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Specialised Services Commissioning
Tim Loughton:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how the forthcoming review of specialised services commissioning will fit into the wider reorganisation of primary care trusts and strategic health authorities; and if she will make a statement; [28361]
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(2) what the timetable is for the review of specialised services commissioning; [28648]
(3) whether the recommendations from the forthcoming review of specialised services commissioning will be binding on all primary care trusts. [28649]
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Mr. Byrne: The review looking into commissioning arrangements for specialised services has been asked to report in spring 2006. The review will assess the potential impact of national health service system reform on specialised services and treatments, ensure that proposals keep specialised services commissioning in step with wider NHS reforms and generate consistent arrangements across the country.
Waiting Lists/Times
Mr. Holloway: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many operations have been rescheduled because of lack of resources over the last eight years. [28599]
Mr. Byrne: The number of rescheduled operations is not collected centrally.
NORTHERN IRELAND
Accident Data
Dr. McCrea: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether minimum data have been set for the collection of data by IT systems relating to home accidents in (a) accident and emergency departments and (b) minor injury units in Northern Ireland, as specified under Action 13 of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety Home Accident Prevention Strategy 2004–09. [33563]
Mr. Woodward: A minimum dataset has been agreed by DHSSPS in conjunction with the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) in Northern Ireland for the collection of information by IT systems on patients who attend accident and emergency departments and minor injuries units as a result of home accidents.
Apple Production
David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps he is taking to promote apple production in County Armagh. [34552]
Angela E. Smith: There are no measures to promote apple production anywhere in Northern Ireland. The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development provides a range of support measures to existing producers throughout Northern Ireland, including financial support through the EU Producer Organisation Scheme, research and development and industry training and technology transfer programmes.
Assets Recovery
Mr. McGrady: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how money recovered by the Assets Recovery Agency in Northern Ireland has been distributed. [35336]
Mr. Woodward:
The proceeds of all assets recovered under the Proceeds of Crime Act and earlier legislation are paid to the Consolidated Fund and an element is dispersed for a variety of asset recovery purposes under the auspices of the Home Office. For example, the Police Service of Northern Ireland has received £270,000 in incentive payments under a police incentive scheme introduced in
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2004–05. Additional financial investigators in the Police Service of Northern Ireland are also being funded with £240,000 over two years from recovered assets receipts.
From 2006–07 all asset recovery agencies including the Police Service of Northern Ireland will be able to get back 50 per cent. of the assets they recover and are encouraged to invest it in boosting asset recovery.
Mr. McGrady: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how the money allocated to the new assets recovery incentive scheme in Northern Ireland will be distributed. [35337]
Mr. Woodward: From 2006–07, under a new incentive scheme all asset recovery agencies in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will be able to get back 50 per cent. of the assets they recover. There are no conditions attached on how the money should be spent but agencies are encouraged to invest a portion in boosting asset recovery and, where appropriate, in local crime fighting projects.
Autism
Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate he has made of the number of individuals aged 16 years and above in the Province with autistic spectrum disorders; and how many of these are estimated to be deemed of school age. [34648]
Mr. Woodward: The information requested is not available.
Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what provision is made in the Province for those aged 16 years and above who suffer from autistic spectrum disorders. [34649]
Mr. Woodward: Health and social services boards and trusts provide a range of mainstream and specialist health care services for children and adults with autism including diagnostic and assessment services, family support services, respite services, date care services, befriending schemes, mental health services, learning disability services and specialist services contracted from voluntary organisations such as PAPA (Parents and Professionals and Autism) and PEAT (Parents' Education as Autism Therapists).
Car Parks
Mr. Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps (a) Translink and (b) each Northern Ireland Department is taking to encourage departmental employees in Northern Ireland to use public transport to and from their workplace. [31453]
Mr. Woodward:
Translink has advised me that it operates a corporate commuter initiative which encourages both public and private sector employees to use public transport to and from their workplace. Under this, Translink works in partnership with several Northern Ireland Departments and other Government bodies and provides incentives such as subsidised public transport and personalised travel plans.
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The Travelwise scheme operated by the Roads Service provides advice about alternatives to car use, including the use of public transport. It has promoted the scheme to all Northern Ireland Departments. In addition to these measures, Northern Ireland Departments may offer advances of salary to assist staff with the purchase of season tickets.
Confiscated Computers
Mr. Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many computers have been confiscated in relation to offences reported to (a) East Belfast District Command Unit and (b) Castlereagh District Command Unit in each year since 1998; how many reports led to (i) prosecution and (ii) conviction; and what this figure is as a percentage of the total. [31990]
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Mr. Woodward: No central record is maintained to identify the number of computers confiscated in a particular District Command Unit. To obtain this information would involve a manual trawl of records at disproportionate cost. Statistics relating to prosecutions and convictions resulting from the confiscation of computers is not recorded.
Cardiac Care
Mr. Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many trained medical (a) doctors and (b) nurses specialising in cardiac care there were in each hospital in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. [31971]
Mr. Woodward: The information required is provided in the following tables.
Notes:
1. The number of nurses specialising in cardiac care was not available (n/a) for Belfast City Hospital, Downe Hospital, Lagan Valley Hospital, Erne Hospital and Tyrone County Hospital. Only whole-time equivalent nursing figures were available for Antrim Area Hospital.
2. Doctor figures include the following grades: consultant and associate specialist.
3. Nursing figures include qualified nursing staff Grade F and above only.
4. Totals have been left blank (n/a) where some figures were not available.
Source:
NI HSS Trusts
Notes:
1. The number of nurses specialising in cardiac care was not available (n/a) for Belfast City Hospital, Downe Hospital, Lagan Valley Hospital, Erne Hospital and Tyrone County Hospital. Only whole-time equivalent nursing figures were available for Antrim Area Hospital.
2. Doctor figures include the following grades: consultant and associate specialist.
3. Nursing figures include qualified nursing staff Grade F and above only.
4. Totals have been left blank (n/a) where some figures were not available.
Source:
NI HSS Trusts
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Notes:
1. The number of nurses specialising in cardiac care was not available (n/a) for Belfast City Hospital, Erne Hospital and Tyrone County Hospital. Only whole-time equivalent nursing figures were available for Antrim Area Hospital.
2. Doctor figures include the following grades: consultant and associate specialist.
3. Nursing figures include qualified nursing staff Grade F and above only.
4. Totals have been left blank (n/a) where some figures were not available.
Source:
NI HSS Trusts
Notes:
1. The number of nurses specialising in cardiac care was not available for Erne Hospital and Tyrone County Hospital.
2. Doctor figures include the following grades: consultant and associate specialist.
3. Nursing figures include qualified nursing staff Grade F and above only.
4. Totals have been left blank (n/a) where some figures were not available.
Source:
NI HSS Trusts
Notes:
1. Doctor figures include the following grades: consultant and associate specialist.
2. Nursing figures include qualified nursing staff Grade F and above only.
Source:
NI HSS Trusts
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