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Chiropractice
Mr. Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what requirement exists for chiropractors to register with the Healthcare Commission; and if she will make a statement. [139188]
Andy Burnham: Chiropractors are required to register with the General Chiropractic Council. Chiropractors would be required to register with the Healthcare Commission if they also intended to operate an independent clinic where services are provided by medical practitioners as defined under section 2(4) of the Care Standards Act 2000.
Christopher Clunis Care and Treatment Inquiry
Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost was of the 2000 Ritchie Inquiry. [143711]
Andy Burnham: The cost of the 2000 Ritchie Inquiry was £645,000.
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Research
Andrew Stunell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps her Department plans to take to increase the amount of bio-medical research conducted into chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis; and if she will make a statement. [139022]
Caroline Flint: I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave the hon. Member for Portsmouth, South (Mr. Hancock) on 6 June 2007, Official Report, column 561W.
Departments: Pay
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average salary of staff working in her Department was in each financial year since 1997-98. [131908]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: The Department does not hold data of average salaries. The Department publishes information on pay bill costs and numbers of core Department staff in its annual reports, which are available in the Library.
Departments: Public Bodies
Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the (a) budget was and (b) staffing numbers were for each of her Department's arm's length bodies in each year since 1997. [141979]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: Such information as is available is shown in the following tables. Budget and staffing numbers for the Department’s Arms Length Bodies are not held centrally prior to 2003-04 and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
| 2004/05 | ||
| Name of Arm’s Length Body | Departmental recurrent budgets (£000) | WTE posts (estimate) |
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