| Previous Section | Index | Home Page |
12 Sept 2005 : Column 2720W—continued
Free Fruit
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost of the free fruit for schools scheme was in each year of its operation. [13733]
Caroline Flint: The lottery provided £16 million towards the original pilots of the national school fruit scheme between 2000 and 2002. Lottery funding also provided £42 million to support scaling-up of the original pilots across five Government regions between 2002 and 2004.
The Department spent £0.75 million in 2001–02 and £0.3 million in 2002–03 on administering and evaluating the national school fruit scheme pilots.
The national rollout, to all local education authority infant, primary and special schools across England, of the scheme was completed at the end of 2004. In the year 2004–05, the Department spent £28.5 million on the scheme.
From April 2005, the Department has fully funded the school fruit and vegetable scheme and has committed £43.5 million to fund it in 2005–06.
GM Crops
Robert Key:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the published and peer-reviewed scientific studies on the safety of GM (a) food and (b) crops that have been evaluated by (i) her Department and (ii) other Government bodies; and whether each concluded that
12 Sept 2005 : Column 2721W
(A) there are no harmful effects and (B) there is evidence of actual or potential harm from consumption of GM crops and foods. [14076]
Caroline Flint: The list of studies requested by the hon. Member is not available centrally. The safety of genetically modified (GM) crops and derived materials intended for food use is evaluated on a case by case basis and involves the scrutiny of a range of data relevant to each genetically modified organism (GMO). Information on evaluations conducted in the United Kingdom is available via the websites of the relevant expert advisory committees, the Advisory Committee on Novel Food and Processes and the Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment. GM crops and derived products are only authorised if they are shown not to present a risk to the consumer, to animals and, where a viable GMO is concerned, to the environment.
General Practitioners
Mr. Wills: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate she has made of the average income, after operating expenses, of general practitioners working only for the NHS in (a) 2000, (b) 2001, (c) 2002, (d) 2003 and (e) 2004. [13299]
Mr. Byrne: The information requested is shown in the table.
| Amount (£) | |
|---|---|
| 2000–01 | 54,219 |
| 2001–02 | 56,510 |
| 2002–03 | 61,618 |
| 2003–04 | 67,040 |
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many general practitioners there were in the Essex Health Authority area in (a) 2002–03, (b) 2003–04 and (c) 2004–05. [14319]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The numbers of general practitioners in the Essex Strategic Health Authority (SHA) area for the years specified are shown in the table.
| Q03 | Essex SHA | Number (headcount) |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 803 | |
| 2003 | 866 | |
| 2004 | 915 | |
| December 2004 | 932 |
(202)General medical practitioners (excluding retainers and registrars) includes contracted GPs, general medical service (GMS) others and personal medical service (PMS) others. Prior to September 2004, this group included GMS unrestricted principals, PMS contracted GPs, PMS salaried GPs, restricted principals, assistants, GP registrars, salaried doctors (Para 52 SFA), PMS other, flexible career scheme GPs and GP returners.
Note:
Data as at 30 September 2002–04 and 31 December 2004.
Source:
NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre GMS and PMS statistics.
12 Sept 2005 : Column 2722W
Steve Webb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to her answer of 28 June 2005, Official Report, column 1504W, on GP appointments, what the total number of patients was in May. [13673]
Mr. Byrne: The survey in May covered practices serving 52,739,334 patients.
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people (a) requested and (b) received an appointment to see a GP within 48 hours in the Welwyn Hatfield Primary Care Trust in the last period for which figures are available. [13831]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The information requested is not collected centrally. The Department commissions a monthly survey by the national health service of the availability of appointments at each practice within each primary care trust. It does not, however, collect information on the total number of appointments which are available or their take-up by patients.
Mr. Lancaster: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people (a) requested and (b) received an appointment to see a general practitioner within 48 hours in the Milton Keynes Primary Care Trust in the last period for which figures are available. [14242]
Caroline Flint: The information requested is not collected centrally. The Department commissions a monthly survey by the national health service of the availability of appointments at each practice within each primary care trust. It does not, however, collect information on the total number of appointments which are available or their take-up by patients.
Dr. Stoate: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many full-time equivalent GPs are working in the Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley Primary Care Trust area. [14774]
Caroline Flint: The number of full-time equivalent general practitioners working in the Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley Primary Care Trust area is shown in the table.
(203)General medical practitioners (excluding retainers and registrars) includes contracted GPs, general medical service (GMS) others and personal medical service (PMS) others.
Notes:
1.Full time equivalent (fte) data have been estimated using the results from the 1992–93 GMP work load survey.
2.For 1994–2003, contracted GPs, full time = 1.00 fte; three quarter time = 0.69 fte; job share = 0.65 fte; half time = 0.60 fte. For other GP types, full time = 1.00 fte; part time = 0.6 fte.
3.For 2004, all GPs, full time = 1.0 fte; part time = 0.6 fte and therefore may not be fully comparable with previous years.
Source:
National Health Service Health and Social Care Information Centre GMS and PMS statistics.
12 Sept 2005 : Column 2723W
Mr. Bone: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients in the Wellingborough constituency have not been able to register directly with a doctor's surgery and have had to register centrally since 1997. [14107]
Ms Rosie Winterton: Data on the number of patients unable to register with a general practice is not collected or held centrally by the Department. However, since April 2005 the Department has collected monthly information on the numbers of patients assigned by primary care trusts (PCTs) to practices. This shows that, to date, no patients have been assigned by Northamptonshire Heartlands PCT.
Head Injuries (Essex)
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people with head injuries resulting from (a) cycling, (b) skateboarding and (c) rollerblading accidents have been admitted to each hospital in Essex in the last year for which figures are available. [14283]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The table shows the number of admitted care episodes for head injuries in Essex in 2003–04, which were as a result of cycling. The Department does not collect information on the numbers of admitted care episodes for head injuries resulting from skateboarding and rollerblading accidents.
Notes:
1.A finished admission episode is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one healthcare 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 (seven 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.The cause code is a supplementary code that indicates the nature of any external cause of injury, poisoning or other adverse effects.
4.Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e. the data is ungrossed).
Source:
HES, Health and Social Care Information Centre.
| Next Section | Index | Home Page |