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Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of (a) adults and (b) children in the Peterborough Primary Care Trust area had access to an NHS dentist in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement. [97517]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: The latest information available is at 31 March 2006 under the old contractual arrangements.
The proportion of adult and child NHS registrations in specific primary care trusts as at 31 March 1997-2006 are provided in the following table.
| General Dental Services (GDS) and Personal Dental Services (PDS) | ||
| Percentage | ||
| North Peterborough PCT | South Peterborough PCT | |
| Notes: 1. The postcode of the dental practice was used to allocate dentists to specific geographic areas. PCT and SHA areas have been defined using the Office for National Statistics All Fields Postcode Directory. 2. Dentists consist of principals, assistant and trainees. Information on NHS dentistry in the community dental service, in hospitals and in prisons are excluded. 3. The data in this report are based on NHS dentists on PCT lists. These details were passed on to the BSA who paid dentists based on activity undertaken. A dentist can provide as little or as much NHS treatment as he or she chooses or has agreed with the PCT. In some cases an NHS dentist may appear on a PCT list but not perform any NHS work in that period. Most NHS dentists do some private work. The data do not take into account the proportion of NHS work undertaken by dentists. 4. Population estimates are not available at PCT and SHA level prior to 2001. 5. PDS schemes had varying registration periods. To ensure comparability with corresponding GDS data, PDS registrations are estimated using “proxy registrations”, namely the number of patients seen by PDS practices in the previous 15 months. PDS proxy registrations were not estimated for periods before September 2003—actual registrations were used before this date. 6. Data for 2003 and earlier do not include those PDS schemes that do not have any registrations (eg dental access centres), and are therefore not directly comparable with later data. 7. 2005 and 2006 data have been estimated using Office for National Statistics 2004 mid-year population estimates based on the 2001 census as these are the latest available. 8. The boundaries used are as at 31 March 2006. Sources: 1. The Information Centre for health and social care 2. NHS Business Services Authority (BSA) 3. Office for National Statistics | ||
Mr. Skinner: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS dental practices are operating in Derbyshire. [96955]
Ms Rosie Winterton:
The figures for the number of new NHS dentist contracts originally signed in April
2006, contracts originally rejected in April 2006 and their corresponding units of dental activity (UDA) are shown in the following table. A contract may be either for a practice, or for an individual dentist.
| Contracts originally signed in April | Contracts originally rejected in April | |||
| Number | Approximate UDA value | Number | Approximate UDA value | |
Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what proportion of children in Colchester constituency are registered with an NHS dentist. [99874]
Ms Rosie Winterton: Under the new system, launched in April 2006, the concept of registration no longer forms part of the remuneration arrangements. The Department will still be monitoring the number of patients covered by national health service primary dental services. Information will be available in due course on the numbers of patients who receive care or treatment from NHS primary care dentists on one or more occasions within the most recent 24-month period. We expect the first information from this new system to be available later in the year.
The last information available under the old system is at PCT level at 31 March 2006. The proportion of the population registered with an NHS dentist is not available at constituency level.
As at 31 March 2006 in Colchester Primary Care Trust 25,942 children were registered with an NHS dentist. This represents 75 percent of the PCT child population.
Notes:
1. The postcode of the Dental Practice was used to allocate dentists to specific geographic areas. PCT areas have been defined using the Office for National Statistics All Fields Postcode Directory.
2. The data in this report are based on NHS dentists on PCT lists. These details were passed on to the BSA who paid dentists based on activity undertaken. A dentist can provide as little or as much NHS treatment as he or she chooses or has agreed with the PCT. Most NHS dentists do some private work.
3. PDS schemes had varying registration periods. To ensure comparability with corresponding GDS data, PDS registrations are estimated using “proxy registrations”, namely the number of patients seen by PDS practices in the previous 15 months.
4. 2005 and 2006 data have been estimated using Office for National Statistics 2004 mid-year population estimates based on the 2001 Census as these are the latest available.
5. The boundaries used are as at 31 March 2006.
Sources:
The Information Centre for health and social care
NHS Business Services Authority (BSA)
Office for National Statistics
Departmental Childcare Facilities
Mr. Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which of her Department's premises have childcare facilities on site. [89429]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: The Department provides childcare facilities in both London and Leeds offices. There is a shared arrangement with the Department for Work and Pensions in Quarry House, Leeds where nursery places and a playscheme are available. In addition, in Skipton House in London the Department offers playscheme places during the school holidays for children of primary school age. Also the Department offers childcare vouchers, as part of a salary sacrifice scheme. The vouchers can be used for any registered and/or approved childcare provider. This includes registered childminders; nurseries and playschemes.
Departmental Contracts
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the total value was of contracts that her Department has held with (a) ER consultants and (b) Praesta in each of the last three years; and which Ministers have made use of their services. [94534]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: The Department paid ER Consultants £22,530.74 in September this year and nothing in 2004-05 or 2005-06. Praesta was paid a total of £45,237.50 during 2005-06 and nothing in 2004-05 or so far in 2006-07. The payments were made as part of the Department’s human resources and development programme for senior civil servants.
No Ministers have made use of these services.
Departmental Dress Code
Anne Main: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what her Department's policy is on the display of religious (i) artefacts, (ii) symbols and (iii) dress by its staff; how many staff have been subject to disciplinary proceedings regarding this policy in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. [95639]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: The Department has no rules prohibiting religious artefacts, symbols or dress and is unaware that any staff have been subject to disciplinary proceedings for wearing such items.
Departmental IT
Mr. Prisk: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what percentage of information technology projects undertaken by or for her Department since 2001 have been delivered (a) over budget, (b) after their original deadline, (c) on budget, (d) under budget, (e) on their original deadline and (f) ahead of their original deadline. [97556]
Caroline Flint: The number and percentage of information technology projects undertaken by or for the Department since 2001 is listed in the table:
| Number | Percentage | |
| Note: Data has only been provided for projects whose costs are greater than £100,000. | ||
Mr. Prisk: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) information technology projects generally and (b) web-facing projects her Department has undertaken in each year since 2001. [97560]
Caroline Flint: The information requested is in the table.
| Information technology projects | Web-facing projects | |
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