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Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions he has had with the Welsh Assembly Health Minister on the Commissioning Directive on Epilepsy Services developed in response to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence Sentinel Clinical Audit of Epilepsy. [151510]
Ann Keen: We have had no discussions with the Welsh Assembly Health Minister on this matter.
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department has spent on promoting physical activity among children in each of the last 10 years; and which projects have been funded. [150356]
Dawn Primarolo:
The Department and the national health service promote the benefits of physical activity in many ways to professionals, the public and other stakeholders. This complements investment across government to encourage and enable healthy active
lifestyles, for example through the physical educations, schools sport and club links programme.
In particular, primary care trusts are required to have systematic and managed health promotion programmes, including action on exercise, that are responsive to local needs. Spending on the promotion of sport and physical recreation by the NHS is not recorded centrally.
Alongside spending by the NHS to support local delivery of physical activity programmes for adults and children, the Department has funded pilot work to inform interventions. This has included:
the local exercise action pilot scheme (LEAP), which has been jointly funded by the Department, Sport England and the Countryside Agency with an overall cost of £2.5 million between 2003 and 2006. The LEAP pilots included interventions targeted towards children, adults and older people.
a joint Department of Health, Department for Education and Skills, and Youth Sport Trust pilot programme Schools on the Move, which includes resource materials for schools, teachers and young people to help integrate pedometers into the life of the school. The Department has invested £100,000 in the pilot during 2005 and 2006.
National programmes to promote physical activity arising out of this pilot work include a £494,000 school pedometer programme, distributing 40,000 pedometers to 250 schools in deprived areas to encourage children to become more active, and enabling all schools to access resources to support increased physical activity.
The Public Health White Paper Choosing Health included a commitment to develop continuing professional programmes for schools to support physical activity and we have invested £160,000 in a schools physical activity guide as part of the healthy schools toolkit.
The Secretary of State for Health, through the Section 64 General Scheme of Grants (S64 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968), has power to make grants to voluntary organisations in England whose activities support the Department of Healths policy priorities.
The Department has provided funding to physical activity based programmes under the Section 64 Scheme to the following organisations:
Sustrans;
Amateur Swimming Association;
English Federation of Disability Sport;
National Heart Forum; and
British Trust for Conservation Volunteers.
Delivery of programmes to encourage children and young people to lead healthy active lifestyles extends beyond the remit of any single government department.
The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport share a public service agreement (PSA) target to increase the percentage of 5 to 16-year-olds spending at least two hours a week on high quality PE and school sport.
The Government are investing £1.5 billion, including lottery funding, in the five years to 2008 in support of this target and on 13 July the Prime Minister announced a £100 million campaign to give every child the chance of five hours of sport every week in the run up to 2012.
The Government are also investing in walking and cycling to school. DCSF and the Department for
Transport are providing £7.5 million to fund a network of school travel advisers to develop and implement school travel plans. By March 2005 more than 10,000 schools had developed approved travel plans, and £55 million in capital grants has been given to schools to spend on items such as secure bike shelters and new entrances.
In March 2006 the BIG Lottery fund launched the £155 million Childrens Play initiative in England.
Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of provision of family planning services by primary care trusts; [150968]
(2) what steps he plans to take to implement the recommendations of the baseline review of contraceptive services. [151057]
Dawn Primarolo: We have undertaken a Baseline Review of Contraceptive Services 2005 (Contraceptive Services Audit) and published the findings on the 17 May 2007. We are developing best practice guidance on reproductive health care which will address the key issues arising from the review later this year.
A copy of the findings of the review has been placed in the Library. The findings are also available on the Department's website at:
Sir Paul Beresford: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress has been made in the promotion of fluoridated water supplies following the passing of the Water Act 2003. [151918]
Ann Keen: The fluoridation of water has the potential to reduce inequalities in oral health. We are aware of three strategic health authorities that are undertaking feasibility studies on fluoridation schemes. They will make formal announcements if they decide to proceed with local consultations.
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many primary care trusts reduced their spending on community sexual health services from the amounts initially allocated in the 2006-07 financial year. [150666]
Dawn Primarolo: This information is not collected centrally.
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting times are for community sexual health clinics. [150664]
Dawn Primarolo: Sexual health services are provided in a variety of settings including acute national health service trusts, community services and general practice.
Currently data on waiting times are only collected from genito-urinary medicine clinics. Data from the genito-urinary medicine monthly monitoring return showed that in May 2007 85 per cent. of first attendances were offered an appointment to be seen within 48 hours of contacting a service.
Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of school children spent at least two hours a week on high quality PE and school sport within and beyond the curriculum; and whether the target of 75 per cent. for such performance set in the Choosing Health paper has been achieved. [150287]
Kevin Brennan: I have been asked to reply.
The 2005/06 School Sport Survey found that overall, 80 per cent. of pupils in schools within a school sport partnership took part in at least two hours of high quality PE and school sport in a typical weekexceeding the 2006 PSA target of 75 per cent.
Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of (a) hepatitis A, (b) typhoid and (c) hepatitis B were diagnosed in each month since January 2001. [150945]
Dawn Primarolo: The latest available information, which is by quarter and calendar year, is shown in the tables.
Laboratory reports of hepatitis A infection in England and Wales, 2001-05 | ||||||
Quarter | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | |
Laboratory reports of acute hepatitis B infection in England and Wales, 2001-03( 1) | ||||
Quarter | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | |
(1) In England and Wales acute hepatitis B cases are reported to the Health Protection Agency. In 2004, there was a substantial deterioration in the quality of acute hepatitis B reporting and since 2004 data have not been available. The Health Protection Agency is working to improve the quality of information on acute hepatitis B reporting and provisional data should be available from the start of 2007 later this year. |
Laboratory reports of Salmonella typhi (causative agent of typhoid) in England and Wales, 2001-06 | |||||||
Quarter | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | |
Source: Health Protection Agency (HPA) |
Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent on the new domiciliary oxygen service in (a) England, (b) each strategic health authority and (c) each health trust in its first year of operation. [151011]
Dawn Primarolo: The new domiciliary oxygen service started on 1 February 2006. The first full year operational costs relate to 2006-07. These details are set out in the following table.
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