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FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
Guinea-Bissau
Mark Simmonds: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment has been made of the (a) transparency and (b) legitimacy of the recent election in Guinea-Bissau. [9251]
Ian Pearson: The European Union Election Observation Mission, along with other international observers, considered the first round of presidential elections to have been peaceful and generally well administered in line with international principles for democratic elections. On 23 June the UN Security Council expressed its satisfaction with the peaceful and orderly manner in which the polls took place. We welcome the fact that all candidates have now accepted the results of the poll and encourage all parties in Guinea-Bissau to continue to respect the democratic process when the second round of elections takes place on 24 July.
Liberia
Mr. Rob Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he has taken to facilitate the trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor for violation of international humanitarian law. [9984]
Ian Pearson: The UK Government believe that Charles Taylor should face justice at the Special Court for Sierra Leone. We have made this clear to the Nigerian Government and will continue to do so. We remain in discussion with Nigeria and our international partners over the next steps.
Witchcraft
Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has passed to the Home Office information the Department has gathered on the impact on children of being accused of witchcraft, with particular reference to countries in Africa. [9119]
Ian Pearson:
We have not to date passed any information on this subject to the Home Office because we do not hold anything relevant. We do, however, forward information from our overseas posts to home Departments where relevant.
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HEALTH
Advertising Campaigns
Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the health-related advertising campaigns commissioned since February 2002, indicating the (a) objectives, (b) start and end dates, (c) media used, (d) criteria used to assess the effectiveness, (e) extent to which effectiveness criteria were met, (f) agency used and (g) cost of each. [6726]
Jane Kennedy [holding answer 23 June 2005]: The Department's advertising is commissioned through the Central Office of Information. Expenditure from 2001–02 to 2004–05 is shown in the following table. Information on objectives, start and end dates, media used criteria used to assess the effectiveness, extent to which effectiveness criteria were met and agency used can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
(4) To date.
Alcohol Abuse (Children)
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children were admitted to hospital in each London strategic health authority owing to alcohol-related problems in 2004–05. [8205]
Jane Kennedy:
The table shows the latest figures available for finished admission episodes and alcohol-related problems for under 18 age group in London strategic health authorities in 2003–04. Please note that "alcohol related" is not a clearly defined condition and there may be some differences in the diagnostic codes used for different cases. The table includes diagnosis codes for alcohol-related diseases, which are defined by a primary diagnosis of mental and behavioural disorders due to alcohol, alcoholic liver disease or toxic effect of alcohol.
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(5) Alcohol-related diseases defined as following ICD-10 codes recorded in primary diagnosis
F10 Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol
K70 Alcoholic liver disease
T51 Toxic effect of alcohol
Notes:
1. A finished admission episode is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one health care provider. Please note that admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year.
2. The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 14 (7 prior to 2002–03) diagnosis fields in the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data set and provides the main reason why the patient was in hospital.
3. Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e. the data are ungrossed).
Source:
Hospital episode statistics, Health and Social Care Information Centre.
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Asthma
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) adults and (b) children per 100 population diagnosed with asthma there are in each London borough. [8208]
Jane Kennedy: The Department does not collect figures on adults and children per 100 population diagnosed with asthma.
The table shows the count of finished admission episodes and counts per 100 population for admitted care episodes in national health service hospitals where asthma was the primary diagnosis, in each London local authority district of residence in 2003–04.
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(6) Mid-2003 Resident Population Estimates for all London boroughs is provided by Demography and Geography, Health and Social Care Information Centre
Notes:
Finished admission episodes
A finished admission episode is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one health care provider. Please note that admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year.
Diagnosis (Primary Diagnosis)
The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 14 (7 prior to 2002–03) diagnosis fields in the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data set and provides the main reason why the patient was in hospital.
Ungrossed Data
Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e. the data are ungrossed).
Low Numbers
Due to reasons of confidentiality, figures between 1 and 5 have been suppressed and replaced with "*".
Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care Information Centre
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