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Frozen Ready-to-eat Meals: Contamination

Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the Food Standards Agency was first informed that the frozen ready-to-eat meals recalled on 14 December might be contaminated with glass. [113025]

Caroline Flint: The Food Standards Agency was first notified during the late afternoon of 12 December 2006 that a range of frozen ready to eat meals was potentially contaminated with glass and would be recalled by the supplier. Subsequent investigations on the 13 December to verify the extent of the problem identified that further products were also implicated. Recall notices appeared in the national press on the 14 and 15 December.

Gym Membership Costs

Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate her Department has made of the cost of membership of a (a) private and (b) local authority-run gym in each year since 1997; what assessment she has made of the health benefits of gym membership; and if she will make a statement. [113360]

Caroline Flint: The Department has worked closely with the fitness industry to establish a National Quality Assurance Framework for Exercise Referral and Register of Exercise Professionals to support the important contribution that gym-based exercise can make to health.

While no market research has been conducted by the Department of Health to map the cost of membership of private and local authority gyms, a recent report by
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Deloitte and Tarp Worldwide on behalf of the Health and Fitness Foundation considered the impact of cost on exercise, including health club and leisure centre membership.

The health benefits of gym membership relate to the level of participation by the individual. According to the Sport England Active People Survey conducted between October 2005 and October 2006, 10.5 per cent. of the adult population went to the gym at least once in the previous four weeks. Of these, 16.8 per cent. met the Chief Medical Officer’s (CMO) recommendation of at least 30 minutes of at least moderate intensity physical activity on five or more days of the week, exclusively through gym-based exercise. 27.9 per cent. of those who went to the gym at least once in the previous four weeks, were also reported as meeting the CMO’s recommendation through moderate/vigorous intensity sport and active recreation. According to the survey, the average duration of a visit to the gym is 76 minutes. Gym-based exercise is likely to confer a significant general health benefit for those who participate regularly.

Health Trainers

Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress has been made on the introduction of health trainers; which primary care trusts (PCTs) have employed health trainers; how many health trainers have been appointed by each of those PCTs; and if she will make a statement. [113174]

Caroline Flint: We do not have information on health trainers broken down by primary care trust (PCT). The programme for 2006-07 has been rolled out across spearhead PCTs with 2007-08 seeing the programme expanded to all PCTs.

We do, however, have an overall figure of health trainers currently recruited to the programme, which stands at approximately 900. The vast majority of these are sited in spearhead PCTs.

HIV/AIDS

Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding she has given to the Staying Alive HIV/AIDS prevention campaign in each year since 1998-99. [113027]

Caroline Flint: The Department has not funded the Staying Alive HIV/AIDS prevention campaign. The Department for International Development has, however provided funding in support of this campaign.

Human Sperm Donors

Dr. Naysmith: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what steps her Department will take to increase the numbers of human sperm donors; [113167]

(2) how many donations of human sperm in England were made in each of the last 10 years; [113168]

(3) how many patients have been treated with human donated sperm in each of the last 10 years. [113208]

Caroline Flint: Information on the number of donors, and patients treated, is set out in the following
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table, produced by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority. The recruitment of sperm donors is carried out at local level by some individual clinics. We fund the National Gamete Donation Trust (NGDT) to help clinics in recruiting donors. The NGDT also promotes recruitment through increasing public awareness of the need for donors.

Number of sperm donors recruited Number of patients undergoing in vitro fertilisation treatment using donor sperm Number of patients undergoing donor insemination treatment

1996

421

1,643

5,583

1997

356

1,536

5,106

1998

265

1,350

4,496

1999

308

1,307

4,224

2000

330

1,184

3,575

2001

331

1,175

3,181

2002

283

1,134

3,143

2003

263

1,104

3,112

2004

248

1,083

2,954

2005

257

1,196

2,631


Infant Milk

Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research she has (a) commissioned and (b) supported on the inclusion of synthetic fluorides in infant milk formulas. [112887]

Caroline Flint: The Department and the Food Standards Agency have not commissioned or supported research on this topic. The composition of infant formula is harmonised at European Union (EU)-level, and for fluoride reflects the recommendation of the EU Scientific Committee for Food that, on safety and nutritional grounds, no minimum level, but a maximum level of 100 milligrammes of fluoride per 100 kcal, should be set. This advice recognises the potential fluoride intakes of infants from supplements and/or water used to make up the formula.

