House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 02 Jun 2006 (pt 0583)

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Telephone Advice Lines

Mr. Love: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many telephone advice lines her Department and its non-departmental public bodies support; how many telephone advisers each employs; and how much funding is provided to each by (a) her Department and its non-departmental public bodies, (b) other Government departments, (c) the private sector and (d) the voluntary sector. [66586]

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Mr. Ivan Lewis: The Department's call centre provides information of a general nature to members of the public about the work of the Department. It responds to about 120,000 telephone calls a year and most of the emails sent through the Department's website. The annual cost is £505,715.

There would be a disproportionate cost in identifying advice lines and funding by the Department in external bodies, since this is not ringfenced in funding given to those organisations.

Tuberculosis

Dr. Murrison: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the 20 local authority areas with the highest incidence of tuberculosis; and if she will make a statement. [67434]

Caroline Flint: The 20 local authorities with the highest rates of notified cases of tuberculosis in England in the last year for which data is available are shown in the following table:

Local authority	2004
Hackney	95.1
Newham	92.0
Slough Unitary Authority (UA)	68.0
Brent	60.9
Tower Hamlets	57.8
Harrow	57.1
Leicester UA	56.5
Luton UA	47.3
Hillingdon	47.0
Islington	46.7
Greenwich	45.6
Blackburn with Darwen UA	42.1
Wolverhampton	41.0
Birmingham	40.1
Ealing	38.9
Manchester	38.9
Waltham Forest	38.3
Southwark	38.1
City of Westminster	37.4
Enfield	35.7
Note: Data as at 3 May 2006. Source: Statutory notifications of infectious diseases, Health Protection Agency. Rates shown are per 100,000 population.

United Health Europe

Steve Webb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many times (a) she, (b) her predecessor as Secretary of State and (c) another Health Minister met representatives of United Health Europe in 2005; and what the dates were of these meetings. [53685]

Mr. Ivan Lewis: Neither the current nor the former Secretary of State for Health met with representatives of United Health Europe in 2005.

The President of United Health Europe attended a meeting where Lord Warner made a speech at the Adam Smith Institute on 4 October 2005.

Liam Byrne met with the President of United Health Europe on 27 July 2005.

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Work Permit Regulations

Keith Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether her Department conducted a race equality impact assessment concerning changes to the work permit regulations as they affect medical staff. [65676]

Ms Rosie Winterton: A partial race equality impact assessment was carried out on the proposed points based system, which had the effect of ending permit-free training. A full one will be undertaken when the system is fully implemented.

On advice, a REIA has not been carried out on the recent changes to the immigration rules for postgraduate doctors and dentists which brought the immigration provisions for non-European Economic Area (EEA) junior and dentists into line with the immigration provisions for non-EEA nationals wanting to work in any other sector of the United Kingdom labour market.

Wound Care

Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much the NHS spent on training and endorsements for wound care nurses in 2005; and what assessment her Department has undertaken of the value for money obtained from the expenditure. [71584]

Ms Rosie Winterton: The information requested is not collected centrally. It is for national health service trusts to decide on the skills and knowledge needed by their nursing work force in order to meet the needs of patients.

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Defence

Air Miles

David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many free air miles have been accrued by senior civil servants in his Department on official business in each of the last three years; and how they were used. [70621]

Mr. Watson: The Ministry of Defence has no central record of air miles accrued by senior civil servants and is therefore unable to provide details of how they were used. Guidance for officials requires that air miles accrued on official business are not used for private purposes.

Armed Forces (Foreign Citizens)

Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many and what percentage of members of each of the armed forces are not British citizens, broken down by nationality. [72550]

Mr. Watson: The number and percentage of service personnel who are not British citizens in each of HM armed forces are shown by country in the following table:

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UK Regular Forces^{( 1)} with Nationality other than British at 1 April 2006
Country	Naval service	Percentage of total strength	Army	Percentage of total strength	Royal Air Force^{( 2)}	Percentage of total strength
Total non-British service personnel	465	1.2	6,670	6.2	210	0.4
Antigua	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—
Australia	10	⁽³⁾—	75	0.1	10	⁽³⁾—
Bangladesh	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	5	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—
Barbados	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	10	⁽³⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽³⁾—
Belize	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—
Botswana	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	5	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—
Cameroon	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	20	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—
Canada	15	⁽³⁾—	60	0.1	20	⁽³⁾—
Cyprus	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	—	⁽³⁾—
Dominican Republic	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	10	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—
Egypt	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—
Eire	50	0.1	215	0.2	60	0.1
Falkland Islands	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—
Fiji	75	0.2	1,995	1.8	5	⁽³⁾—
France	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—
Gambia	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	80	0.1	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽³⁾—
Germany⁽⁵⁾	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—
Ghana	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	660	0.6	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽³⁾—
Gibraltar	—	—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—
Grenada	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	50	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—
Guyana	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	15	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—
India	5	⁽³⁾—	45	⁽³⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽³⁾—
Jamaica	25	0.1	975	0.9	25	0.1
Kenya	5	⁽³⁾—	105	0.1	5	⁽³⁾—
Malawi	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	95	0.1	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽³⁾—
Malaysia	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	5	⁽³⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽³⁾—
Malta	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	5	⁽³⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽³⁾—
Mauritius	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	25	⁽³⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽³⁾—
Montserrat	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—
Namibia	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—
Nepal	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	30	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—
New Zealand	5	⁽³⁾—	65	0.1	5	⁽³⁾—
Nigeria	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	65	0.1	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—
Other West Indies	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—
Pakistan	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	10	⁽³⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽³⁾—
Papua New Guinea	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—
Seychelles	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	10	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—
Sierra Leone	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	45	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—
Singapore	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—
South Africa	45	0.1	720	0.7	10	⁽³⁾—
Sri Lanka	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	15	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—
St. Helena	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	20	⁽³⁾—	5	⁽³⁾—
St. Kitts and Nevis	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽³⁾—
St. Lucia	5	⁽³⁾—	225	0.2	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽³⁾—
St. Vincent	130	0.3	280	0.3	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽³⁾—
Swaziland	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	10	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—
Switzerland	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—
Tanzania	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—
Tonga	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	5	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—
Trinidad	20	—	70	0.1	10	⁽³⁾—
Uganda	—	—	40	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—
Ukraine	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—
United Arab Emirates	10	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—
USA	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽³⁾—
Zambia	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	20	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—
Zimbabwe⁽⁶⁾	15	—	565	0.5	5	⁽³⁾—
Other West Indies	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—
Other Non-British⁽⁷⁾	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	20	⁽³⁾—	10	⁽³⁾—
Not known/stateless	505	1.3	25	⁽³⁾—	⁽⁸⁾75	0.2
^(1 )Data are for UK regular forces (trained and untrained), including nursing services and excluding full time reserve service personnel, Gurkhas, the home service battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment and mobilised reservists. ⁽²⁾ Royal Air Force data are for personnel serving at 6 March 2006. They include personnel who at that date had attested but have not begun basic training. ⁽³⁾ Denotes zero or rounded to zero. ⁽⁴⁾ Denotes fewer than five or percentage based on a figure fewer than five. Data are rounded to five to prevent disclosure of sensitive information. ⁽⁵⁾ Includes personnel with nationality recorded as West German. ⁽⁶⁾ Includes personnel with nationality recorded as Rhodesian ⁽⁷⁾ Includes personnel with nationality recorded as British Commonwealth/Foreign, Foreign/Foreign, Other African Country and Other Asiatic country. ⁽⁸⁾ Includes 75 personnel recorded as Commonwealth by birth, but with no nationality recorded.

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