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Tax Yields: Offshore Industry

Mr. Doran: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment his Department has made of the effect of decommissioning North sea oil and gas platforms and other infrastructure on tax revenues over the next (a) five, (b) 10, (c) 15 and (d) 20 years. [167778]


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Angela Eagle: The Government’s forecast for North sea tax revenues take into account an assessment of the expected impact of decommissioning. Overall estimates of the cost of decommissioning vary, however the eventual monetary and tax cost is likely to be significant. This will in due course give rise to a downward impact on North sea revenues. However the impact of this will be spread over a large number of years and with the significant remaining potential of the North sea the UK will continue to benefit from our national natural resources for a considerable time.

Health

Abortion

Fiona Mactaggart: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the proportion of conceptions which ended in terminations in each year from 1990 to 2000. [168914]

Dawn Primarolo: The information requested is set out in the following table:

Annual statistics on abortions as a percentage of all conceptions (England and Wales) for each year from 1990 to 2000
Conceptions— all ages
Total (000) Percentage ending in abortion

1990

871.5

19.9

1991

853.6

19.3

1992

828.0

19.3

1993

819.0

19.2

1994

801.6

19.5

1995

790.3

19.7

1996

816.9

20.8

1997

800.4

21.3

1998

797.0

22.3

1999

774.0

22.6

2000

767.0

22.7


Accident and Emergency Services: NHS Direct

Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has made any assessment of the impact of NHS Direct on the (a) number and (b) appropriateness of accident and emergency attendances. [166443]

Mr. Bradshaw: Less than 10 per cent. of the total number who call NHS direct and only 8 per cent. of those with symptoms are advised currently to attend accident and emergency. Nearly half (47 per cent.) of all calls to NHS Direct are completed within NHS Direct meaning that the patient does not need to seek help or treatment elsewhere.

Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse

Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many under 14 year olds were treated for alcohol-related health problems in the last 12 months, broken down by strategic health authority. [163165]

Dawn Primarolo: The information is provided in the following table.


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All diagnoses count of finished admission episodes for under 14 years olds with alcohol specific conditions by strategic health authority (SHA) of treatment—national health service hospitals, 2005-06
Strategic health authority of treatment Finished admission episodes with alcohol specific conditions All finished admission episodes Alcohol Specific Episodes as a percentage of all episodes

Q01

Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire SHA

31

66,750

0.05

Q02

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire SHA

19

38,559

0.05

Q03

Essex SHA

30

37,716

0.08

Q04

North West London SHA

30

62,277

0.05

Q05

North Central London SHA

32

64,663

0.05

Q06

North East London SHA

18

57,064

0.03

Q07

South East London SHA

26

51,605

0.05

Q08

South West London SHA

32

46,749

0.07

Q09

Northumberland, Tyne Wear SHA

63

57,429

0.11

Q10

County Durham and Tees Valley SHA

57

43,599

0.13

Q11

North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire SHA

58

40,547

0.14

Q12

West Yorkshire SHA

64

73,871

0.09

Q13

Cumbria and Lancashire SHA

128

57,883

0.22

Q14

Greater Manchester SHA

139

107,048

0.13

Q15

Cheshire and Merseyside SHA

106

82,585

0.13

Q16

Thames Valley SHA

52

67,752

0.08

Q17

Hampshire and Isle of Wight SHA

37

52,952

0.07

Q18

Kent and Medway SHA

37

44,491

0.08

Q19

Surrey and Sussex SHA

61

69,315

0.09

Q20

Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire SHA

46

73,461

0.06

Q21

South West Peninsula SHA

53

48,410

0.11

Q22

Dorset and Somerset SHA

25

28,908

0.09

Q23

South Yorkshire SHA

51

55,921

0.09

Q24

Trent SHA

34

62,900

0.05

Q25

Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland SHA

20

47,934

0.04

Q26

Shropshire and Staffordshire SHA

68

47,847

0.14

Q27

Birmingham and the Black Country SHA

83

102,793

0.08

Q28

West Midlands South SHA

41

41,692

0.10

Total

1,441

1,632,721

0.09

Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics, the Information Centre for health and social care

Ambulance Services: NHS Direct

Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which NHS ambulance trusts have call centres integrated with NHS Direct. [166446]


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Mr. Bradshaw: There are six NHS Direct call centres co-located with ambulance control rooms. NHS Direct is working with other services, including ambulance trusts, to increase partnership working.

Cirencester Hospital

Mr. Clifton-Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the answer of 8 October 2007, Official Report, column 267W, on Cirencester Hospital, when he expects to announce the decision on an independent sector provider contract for Cirencester Hospital. [167761]

Mr. Bradshaw: The proposed scheme for the Avon, Gloucester and Wiltshire area, which currently includes Cirencester hospital as a potential site for services, is proceeding through the phase 2 procurement process. The Department has recently concluded discussions with the national health service with regard to the final specifications of the scheme with the aim of ensuring that health care services are effective, accessible and responsive to local needs.

The Department will conclude decisions on the remaining phase 2 schemes no later than end of March 2008. Announcements on any contracted provider will be made once the scheme has received all the necessary approvals.

Dental Services: Ribble Valley

Mr. Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many residents of (a) Ribble Valley and (b) Lancashire are currently registered with an NHS dentist. [168935]

Ann Keen [holding answer 27 November 2007]: The information is not available in the requested format. Under the new dental contractual arrangements, introduced on 1 April 2006, patients do not have to be registered with a dentist to receive national health service care. The closest equivalent measure to ‘registration’ is the number of patients receiving NHS dental services (‘patients seen’) in a given area over a 24-month period, for that area. Information is available at primary care trust (PCT) and strategic health authority (SHA) area in England, but not at constituency level.

In the East Lancashire PCT 164,213 patients were seen over a 24-month period ending 31 March 2007; 111,291 adults and 52,922 children.

In the north west SHA 4,090,077 patients were seen over a 24-month period ending 31 March 2007; 2,993,028 adults and 1,097,049 children.


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