Influenza Vaccine

Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of eligible patients have received the influenza vaccine in each primary care trust. [113364]

Caroline Flint: Uptake of seasonal flu vaccine in eligible risk groups by primary care trust as at the end November 2006 is attached in the following table.


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Uptake of seasonal flu vaccine in eligible risk groups as at end November 2006
Percentage uptake
PCT Name 65 years and over All patients at-risk aged 6 months to under 65 at risk

Ashton, Leigh and Wigan PCT

60.2

36.6

Barking and Dagenham PCT

54.9

30.6

Barnet PCT

64.9

33.4

Barnsley PCT

63.3

38.8

Bassetlaw PCT

53.7

22.7

Bath and North East Somerset PCT

69.1

28.9

Bedfordshire PCT

65.1

30.9

Berkshire East PCT

59.9

26.1

Berkshire West PCT

66.7

35.4

Bexley Care Trust

56.8

27.2

Birmingham East and North PCT

62.7

27.7

Blackburn with Darwen PCT

60.4

40.1

Blackpool PCT

63.3

34.5

Bolton PCT

64.3

39.3

Bournemouth and Poole PCT

67.0

38.3

Bradford and Airedale PCT

68.8

36.4

Brent Teaching PCT

62.7

36.2

Brighton and Hove City PCT

64.6

35.2

Bristol PCT

61.8

26.8

Bromley PCT

57.5

27.1

Buckinghamshire PCT

61.0

30.8

Bury PCT

56.6

35.9

Calderdale PCT

57.7

31.3

Cambridgeshire PCT

65.2

33.7

Camden PCT

60.7

28.0

Central and Eastern Cheshire PCT

65.7

33.1

Central Lancashire PCT

61.4

28.4

City and Hackney Teaching PCT

63.0

36.5

Cornwall and Isles Of Scilly PCT

61.4

21.3

County Durham PCT

68.9

34.1

Coventry Teaching PCT

55.8

29.7

Croydon PCT

59.9

28.3

Cumbria PCT

65.5

36.5

Darlington PCT

58.3

35.0

Derby City PCT

62.7

32.9

Derbyshire County PCT

67.6

34.0

Devon PCT

58.7

22.2

Doncaster PCT

63.2

27.4

Dorset PCT

62.0

35.3

Dudley PCT

59.2

32.7

Ealing PCT

56.9

27.4

East and North Hertfordshire PCT

66.1

32.0

East Lancashire PCT

66.4

39.0

East Riding Of Yorkshire PCT

69.0

40.2

East Sussex Downs and Weald PCT

62.8

30.2

Eastern and Coastal Kent PCT

61.4

22.5

Enfield PCT

65.0

30.9

Gateshead PCT

69.3

42.8

Gloucestershire PCT

71.9

42.0

Great Yarmouth and Waveney PCT

63.7

22.9

Greenwich Teaching PCT

55.9

25.9

Halton and St. Helens PCT

58.9

29.9

Hammersmith and Fulham PCT

56.2

30.4

Hampshire PCT

64.7

34.4

Haringey Teaching PCT

56.2

30.9

Harrow PCT

64.7

34.0

Hartlepool PCT

69.8

39.6

Hastings and Rother PCT

59.4

34.4

Havering PCT

64.1

31.3

Heart of Birmingham Teaching PCT

67.0

35.4

Herefordshire PCT

63.2

40.3

Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale

30.5

61.8

Hillingdon PCT

62.8

34.0

Hounslow PCT

58.2

32.6

Hull PCT

64.5

37.6

Isle of Wight Healthcare PCT

