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| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
Government Office Region | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage |
North East
|
279
|
1.0
|
327
|
1.2
|
319
|
1.1
|
North West
|
1,085
|
1.4
|
1,241
|
1.5
|
1,455
|
1.8
|
Yorkshire and Humber
|
951
|
1.6
|
1,015
|
1.7
|
1,101
|
1.8
|
East Midlands
|
994
|
2.1
|
1,080
|
2.2
|
1,274
|
2.6
|
West Midlands
|
973
|
1.5
|
978
|
1.5
|
1,146
|
1.7
|
Eastern
|
1,860
|
3.0
|
2,050
|
3.2
|
2,318
|
3.6
|
London
|
2,002
|
1.8
|
2,034
|
1.8
|
2,359
|
2.0
|
South East
|
2,666
|
2.9
|
2,831
|
3.0
|
3,219
|
3.4
|
South West
|
1,912
|
3.7
|
1,949
|
3.7
|
2,128
|
4.0
|
Total England
|
12,722
|
2.2
|
13,505
|
2.2
|
15,319
|
2.5
|
(1) Births are assigned to Government Office Region according to the usual residence of the mother at the date of the birth, as stated at registration.
Note:
The table excludes a small number of live births occurring in England each year to mothers whose usual residence was outside England and Wales.
Source:
Fertility Analysis Unit, Office for National Statistics
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Hospitals: Admissions
Lynne Featherstone:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many primary care trusts (a) have introduced referral management schemes over the past 12 months and (b) plan to introduce referral management schemes over the next 12 months. [121923]
Andy Burnham:
The information requested is not held centrally. The use of referral management schemes is for local determination.
Human Embryo Experiments
Jim Dobbin:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will place in the Library a copy of the legal opinion provided to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority in relation to animal/human hybrids and chimeras for research. [124104]
Caroline Flint:
I am unable to place a copy of the legal opinion provided to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) in the Library. The legal advice is the property of the HFEA and I understand that the HFEA does not publish the legal advice it receives, as it is protected by legal professional privilege.
Multiple Sclerosis: Charities
Sir Peter Soulsby:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the merits of exempting not-for-profit charities which run multiple sclerosis therapy centres from inspection fees by the Healthcare Commission. [121449]
Andy Burnham:
We have made no such assessments.
The Healthcare Commission has just consulted on its proposals for regulatory fees for the independent healthcare sector in 2007-08. The consultation period ended on 20 February. The consultation document includes a section on providers which depend on voluntary donations.
Independent healthcare providers could comment on any aspect of the revised fee structure in their responses to the consultation. The Chairman of the Healthcare Commission has confirmed that in determining the final proposals it puts to the Secretary of State the Commission will take full account of the comments it receives.
The consultation document is available on the Healthcare Commissions website:
NHS: Finance
Mr. Laws:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which primary care trusts have turnaround teams in place. [121788]
Andy Burnham:
A list of primary care trusts (PCTs) within the national turnaround programme is provided as follows. These will have in place or have already received turnaround support. Other PCTs may have,
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together with their strategic health authorities, determined the need for additional support but, as this is a local decision, the Department does not hold specific information on such arrangements.
SHA | Organisation |
East Midlands
|
Leicester City West PCT
|
East Midlands
|
High Peak and Dales PCT
|
East Midlands
|
Charnwood and NW Leicestershire PCT
|
East Midlands
|
Eastern Leicester PCT
|
East Midlands
|
Hinckley and Bosworth PCT
|
East Midlands
|
Melton, Rutland and Harborough PCT
|
East Midlands
|
Northamptonshire Heartlands PCT
|
East Midlands
|
South Leicestershire PCT
|
East of England
|
Waveney PCT
|
East of England
|
Maldon and South Chelmsford PCT
|
East of England
|
Dacorum PCT
|
East of England
|
Cambridge City PCT
|
East of England
|
Colchester PCT
|
East of England
|
South Cambridgeshire PCT
|
East of England
|
Bedfordshire Heartlands PCT
|
East of England
|
Broadlands PCT
|
East of England
|
Chelmsford PCT
|
East of England
|
Ipswich PCT
|
East of England
|
North Norfolk PCT
|
East of England
|
Southern Norfolk PCT
|
East of England
|
Suffolk Coastal PCT
|
East of England
|
Suffolk West PCT
|
East of England
|
Witham, Braintree, and Halstead Care PCT
|
East of England
|
Tendring PCT
|
East of England
|
Hertsmere PCT
|
East of England
|
Luton PCT
|
East of England
|
St Albans & Harpenden PCT
|
East of England
|
Watford and 3 Rivers PCT
|
London
|
Hillingdon PCT
|
London
|
Bexley PCT
|
London
|
Hounslow PCT
|
London
|
Kensington and Chelsea PCT
|
London
|
Kingston PCT
|
London
|
Lewisham PCT
|
London
|
Wandsworth PCT
|
London
|
Bromley PCT
|
London
|
Harrow PCT
|
London
|
Sutton and Merton PCT
|
North East
|
Sedgefield PCT
|
North West
|
Cheshire West PCT
|
North West
|
North Cumbria PCTs (WCumb/Eden/Carlisle)
|
Northwest
|
Morecambe Bay PCT
|
South Central
|
East Hampshire PCT
|
South Central
|
Fareham and Gosport PCT
|
South Central
|
Bracknell Forest PCT
|
South Central
|
Slough PCT
|
South Central
|
South East Oxfordshire PCT
|
South Central
|
Wycombe PCT
|
South Central
|
Isle of Wight PCT
|
South Central
|
New Forest PCT
|
South Central
|
North Hampshire PCT
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South Central
|
Chiltern and South Bucks PCT
|
South Central
|
Milton Keynes PCT
|
South Central
|
North East Oxfordshire PCT
|
South Central
|
Oxford City PCT
|
South Central
|
South West Oxfordshire PCT
|
South Central
|
Vale of Aylesbury PCT
|
South Central
|
Windsor, Ascot and Maidenhead PCT
|
South East Coast
|
East Elmbridge and Mid Surrey PCT
|
South East Coast
|
Guildford and Waverley PCT
|
South East Coast
|
Maidstone Weald PCT (same as SW Kent)
|
South East Coast
|
SW Kent PCT (same as Maidstone Weald)
|
South East Coast
|
Eastbourne Downs PCT
|
South West
|
Kennet and North Wiltshire PCT
|
South West
|
West Wiltshire PCT
|
South West
|
Cotswold and Vale PCT
|
South West
|
North Somerset PCT
|
South West
|
South Wiltshire PCT
|
West Midlands
|
North Stoke PCT
|
Yorkshire and the Humber
|
Selby and York PCT
|
Yorkshire and the Humber
|
Sheffield North PCT
|
Yorkshire and the Humber
|
Sheffield South East PCT
|
Yorkshire and the Humber
|
Sheffield South West PCT
|
Yorkshire and the Humber
|
Sheffield West PCT
|
Yorkshire and the Humber
|
Scarborough, Whitby and Ryedale PCT
|
Yorkshire and the Humber
|
Yorkshire Wolds and Coast PCT
|
Yorkshire and the Humber
|
Barnsley PCT
|
Yorkshire and the Humber
|
North Lines PCT
|