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Silicone Cosmesis

Mr. Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what budget he has set for 2005–06 on silicone cosmesis. [188825R]

Dr. Ladyman: It is for primary care trusts, in partnership with strategic health authorities and other local stakeholders, to determine how best to use their funds to meet national and local priorities for improving health, tackling health inequalities and modernising services. This process provides the means for addressing local needs within the health community, including the provision of silicone cosmesis.

Mr. Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of the £4 million allocation made towards silicone cosmesis has been spent by NHS trusts over the last three years. [188826R]

Dr. Ladyman: Spending on silicone cosmesis through the National Health Service Purchasing and Supply Agency national framework agreement, which probably represents most if not all spending by NHS trusts (England only) on silicone cosmesis coverings and associated equipment and services was £81,858 for 2001–02, £410,479 for 2002–03 and £710,188 for 2003–04. This equates to 30 per cent., out of the £4 million allocation made to NHS trusts (England only).

Smoking Ban

Mr. Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the effects on the NHS of a ban on smoking in public places. [189257]

Miss Melanie Johnson: Second-hand smoke in the home and in public places is causally linked to lung cancer, ischaemic heart disease, cot death, childhood respiratory diseases, middle ear disease and asthma attacks in children. A reduction in exposure to second-hand smoke will lead to a reduced burden on the national health service from the diseases linked to second-hand smoke; as well as a reduced direct health burden from lower smoking rates, which would follow. The exact level of this benefit has not been estimated.

We have just conducted a public health consultation, which covers a wide range of issues including smoking in public places. We are currently considering all the many responses we have received. These will inform the public health White Paper which will be published in the autumn.
 
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Social Care Payments

Mr. Best: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many recipients of direct payments for social care there are in (a) England, (b) Leeds and (c) Leeds North West. [189145]

Dr. Ladyman: The table shows the number of clients aged 18 and over receiving direct payments in England and Leeds in 2002–03. Information on direct payments provided to carers and parents of disabled children are not available.

Information for Leeds North West is not collected centrally.
Number of clients aged 18 and over receiving direct payments in England and Leeds in 2002–03.

	Total of clients(53) receiving direct payments
England(54)	9,600
Leeds	70

⁽⁵³⁾ Total includes all clients aged 18 and over.
⁽⁵⁴⁾ Based on estimates.
Source:
RAP form P2f

Social Services (Haringey)

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people are employed in Haringey social services Department, broken down by grade; and what the vacancy rate is. [188926]

Dr. Ladyman [holding answer 14 September 2004]: Data on the number of people employed by Haringey social services Department by grade and the vacancy rates are not available centrally. The table shows the whole time equivalent number of staff employed by Haringey social services Department as at 30 September 2003, the latest date for which data are available broken down by various job categories:
Whole time equivalent number of staff employed by Haringey social services Department as at 30 September 2003

	Number
Strategic/central staff
Senior support staff	10
Staff in operational divisions/not establishment based
Assistant directors, managers and principal officers not establishment based	5
Provision specifically for children's services
Children's services: team leaders/managers	40
Children's services: assistant team managers/senior social workers	35
Children's services: field social workers	100
Children's services: social services officers/social work assistants	10
Children's services: child protection, family placement, juvenile/youth justice workers	50
Children's services: OT assistants, equipment aids and other officers	10
Provision specifically for adult services
Team leaders/managers	20
Assistant team managers/senior social workers	10
Care managers	30
Community workers	25
Specialist teams (not included above) alcohol, HIV/AIDS and drug centres
Care managers in alcohol, HIV/AIDS and drug centres	5
Other specialist teams (e.g. mental health, people with learning disabilities and/or physical disabilities)
Team leaders/managers	15
Assistant team managers and senior social workers	5
Social workers	30
Care managers in specialist teams for mental health etc.	0
Support workers	10
Generic provision
Team leaders/managers	10
Assistant team managers/senior social workers	5
Community workers (inc. community development officers)	5
Occupational therapists	10
OT assistants, equipment aids and other officers	5
Other staff:
Transport
Support services staff	230
Domiciliary service staff
Home/domiciliary care/help organizers	10
Home care staff/home helps	105
Support services staff	10
Day care provision:
Staff of day centres mainly for elderly people and elderly people with a mental infirmity
Managers and officers in charge	5
Care staff	10
Staff of day centres mainly for people under 65 with physical disabilities
Care staff	5
Other support services staff	5
Staff of day centres mainly for adults with learning disabilities (Include centres formerly referred to as adult training centres) deputy officers in charge	10
Care staff	65
Other support services staff	10
Family centres
Family centre workers, family aides and other care staff	5
Care in residential establishments:
Staff of homes mainly for elderly people and elderly people with a mental infirmity
Managers and officers in charge	5
Deputy officers in charge	5
Other supervisory staff	5
Care staff	100
Other support services staff	25
Staff of homes and hostels mainly for adults with mental health problems
Care staff	15
Staff of homes and hostels mainly for adults with learning disabilities
Other supervisory staff	5
Care staff	25
Staff of community homes for children looked after (including observation and assessment centres where mainly residential)
Child care staff	20
Mainly for children
Child care staff	10
Other staff in post (not included above)
All other staff	75
Total staff:
Grand total all staff	1,295

Note:
Because of rounding, the total is not exactly the sum of the individual staff numbers.





 
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Speech Therapists

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many primary care trusts have (a) withdrawn and (b) reduced budgets for speech therapists over the last three years; and if he will make a statement. [189367]

 
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Mr. Hutton: The information requested is not collected centrally.

Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus

Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus there were in each of the last 10 years. [187444]

Miss Melanie Johnson: Laboratory reports of vancomycin resistant enterococcal bacteraemias for each year from 1993 to 2003 for England are shown in the table.
Vancomycin resistant enterococcus infections

	Number
1993	30
1994	49
1995	66
1996	73
1997	63
1998	119
1999	119
2000	184
2001	159
2002	253
2003	331

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