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Horserace Totalisator Board

Anne Milton: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 25 April 2006, Official Report, column 1120W, on the horserace totalisator board; what discussions her Department has had with personnel from HM Treasury concerning the future of the Tote; when she expects to announce how the Government will proceed; and what time scales apply to her definition of shortly. [135822]

Mr. Caborn: The Government are considering the offer they have received for the Tote businesses. We hope to be able to reach a decision on whether to proceed with further negotiations in the course of the next few weeks.

Labour Party: Fund Raising

Hugh Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what role (a) UK Sport, (b) Sport England, (c) the English Institute of Sport and (d) the Youth Sports Trust will play in the Labour Party sports fundraiser to be held in July. [135566]

Mr. Caborn: The organisations listed will be playing no role in the event outlined.

Sport England

Hugh Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what Sport England’s public service agreement targets are. [135568]

Mr. Caborn: Sport England, as a non-departmental public body, does not have public service agreements (PSA), but does contribute towards delivery of the following Government PSAs:

Sports: Finance

Hugh Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what level of funding will be
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available to (a) Sportswatch and (b) the National Sports Foundation in each of the next three years. [135567]

Mr. Caborn: It is not possible to confirm any funding allocations for the next three years until departmental settlements from the comprehensive spending review 2007 are known.

Sports: Schools

Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what percentage of school children took part in a minimum of two hours of PE or sport per week in school time in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement. [135395]

Mr. Caborn: The joint DCMS/DfES National School Sport Strategy which aimed to increase the percentage of 5 to 16-year-olds spending at least two hours each week on high quality PE and school sport to 75 per cent. by 2006 and 85 per cent. by 2008 within and beyond the curriculum, commenced on the 1 April 2003.

Progress against the target for children in School Sport Partnerships is measured annually using the National School Sport Survey. The Survey has demonstrated that 62 per cent. of school children achieved this target in 2003-04; 69 per cent. in 2004-05 and 80 per cent. in 2005-06.

No data are available prior to the implementation of the strategy.

Health

Breast Cancer: Screening

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what estimate her Department has made of the attendance take-up rate of women aged between 50 and 70 years attending breast cancer screenings in each London primary care trust area; and if she will make a statement; [133761]

(2) what assessment she has made of the impact of recent trends in the number of breast screenings in North London; [133822]

(3) how many breast screening appointments were undertaken by each primary care trust in London in each of the last five years for which figures are available; [133823]

(4) how many breast screenings were undertaken by each primary care trust in London in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [133824]

Ms Rosie Winterton [holding answer 30 April 2007]: The following tables show the coverage of women aged 50-70 in the London strategic health authority (SHA) area by primary care trust as at 31 March 2006. They also show the number of invites in the last four years by breast screening unit.

Additional information can also be found in ‘Breast Screening Programme, England 2005-06’ (ISBN: 1-84636-095-1), a copy of which is available in the Library.

The other information requested is not held centrally.


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Breast screening programme: coverage of women aged 50-70 in London strategic health authority by primary care trust, 31 March 2006
50-70 50-52
Org code Eligible population( 1) Number of women screened within 3 years Coverage (less than 3 years since last test) (%) Eligible population( 1) Number of women screened within 3 years Coverage (less than 3 years since last test) (%)

London strategic health authority

719,656

395,499

55.0

127,764

48,119

37.7

Barking and Dagenham PCT

5C2

14,514

9,039

62.3

2,568

1,079

42.0

Barnet PCT

5A9

35,299

19,296

54.7

6,034

2,225

36.9

Bexley Care Trust

TAK

24,914

17,433

70.0

3,956

1,523

38.5

Brent Teaching PCT

5K5

27,565

14,569

52.9

5,118

2,033

39.7

Bromley PCT

5A7

36,613

23,868

65.2

5,706

2,335

40.9

Camden PCT

5K7

16,960

8,202

48.4

2,978

765

25.7

City and Hackney PCT

5C3

17,456

7,755

44.4

3,679

887

24.1

Croydon PCT

5K9

34,644

18,078

52.2

6,061

1,848

30.5

Ealing PCT

5HX

31,366

16,658

53.1

5,723

2,244

39.2

Enfield PCT

5C1

28,535

14,727

51.6

4,935

1,765

35.8

Greenwich Teaching PCT

5A8

21,548

13,676

63.5

3,902

1,773

45.4

Hammersmith and Fulham PCT

5H1

14,348

6,408

44.7

2,609

734

28.1

Haringey Teaching PCT

5C9

22,381

10,036

44.8

4,233

1,351

31.9

Harrow PCT

5K6

24,228

15,295

63.1

4,118

2,077

50.4

Havering PCT

5A4

29,541

19,107

64.7

4,572

1,938

42.4

Hillingdon PCT

5AT

25,638

15,392

60.0

4,407

2,151

48.8

Hounslow PCT

5HY

22,695

11,132

49.1

4,179

1,388

33.2

Islington PCT

5K8

15,991

7,982

49.9

2,968

1,008

34.0

Kensington and Chelsea PCT

5LA

16,012

6,925

43.2

2,763

759

27.5

Kingston PCT

5A5

16,680

10,020

60.1

2,997

1,236

41.2

Lambeth PCT

5LD

22,801

12,597

55.2

4,529

1,867

41.2

Lewisham PCT

5LF

22,293

13,693

61.4

4,125

1,935

46.9

Newham PCT

5C5

20,368

9,903

48.6

3,973

1,553

39.1

Redbridge PCT

5NA

24,673

13,179

53.4

4,410

2,001

45.4

Richmond and Twickenham PCT

5M6

18,961

9,932

52.4

3,242

1,268

39.1

Southwark PCT

5LE

19,974

10,997

55.1

3,930

1,277

32.5

Sutton and Merton PCT

5M7

37,178

21,518

57.9

6,348

2,455

38.7

Tower Hamlets PCT

5C4

13,372

6,206

46.4

2,478

927

37.4

Waltham Forest PCT

5NC

21,737

12,372

56.9

3,963

1,443

36.4

Wandsworth PCT

5LG

23,018

11,939

51.9

4,108

1,489

36.2

Westminster PCT

5LC

18,353

7,565

41.2

3,152

785

24.9


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