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NHS Dentists
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the percentage change in the number of NHS dentists in north-west London has been in each year since 1997, broken down by parliamentary constituency. [214562]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The following table shows the percentage change in the number of general dental service or personal dental service dentists, each year, in north-west London from 1997 to 2004, by parliamentary constituency.
Source:
Dental Practice Board
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of dentists in (a) North West London Strategic Health Authority, (b) Brent and (c) Brent, East has stopped taking NHS patients in each year since 1997. [214563]
Ms Rosie Winterton:
The table shows by North West London strategic health authority, Brent local authority, Brent East parliamentary constituency and Brent Teaching Primary Care Trust, the numbers of dentists who stopped doing general or personal dental service work during the year as a percentage of the total number of dentists for the years 1997 to 2004. These figures do not include dentists who moved to other areas and continued to work in the general or personal dental services. The dentists could have ceased doing national health service work for a number of different reasons, for example retirement or to take a short-term absence, as well as because the dentists only wished to treat private patients.
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Source:
Dental Practice Board
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time to become a patient of an NHS dentist in north-west London has been in each year since 1997, broken down by parliamentary constituency. [214564]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The Department does not collect this information centrally.
Departmental Contracts
Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many contracts in his Department have been granted to (a) EDS, (b) Fujitsu and (c) jointly in each of the last two years; whether they were open to competition; for what they were granted; for how much; over what period of time; and if he will make a statement. [211616]
Mr. Hutton: The Department does not hold centrally a record of individual contracts for all policy areas nor does it have similar details for its agencies. However, information is available in the major information technology procurement areas for the Department and shows only one contract has been let to Fujitsu over the last two years. It was an open competition under Official Journal of the European Community/Official Journal of the European Union rules for the provision of IT systems for the primary and acute care sectors as part of the national programme for IT southern regional cluster. The contract, which will run over nine years, commenced on 30 June 2004 and has a value of £896 million. EDS was an unsuccessful bidder for this contract.
Departmental Expenditure
Mrs. Anne Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much and what percentage of his Department's expenditure went on research and development in each year between 2001–02 and 2003–04. [206985]
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Miss Melanie Johnson: The total departmental expenditure on research and development, and what percentage of the Department's total net expenditure this represents is shown in the table.
Total research and development spend (£ million) | Research and development as a proportion of net Departmental spend (percentage) | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001–02 | 538 | 0.80 |
| 2002–03 | 574 | 0.86 |
| 2003–04 | not available | not available |
Note:
These figures Include expenditure on research and development by agencies sponsored by the Department.
Mrs. Anne Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what expenditure was made by (a) his Department and (b) agencies for which his Department is responsible on research projects by private sector companies in each financial year since 2001–02; [206991]
(2) what expenditure (a) his Department and (b) agencies for which his Department is responsible have made on research and development by private sector companies in each financial year since 2001–02; [206994]
(3) how much and what percentage of the expenditure of each agency sponsored by his Department went on research and development in each year between 2001–02 and 2003–04; [206999]
(4) what expenditure was made by (a) the Department and (b) agencies for which the Department is responsible to research and development projects undertaken by organisations other than university departments, Government-funded research establishments and private sector companies in each year since 2001–02. [207015]
Miss Melanie Johnson: The information available is shown in the tables.
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n/a=Not available.
(49)Total value of contracts that began in these financial years,
Mrs. Anne Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much (a) his Department and (b) each agency for which his Department is responsible spent on research and development with overseas Government laboratories or research establishments, including collaborative Government funded laboratories and research establishments, in each year between 2001–02 and 2003–04. [207001]
Miss Melanie Johnson: Expenditure by the Department on research and development projects where the contractor undertaking the research was based overseas was as follows:
| Amount (£) | |
|---|---|
| 2001–02 | 0 |
| 2002–03 | 9,547 |
| 2003–04 | 34,704 |
None of the Department's executive agencies incurred expenditure of this sort in the years in question.
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