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Pupils: Eating Disorders
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what materials her Department provides for schools and youth groups to help teachers and staff talk to pupils about eating disorders; [139118]
Mr. Dhanda [holding answer 23 May 2007]: I have been asked to reply.
I refer the hon. Member to the reply given on 6 March 2007, Official Report, column 1918W.
Rehabilitation Centres: Young People
Mr. Burrowes: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the (a) name and (b) location is of each dedicated residential rehabilitation unit for adolescents with addiction problems. [137374]
Caroline Flint: There are 23 residential services in England for young people who have or have had substance misuse problems, covering a range of services from short-term crisis intervention centres to long-term interventions for young people with multifaceted needs. Within these 23 services there are four specialist residential drug and alcohol services. Information about these services is as follows:
| Name of service | Location | Age covered |
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The PROMIS Recovery Centre—Residential addiction rehabilitation centre | ||
| Note: These are all listed in the National Treatment Agency’s (NTA) Directory of Residential Services for Young People. Source: http://www.nta.nhs.uk/areas/young_people/Docs/Young_people_directory.pdf | ||
Sex: Health Education
Annette Brooke: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent on (a) public education about healthy sexual relationships especially for young people and (b) advice on recognising abusive behaviour in the last 12 months. [140610]
Caroline Flint: Improving the nation's sexual health is a key Government priority.
£5.5 million was spent in the 2006-07 financial year on the two teenage pregnancy media campaigns: ‘RU Thinking?’ which promotes messages on delay and avoiding peer pressure for younger teenagers; and ‘Want Respect: Use a Condom’ which promotes a safe sex message to older, sexually active teenagers. In addition, schools deliver positive sexual health messages through their delivery of personal, social and health education, although it is not possible to disaggregate how much of a school’s overall budget is used for this purpose.
‘Condom Essential Wear’, which was launched in November 2006, had a spend of £5.5 million in the financial year 2006-07.
These campaigns are part of a joint communications strategy between Department for Education and Skills and the Department.
The media campaigns do not focus explicitly on recognising abusive behaviour. However, ‘RU Thinking?’ in particular aims to enable young people to take control of their relationships and to recognise that it is okay to say no to situations that leave them feeling uncomfortable.
Smoking
Mr. Nicholas Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the guidance provided by local authority co-ordinators of regulatory services on implementation and enforcement of the smoke-free regulations. [135903]
Caroline Flint:
In March 2007, guidance on the implementation of smokefree legislation was published by Local Authority Co-ordinators of Regulatory Services (LACORS). The purpose of the guidance is to support local council regulatory officers in successfully implementing smokefree legislation to be enforced in England from 6 am on Sunday, 1 July 2007. The remit
of LACORS is to provide advice and guidance to help support local authority regulatory and related services.
The guidance on smokefree legislation was developed by LACORS and the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health, in consultation with the Department and other organisations. The guidance was also shown in advance to Smokefree England Ministerial Reference Group members, and received only minor comments. We understand the guidance has been well received by local councils.
Mr. Evennett: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate she has made of the number of smokers being treated for smoking-related illness in the NHS. [136405]
Caroline Flint: Figures are available and provided on the number of finished consultant episodes (FCEs) in national health service hospitals for those aged 35 and over with a primary diagnosis of diseases that can be caused by smoking and estimates of the number of those FCEs attributable to smoking.
Table 1 shows the number of FCEs for those aged 35 and over with a primary diagnosis of various diseases that can be caused by smoking and estimates of the number of those FCEs that can be attributed to smoking. Figures have been provided for 2004-05, as this is the most recent year for which data are available. It is acknowledged that not all of the FCEs included in the table will be attributable to smoking as there are other contributory factors to these diseases. Therefore, the relative risks of these diseases for current and ex-smokers, compared to non-smokers have been used to estimate smoking-attributable FCEs.
David Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent on enforcing the maximum yield legislation for cigarettes in each of the last five financial years. [137730]
Caroline Flint: Cigarettes are tested regularly by Arista Laboratories in Kingston-upon-Thames on behalf of the Department. They measure the maximum yields of tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide as required by the European Union Directive on the manufacturing, presentation and sale of tobacco products. Details of departmental spending on the testing contract cannot be disclosed for reasons of commercial confidentiality.
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were referred to smoking cessation services in each of the last five years, in each NHS trust area; and what estimate she has made of the number of people who stopped smoking after using those services in that period in each NHS trust area. [138495]
Caroline Flint: The specific information requested is not centrally collected. Data for referrals to smoking cessation services are not available. However, we can provide information for the number of people who have set a quit date through the NHS Stop Smoking Services in England and of those, how many people had successfully quit smoking at the four week follow up (based on self report).
Figures have been included for the number of people who have set a quit date and for those who successfully quit annually from April 2001 to March 2006. Provisional figures for the period April 2006 to September 2006 have also been provided. Figures for the period April 2001 to March 2002 are provided by health authority and regional office areas—this information is given in table one. From April 2002 data have been provided by government office region (GOR), strategic health authority (SHA) and primary care trust (PCT)—this information is given in table two.
Table one showing People setting a quit date and number successfully quit at four weeks, by regional office area and health authority, 2001-02; and table 2 two People setting a quit date and number successfully quit at four weeks, by GOR, SHA and PCT April 2002 to September 2006, have been placed in the Library.
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