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Paediatric Continence Services

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the likely impact of boundary changes to primary care trusts on the availability of integrated paediatric continence services. [47232]

Mr. Byrne: The national service framework for children, young people and maternity services encourages primary care trusts (PCTs) to work with other statutory and voluntary organisations locally towards establishing integrated paediatric continence
 
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services. There is no reason to believe that changes to PCT boundaries will have an adverse effect on the integration of paediatric continence services.

Patient Registration (York/Selby)

Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) adult and (b) child patients are registered with a general practice in York and Selby; and how many were registered at each six month interval in the last five years. [56657]

Mr. Byrne: The information is not available in the format requested. Data on registered general practitioner (GP) patients is collected annually. The table shows the number of patients registered with a GP within the Selby and York Primary Care Trust (PCT) area for 2001–04 and the equivalent primary care groups in 2000.
Registered GP patients ages for selected organisations, 30 September 2000–02

			Total	0–1	2–4	5–15	16–24	25–44	45–64	65–74
			275,242	5,153	9,055	36,210	32,244	82,340	66,383	22,996
4DK03	Selby PCG	2000	67,546	1,346	2,481	10,305	6,284	20,278	17,061	5,263
4YT24	York PCG	2000	207,696	3,807	6,574	25,905	25,960	62,062	49,322	17,733
5E2	Selby and York PCT	2001	277,918	5,054	9,080	36,145	33,751	82,516	67,037	23,117
		2002	280,633	5,125	8,687	36,359	34,884	81,895	68,655	23,402

Source:
NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre, General and Personal Medical Services Statistics





Registered GP Patients Ages for selected organisations, 30 September 2003–04

Number (headcount)
			Total	0–4	5–14	15–44	45–64	65–74	75–84	85 and over
5E2	Selby and York PCT	2003(65)	283,334	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
		2004	285,242	13,586	32,471	122,829	70,372	23,825	16,824	5,335

n/a = Denotes data not available.
⁽⁶⁵⁾ Patient data has been revised from previously published figures and is not available at age level
Source:
NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre, General and Personal Medical Services Statistics.

Personal Expenses (Residential and Nursing Accommodation)

Mr. Steen: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what factors she takes into account when determining the level of personal expenses allowance (PEA) provided to those in (a) residential and (b) nursing accommodation; what items the PEA covers; when she last reviewed the level of the PEA; and what plans she has for further review. [54631]

Mr. Byrne: The personal expenses allowance (PEA) was originally set with reference to the part III accommodation rates in income support and jobseekers allowance set by the Department for Work and Pensions. The PEA is periodically uprated taking into account the increase in average earnings and following discussions between the Department and the Department for Work and Pensions.

A consultation exercise, due to end on 7 March, sets out proposed changes to the regulations and guidance on charges for residential accommodation; this includes a proposal to increase the PEA from £18.80 to £19.60 per week from April 2006.

Primary Care Trusts (North Yorkshire)

Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement on the financial situation of the primary care trusts in North Yorkshire. [56862]

Mr. Byrne: The information requested is shown in the table.
North and East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire primary care trusts (PCTs)—Financial position 2004–05 and 2005–06 £000

Organisation name	2004–05 Final accounts surplus/(deficit)	2005–06 Month 6 forecast outturn surplus/(deficit)
North East Lincolnshire PCT	0	0
Selby and York PCT(66)	(6,598)	(9,968)
East Yorkshire PCT	0	0
Yorkshire Wolds and Coast PCT	(6,116)	0
Eastern Hull PCT	192	0
West Hull PCT	35	0
North Lincolnshire PCT	36	0
Hambleton and Richmondshire PCT	3	0
Craven, Harrogate and Rural District PCT	32	0
Scarborough, Whitby and Ryedale PCT	1	0

⁽⁶⁶⁾ Phase one turnaround organisation.
Source:
2005–06 monthly financial monitoring returns and 2004–05 audited summarisation schedules.





 
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The forecast outturn position for 2005–06, as submitted by National Health Service organisations (strategic health authorities, PCT and NHS trusts) at the mid-year point (month six), is available in the Library and is available on the Department's website at: www.dh.gov.uk/PublicationsAndStatistics/FreedomOflnformation/ClassesOflnformation/fs/en.

Private Offices

Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost of her private office was in the last year for which figures are available. [55720]

Mr. Byrne: In 2004–05, the total cost of running my right hon. Friend's private office, including all ministerial private offices, was £2,570,688.

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) which primary care trusts have not yet made available to those with a clinical need treatment approved by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence for use in rheumatoid arthritis; [58153]

(2) what assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) existing NHS deficits on the uptake of treatment approved by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence for use in rheumatoid arthritis and (b) payment by results and practice-based commissioning on the availability of these treatments; and if she will make a statement. [58154]

Mr. Byrne: All primary care trusts in England and Wales are obliged to fund, from general allocations, anti-tumour necrosis (anti-TNF) therapy for those patients with rheumatoid arthritis who meet the clinical guidelines issued by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.

Anti-TNF therapy is already commissioned at local level under arrangements that should cover the cost of patient attendances at out-patient clinics as well as any anti-TNF drugs.

From 2006–07, payment by results will apply a national tariff to rheumatology out-patient clinics. The tariff will set the price for outpatient attendances and will exclude the additional cost of anti-TNF drugs, for which funding will continue to be negotiated locally.
 
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These arrangements are already operating in 2005–06 for National Health Service Foundation Trusts and other early implementers of payment by results.

Section 64 Funding

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what her Department's Section 64 budget was for (a) 2004–05 and (b) 2005–06; what the average amount of section 64 funding paid to each qualifying organisation has been in each financial year; and if she will make a statement. [55956]

Mr. Byrne: The Department's budget for the Section 64 General Scheme of Grants for 2004–05 was £17.9 million and 2005–06 was £17.9 million. The average amount paid to grant recipients for 2004–05 was £35,500 and 2005–06 was £38,000.

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether a review of the Section 64 grant is being conducted. [55958]

Mr. Byrne: Ministers agreed in 2005 to a strategic review of Departmental funding to the voluntary and community sector. The review has not yet started.

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