Age data is only available for five conditions.
Source:
Health Protection Agency





 
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Data on the number of births to women aged under 20 in the Essex Strategic Health Authority, for the years 1999 to 2003 is shown in table 2.
2. Number of births by age of woman in Essex, 1999–2003

	Ages
	11–15 1	16	17	18	19
1999	21	70	153	269	325
2000	24	68	143	235	317
2001	22	74	141	221	266
2002	14	56	132	246	313
2003	27	71	126	230	316

⁽¹⁷⁾ Data for individual years is not provided for under 16s, in order to protect confidentiality.
Source:
Office for National Statistics

Abortion data for 1998 to 2002, for women under 20 in Essex Strategic Health Authority is shown in table 3.
3. Number of abortions to women aged under 20 in Essex Strategic Health Authority, 1998–2002

	Ages
	<14	14	15	16	17	18	19
1998	4	24	68	166	223	258	285
1999	3	22	74	143	224	269	281
2000	6	25	68	159	199	268	265
2001	6	18	66	154	218	270	290
2002	3	14	64	136	239	256	248

Source:
Department of Health

Skin Cancer

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the incidence of newly diagnosed skin cancer in England in each year since 1997 was for (a) 0 to 15-year-olds, (b) 15 to 30-year-olds, (c) 30 to 45-year-olds, (d) 45 to 50-year-olds, (e) 50 to 65-year-olds and (f) over 65-year-olds. [183049]

Ruth Kelly: I have been asked to reply.

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

Letter from Colin Mowl to Mr. Paul Burstow, dated 12 July 2004:

The National Statistician, has been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question concerning the incidence of newly diagnosed skin cancer in England in each year since 1997. I am replying in his absence. (183049)

 
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The most recent available figures are for the year 2001. The numbers of cases for the years 1997 to 2001 are given in the table below.

Number of newly diagnosed cases of skin cancer⁽¹⁸⁾ in England, by age group, 1997–2001

	Number of cases
Age group	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
0–14	8	9	6	5	4
15–29	304	305	271	333	354
30–44	823	905	917	1,069	1,115
45–49	420	433	383	407	506
50–64	1,381	1,405	1,401	1,629	1,696
65 and over	1,940	1,964	2,064	2,378	2,387
Total	4,876	5,021	5,042	5,821	6,062

⁽¹⁸⁾ Melanoma skin cancer is defined as C43 in the 10th edition of the International Classification of Disease (ICD-10).
Source:
Office for National Statistics

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