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Children's Health Services
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children aged between four and five are registered with an NHS dentist. [67650]
Ms Rosie Winterton: Information on the number of children aged between four and five registered with a national health services dentist is not held centrally.
The number of children aged between three andfive registered with a NHS dentist in England at30 September 2005, the latest data available, was 1,014,351.
Note:
Figures have been provided by the information centre for health and social care. The data source is the business services authority and the figures are based on the numbers of children aged between three and five registered with dentists with open general dental service or personal dental service contracts as at 30 September 2005.
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what funding the Department has made available for 2006-07 to support health promotion for parents and young children; and whether this funding is ring-fenced; [67651]
(2) what steps are being taken in each primary care trust to provide parents of children aged between three and five with information about (a) parenting and (b) promoting health; [67652]
(3) how many birth to five guides were distributed to parents during the most recent period for which figures are available. [67654]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: It is for primary care trusts to make decisions locally about how much of their resources to make available to support health promotion for parents and young children. There is no ring-fenced funding to support health promotion for children and parents but the child health promotion programme provides a framework to promote the health and well-being of children. We issue “Birth to Five”, which gives first time parents advice both on parenting and on the health of young children, to health promotion units so that they can make sure first time parents get a copy. We issued 421,430 copies between May 2005 and April 2006.
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many blood spot tests for hypothyroidism and phenylketonuria were carried out on babies less than a week old during the most recent period for which figures are available; [67656]
(2) how many (a) antenatal screening and (b) preliminary assessments of child and family needs were carried out during the most recent period for which figures are available. [67657]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: The information requested is not collected centrally.
Mr. Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what procedures are used to decide which central or local government body has responsibility under the Every Child Matters policy for financing medical and therapeutic support for children with a Statement of Special Educational Needs; and if she will make a statement. [67804]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: It is for primary care trusts in partnership with strategic health authorities, local authorities and other local stakeholders to determine how best to use their funds to meet national and local priorities for improving health, tackling health inequalities and modernising services. This process provides the means for addressing local needs within the health community including the provision of health care to children with a statement of special educational needs.
Corporate Hospitality
David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health on how many occasions she has accepted corporate hospitality in the last 12 months. [67526]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: Paragraph 5.28 of the Ministerial Code sets out the rules on the registration of hospitality.
The Secretary of State for Health has not accepted any hospitality since being appointed to her current post.
Correspondence
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when she will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Brent, East, dated 23 March, regarding Ms Renae Tilley. [37744]
Ms Rosie Winterton: I regret we did not receive the hon. Member's original letter of 23 March 2005. The hon. Member wrote again on 23 December and I replied on 11 January.
Coventry Primary Care Trust
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement on the financial position of Coventry primary care trust. [64709]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The Coventry teaching primary care trust is forecasting a break-even position for 2005-06 at month six.
Deep Vein Thrombosis
Dr. Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of deep vein thrombosis have been recorded in (a) each region in England and (b) the Tees Valley in each year since 1997. [67190]
Caroline Flint: Table 1 shows the counts of primary diagnosis finished consultant episodes for deep vein thrombosis by strategic health authority SHA of residence for the years 1997-98 to 2004-05, the latest year for which data are available.
| Table 1 | ||||||||
| SHA of Residence | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-00 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 |
Table 2 shows the counts of primary diagnosis finished consultant episodes for deep vein thrombosis by primary care trust of residence in the Tees Valley area for the years 1997-98 to 2004-5, the latest year for which data are available.
| Table 2 | ||||||||
| PCT of Residence | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-00 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 |
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