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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 Commission’s 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.


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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

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


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