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Health

Abortion

Anne Milton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 20 June 2007, Official Report, column 1891W, on abortion, how many repeat abortions have occurred in (a) Guildford and Waverley primary care trust, (b) Surrey and (c) England in each year since 1997. [148738]

Dawn Primarolo: The data requested are set out in the following table.

Repeat abortions for residents of Guildford and Waverley Primary Care Trust (PCT)( 1) , Surrey( 2) and England, 1997 to 2006
Previous abortions
	Guildford and Waverley PCT( 1)				Surrey( 2)				England
	None		One or more		None		One or more		None		One or more
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
1997	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2,227	71	893	29	115,000	71	47,757	29
1998	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2,266	72	885	28	119,562	70	50,480	30
1999	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2,193	72	861	28	116,168	70	49,938	30
2000	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2,189	69	964	31	116,627	69	51,396	31
2001	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2,194	70	924	30	116,470	69	52,354	31
2002	423	69	190	31	1,203	67	596	33	115,766	69	52,729	31
2003	418	70	182	30	1,256	67	618	33	118,697	68	55,270	32
2004	466	73	176	27	1,275	66	654	34	121,052	68	56,639	32
2005	390	65	213	35	1,231	65	654	35	120,584	67	58,068	33
2006	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2,109	66	1,075	34	125,620	68	59,687	32
(1) Data are not available by PCT prior to 2002. Guildford and Waverley PCT was in existence between years 2002 and 2005. It became part of Surrey PCT in 2006. (2) For years 1997-2001, Surrey is made up of East Surrey and West Surrey Health Authorities. For years 2002-05, PCTs included in Surrey are East Surrey, North Surrey and East Elmbridge and Mid Surrey. In 2006, Surrey relates to Surrey PCT (formerly Guildford and Waverley PCT, Surrey Heath and Woking PCT, North Surrey, East Elmbridge and Mid Surrey PCT and East Surrey PCT).

Alcoholic Drinks: Children

Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children attended emergency departments as a result of excessive alcohol consumption in each of the last five years. [147983]

Dawn Primarolo: This information is not recorded centrally. However, the following table details the number of admissions to hospital for children whose initial attendance at an accident and emergency department was for an alcohol-related problem.

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National health service hospitals England 2001-02 to 2005-06
	Finished admission episodes (alcohol related, selected methods of emergency admissions)
2001-02	3,618
2002-03	3,335
2003-04	3,826
2004-05	3,716
2005-06	3,939
Note: Counts of finished admission episodes where there was a primary diagnosis code for selected *alcohol related diseases and for selected **methods of admission for children aged 15 and under. *Alcohol related diseases defined as following ICD-10 codes recorded in primary diagnosis: F10: Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol; K70: Alcoholic liver disease; T51: Toxic effect of alcohol. **Selected methods of admission: Emergency (via A and E services including the casualty department of the provider); Emergency (other means, including patients who arrive via A and E department of another health care provider).

Departments: Common Purpose

Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department paid to Common Purpose in each of the last five years; for what purpose; and what the outcome of the expenditure was. [147596]

Dawn Primarolo: The following table provides the payment details covering 2003-04 to 2007-08 and relate to invoices paid covering fees and expenses.

	£
2003-04	11,084.00
2004-05	5,181.75
2005-06	12,866.85
2006-07	6,110.00
2007-08	0.00
Total	35,242.10

Departments: Early Retirement

Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many of his staff took early retirement in the last five years; at what cost; what grades of staff took early retirement; and what percentage of each grade took early retirement. [148814]

Dawn Primarolo: A breakdown of sums paid from 2004-05 to date, specific to the Department, is given in the following table.

	Total (£ million)
2004-05	23.1
2005-06	6.5
2006-07	4.7
2007-08	4.9

The following table provides the number of staff that have taken early retirement/severance and compulsory leavers since 2004.

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	People number
2004-05	200
2005-06	33
2006-07	39
2007-08	55

Details of specific grades of staff and percentage of staff in grades could be established only at disproportionate cost.

Departments: Equality

Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's equality impact assessment of his Department's reorganisation of corporate services, referred to on page 43 of his Department's single equality scheme 2007-2010, published on 8 June 2007. [147557]

Dawn Primarolo: The qualitative nature of the review means that some of the data and content in the final report enables employees/team identification. Therefore, only an executive summary has been placed in the Library.

Departments: Legislation

Mr. Clegg: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what criminal offences have been created by primary legislation sponsored by his Department since October 2006. [149600]

Dawn Primarolo: No new criminal offences have been created through primary legislation sponsored by the Department since October 2006. The National Health Service Act 2006 and National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 were consolidation Acts, which make no substantial changes to the substance of the law.

Departments: Official Visits

David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent on overnight accommodation by civil servants within his Department's areas of responsibilities in the last 12 months. [149046]

Dawn Primarolo: The cost for the last tax year booked via the Department's agent Expotel Hotel Reservations was:

2006-07: £970,818.

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