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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:


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Name of service Location Age covered

The PROMIS Recovery Centre—Residential addiction rehabilitation centre

Nonington, Kent

14-18

Companions—Intensive rehabilitation treatment programme

Eccleshall, Staffordshire

14-18

Middlegate Lodge—12 week residential programme

Caistor, Lincolnshire

11-17

Godden Green Clinic—Treatment tailored to individual need

Sevenoaks, Kent

12-18

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
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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.


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Table 1: Finished Consultant Episodes (FCEs)( 1) among adults aged 35 and over( 2) , with a primary diagnosis of diseases that can be caused by smoking, and the estimated number of these FCEs that can be attributed( 3) to smoking as a percentage of all admissions from that disease, 2004-05( 4) , England
Number/percentage
Diagnosis (ICD 10) Observed FCEs( 5) Attributable number( 6) Attributable percentage

All diseases caused in part by smoking

1,573,395

559,800

36

Cancers caused in part by smoking

335,707

172,400

51

Lung

89,547

75,800

85

Upper respiratory sites

18,614

12,900

69

Oesophagus

38,484

26,200

68

Bladder

78,177

30,500

39

Kidney

12,132

3,400

28

Stomach

28,639

7,300

25

Pancreas

22,967

6,000

26

Unspecified site

17,244

6,300

37

Myeloid leukaemia

29,903

4,200

14

Respiratory diseases caused in part by smoking

315,927

177,300

56

Chronic obstructive lung disease

176,294

147,300

84

Pneumonia

139,633

30,000

21

Circulatory diseases caused in part by smoking

636,226

158,100

25

Ischaemic heart disease

419,513

106,200

25

Peripheral Arterial Disease

18,797

15,800

84

Cerebrovascular disease

169,584

24,200

14

Aortic aneurysm

15,457

9,500

62

Myocardial infarction

2,802

600

21

Atherosclerosis

10,073

1,900

19

Diseases of the digestive system caused in part by smoking

59,765

26,400

44

Stomach/duodenal ulcer

41,879

22,200

53

Crohn's disease

15,205

3,000

20

Periodontal disease

2,681

1,200

46

Other diseases caused in part by smoking

225,770

25,500

11

Age related cataract among those aged 45 and over

127,111

15,500

12

Hip fracture among those aged 55 and over

85,641

9,200

11

Spontaneous abortion

13,018

700

6

(1) An FCE is defined as a period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one health care provider. Figures do not represent the number of patients, as a patient may have more than one episode of care within the year. (2) Figures have been presented for adults aged 35 and over unless otherwise specified. (3) More information on the methodology used to calculate these estimates are available in the Statistics on Smoking: England, 2006 publication produced by The Information Centre for health and social care, which is available in the House Library. (4) The data include private patients in NHS hospitals (but not private patients in private hospitals). (5) Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data. Observed admissions only includes those where gender was recorded. (6) Estimated attributable number, rounded to the nearest 100. Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES). The Information Centre.

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]


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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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