63.5

34.0

Islington PCT

60.5

33.5

Kensington and Chelsea PCT

61.3

33.0

Kingston PCT

58.7

30.2

Kirklees PCT

64.1

34.8

Knowsley PCT

63.1

30.9

Lambeth PCT

53.5

31.6

Leeds PCT

69.6

34.0

Leicester City PCT

55.6

30.3

Leicestershire County and Rutland PCT

59.6

30.0

Lewisham PCT

56.4

26.2

Lincolnshire PCT

63.5

35.5

Liverpool PCT

59.9

20.8

Luton PCT

61.6

23.5

Manchester PCT

66.1

31.4

Medway PCT

67.6

36.9

Mid Essex PCT

62.5

32.7

Middlesbrough PCT

61.1

29.6

Milton Keynes PCT

63.0

35.0

Newcastle PCT

65.4

35.0

Newham PCT

59.3

33.0

Norfolk PCT

62.0

33.0

North East Essex PCT

60.0

21.9

North East Lincolnshire PCT

62.3

31.4

North Lancashire PCT

59.6

37.7

North Lincolnshire PCT

65.8

36.3

North Somerset PCT

61.7

27.1

North Staffordshire PCT

62.8

32.1

North Tees PCT

54.2

28.2

North Tyneside PCT

67.6

24.3

North Yorkshire and York PCT

68.2

39.6

Northamptonshire PCT

56.8

29.2

Northumberland Care Trust

60.6

32.9

Nottingham City PCT

58.0

29.8

Nottinghamshire County PCT

60.7

32.3

Oldham PCT

65.5

33.6

Oxfordshire PCT

66.6

34.9

Peterborough PCT

64.7

33.8

Plymouth Teaching PCT

66.3

26.5

Portsmouth City Teaching PCT

64.8

30.9

Redbridge PCT

63.7

19.9

Redcar and Cleveland PCT

56.9

30.5

Richmond and Twickenham PCT

61.8

33.1

Rotherham PCT

64.9

36.0

Salford PCT

65.1

32.2

Sandwell PCT

60.3

32.2

Sefton PCT

66.1

30.7

Sheffield PCT

61.8

32.5

Shropshire County PCT

59.3

28.1

Solihull PCT

65.1

34.6

Somerset PCT

61.3

33.9

South Birmingham PCT

58.3

29.2

South East Essex PCT

62.5

32.9

South Gloucestershire PCT

61.5

28.0

South Staffordshire PCT

62.5

28.6

South Tyneside PCT

67.8

38.0

South West Essex PCT

62.5

31.4

Southampton City PCT

63.0

32.2

Southwark PCT

43.0

23.6

Stockport PCT

66.4

26.5

Stoke On Trent PCT

56.8

28.9

Suffolk PCT

65.1

33.1

Sunderland Teaching PCT

68.6

32.1

Surrey PCT

62.7

31.4

Sutton And Merton PCT

62.5

30.5

Swindon PCT

61.9

34.7

Tameside And Glossop PCT

66.3

34.7

Telford And Wrekin PCT

63.8

36.5

Torbay PCT

53.2

14.7

Tower Hamlets PCT

64.8

35.3

Trafford PCT

71.7

31.3

Wakefield District PCT

63.3

33.2

Walsall Teaching PCT

64.9

36.7

Waltham Forest PCT

65.2

36.7

Wandsworth PCT

59.9

28.8

Warrington PCT

63.2

27.2

Warwickshire PCT

65.2

33.2

West Cheshire PCT

67.7

34.6

West Essex PCT

51.7

31.7

West Hertfordshire PCT

67.8

34.9

West Kent PCT

61.5

30.6

West Sussex PCT

64.7

31.5

Westminster PCT

55.0

27.9

Wiltshire PCT

64.5

29.7

Wirral PCT

63.6

29.1

Wolverhampton City PCT

61.7

23.5

Worcestershire PCT

65.7

34.6


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