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The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles statistics of unemployment for local areas from the annual local area Labour Force Survey and Annual Population Survey following International Labour Organisation definitions. However, sample sizes are insufficient to provide estimates of change in male and female unemployment in the Yeovil Parliamentary Constituency.
ONS also compiles statistics for local areas of people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA). Table 1, attached, shows the annual changes in levels and proportions of working-age resident population for male claimants of JSA, resident in the Yeovil constituency, for May of each year from 2001 to 2006. Table 2 shows corresponding data for female claimants of JSA.
| Table 1: Changes in levels and proportions for male claimants of jobseeker’s allowance resident in the Yeovil parliamentary constituency, May 2001 to May 2006 | ||||
| Level | Proportion of working-age population( 1) | |||
| May of each year | Number | Change on year | Proportion (percentage) | Change on year (percentage points) |
| (1) Aged 16 to 64. Source: Jobcentre Plus Administrative system. | ||||
| Table 2: Changes in levels and proportions for female claimants of jobseeker’s allowance resident in the Yeovil parliamentary constituency, May 2001 to May 2006 | ||||
| Level | Proportion of working-age population( 1) | |||
| May of each year | Number | Change on year | Proportion (percentage) | Change on year (percentage points) |
| (1) Aged 16 to 59. Source: Jobcentre Plus Administrative system. | ||||
Health
Alcohol-related Hospital Admissions
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people (a) under and (b) over the age of 18 years were admitted to hospital for alcohol-related problems in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by region. [81693]
Caroline Flint: The information requested is shown in the table, by Government Office Region. It provides data on finished admission episodes for people under and over 18 years admitted to hospital for alcohol related problems in 2004-05.
Counts of finished admission episodes for selected(1) alcohol related diseases by regional office of residence and age grouping in national health service hospitals 2004-05.
(1) Alcohol related diseases defined as following ICD-10 codes recorded in primary diagnosis.
F10 Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol K70 Alcoholic liver disease T51 Toxic effect of alcohol
| Regional office of residence | Aged under 18 | Aged 18 and over | Age not known |
| Notes: Finished admission episodes. A finished admission episode is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. Admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year. Primary diagnosis 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. Primary care trust (PCT) and strategic health authority (SNA) data quality PCT and SHA data was added to historic data-years in the HES database using 2002-03 boundaries, as a one-off exercise in 2004. The quality of the data on PCT of treatment and SHA of treatment is poor in 1996-97, 1997-98 and 1998-99, with over a third of all finished episodes having missing values in these years. Data quality of PCT of general practitioner (GP) practice and SHA of GP practice in 1997-98 and 1998-99 is also poor, with a high proportion missing values where practices changed or ceased to exist. There is less change in completeness of the residence-based fields over time, where the majority of unknown values are due to missing postcodes on birth episodes. Users of time series analysis including these years need to be aware of these issues in their interpretation of the data. Ungrossed data Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data; that is the data are ungrossed. Low numbers Due to reasons of confidentiality, figures between one and five have been suppressed and replaced with an asterisk. Source: Hospital episode statistics (HES), The Information Centre for health and social care | |||
Breast Milk Substitutes
Lynne Jones:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what surveys she has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated into (i) the perception of pregnant women and women with young children of advertising of
breast milk substitute and (ii) the ability of consumers to distinguish between infant and follow-on breast milk substitutes. [81528]
Caroline Flint: The Department commissioned a survey of pregnant women and women with young children in August 2005 to establish whether there was any confusion among consumers relating to advertising of follow-on formula milks.
The results of the survey suggest that there is some confusion among consumers. Of the total respondents surveyed, 39 per cent. stated they had seen infant formula advertising, rather than follow-on formula, which is not allowed under European Union law.
Cadbury Schweppes (Chocolate Contamination)
Chris Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when Cadbury Schweppes plc first became aware of the risk of contamination of its chocolate at its plant near Leominster; when tests first confirmed the existence of salmonella in its production; when the company first notified (a) the Food Standards Agency and (b) her Department of the (i) risk and (ii) tests results; what requirements are placed on food companies to report such potential contamination; what penalties may be imposed on them for failing to do so in a timely manner; and if she will make a statement. [81092]
Caroline Flint: Cadbury’s Schweppes plc first informed the Food Standards Agency (FSA) on 19 June 2006 that, in relation to the current incident, they had detected Salmonella contamination of products from their Marlbrook plant in January 2006. The FSA relayed the information to my Department.
Information subsequently provided by the company indicated that contamination of its products with Salmonella Montevideo had been identified in April 2002, but these products were destroyed.
Since 1 January 2005, food businesses operators have been required to inform the competent authorities if they consider, or have reason to believe, that a food which they have imported, produced, processed, manufactured or distributed, is not in compliance with the food safety requirements as set out in article 14 of EC regulation 178/2002.
Under the General Food Regulations 2004, the maximum penalties for not informing the competent authorities as above are two years’ imprisonment, an unlimited fine, or both.
Care Costs
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average cost was of delivering an episode of care in (a) 1979, (b) 1997 and (c) the most recent period for which figures are available, at constant prices. [76948]
Caroline Flint: The average cost of delivering an episode of care allowing for health pay and price inflation is shown in the table:
| Cost per episode (£) | |
A patient admitted to hospital is assigned to a practitioner responsible for their treatment. This period of care is termed an episode.
There are no data available for 1979.
Information is not available on a comparable basis after 2003-04.
Care Homes
Mr. Evennett: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) nursing and (b) residential care homes there were in the London borough of Bexley in (i) 1997, (ii) 2001 and (iii) 2005. [78067]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: Information on the number of homes was collected by the Department for the years 1997 and 2001. The table shows the number of residential and nursing care homes in Bexley, as at 31 March, in 1997 and 2001.
| Number of residential and nursing care homes in Bexley, as at 31 March, 1997 and 2001 | ||
| Rounded data | ||
| 1997 | 2001 | |
| (1 )Residential data are for Bexley authority. (2) Nursing data in 1997 are for Bexley health authority, whereas nursing data for 2001 are for the Bexley and Greenwich health authority. This followed a merger of the two Health authorities Bexley and Greenwich health authority; the number of nursing homes in Greenwich was not recorded in 1997. (3) Nursing data include places in general nursing homes, mental nursing homes and private hospitals and clinics. (4) Totals may not equal the sum of parts due to rounding Sources: Department of Health RA and RH(N) returns. | ||
The Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) produces data on the number of care homes and places registered as at 31 March each year, beginning with 2003. There are some definitional differences between these data and those for years up to 2001.
I understand from the chair of CSCI that, as at 31 March 2005, there were four nursing and 29 residential care homes in Bexley local authority. I am informed by CSCI that the reduction in numbers is due to several factors:
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