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Suffolk Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust: Manpower
Mr. Spring: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many health workers were employed in Suffolk Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust in each of the last five years. [166151]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: The information requested can be found in the following table.
Telford and Wrekin Primary Care Trust: Strokes
David Wright: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the delivery of the national service framework on stroke services in the Telford and Wrekin Primary Care Trust area; and if he will make a statement. [165191]
Ann Keen: The Department does not currently have a national service framework (NSF) on stroke services. Therefore, it is not possible to comment on the effectiveness of the delivery of such a document in the Telford and Wrekin primary care trust area.
However, the Department recently carried out a consultation exercise on a stroke strategy document and this document was launched on 5 December. In addition, the NSF for long-term conditions was published in 2004 and this provides general guidelines for a range of conditions, including stroke. Prior to this the NSF for Older People, published in 2001, included a chapter on stroke services.
Transplant Surgery
Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the effect of using the organ care system on (a) the level of ischaemic injury to donor organs, (b) the outcomes after organ transplant procedure and (c) the level of utilisation of existing donor organs; and if he will make a statement. [168369]
Ann Keen: I have not made an assessment of the effect of using the organ care system in UK transplant units but understand that the Food and Drug Administration has given approval of a research study at five named centres in the United States of America to evaluate the safety and performance of the organ care system in heart transplantation. This study will start in 2008 and may provide relevant evidence for the future.
Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the effect on the health economy of (a) reducing ischaemic injury to donor organs and (b) the ability to evaluate organ function prior to transplantation to avoid diseased organs being transplanted; and if he will make a statement. [168370]
Ann Keen: We have made no specific assessment of the effect on the health economy of reducing ischaemic injury to donor organs and the ability to evaluate organ function prior to transplantation to avoid diseased organs being transplanted. We continue to support action to increase the number, safety and quality of organs donated for transplantation to enable more people to benefit from a transplant.
Mr. Vara: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many transplants of each type of organ in each primary care trust area there were in each of the last 10 years. [167643]
Ann Keen: This information has been placed in the Library.
Urology
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many finished consultant episodes relating to the treatment of ruptured bladders there have been in the NHS in each year since 1997-98. [166440]
Ann Keen: The information is not available in the format requested. The following table shows the number of finished consultant episodes (FCEs) with a diagnosis that mentions the rupture of a bladder not due to trauma, in national health service hospitals in each year from 1997-08 to 2005-06.
Communities and Local Government
Business: Non-domestic Rates
Mr. Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether an impact assessment has been produced for the Government’s plans for a supplementary business rate. [171600]
John Healey: The introduction of a supplementary business rate will be a local decision. It will therefore be for individual local authorities to consider the potential impact on local businesses in developing proposals for business rate supplements. In consulting with local businesses and other stakeholders, authorities will need to include their assessment of the economic benefits and costs of the particular project and supplement, which will vary from case to case.
Mr. Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the maximum permitted business rate multiplier to be levied in a Business District is in a locality with the maximum permitted supplementary business rate. [171605]
John Healey:
Subject to Parliament’s approval of the necessary primary legislation, the maximum business rate supplement will be 2p per pound of rateable value. The business rate multiplier will continue to be set in the usual way. It will be for any local authority setting a business rate supplement to determine whether any
business improvement district (BID) levy should be offset against the business rate supplement. As now, there is no statutory maximum limit on BIDs levies.
Care Homes: Manpower
Mr. Bone: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance the Government give to housing associations on the provision of residential wardens in sheltered accommodation. [172042]
John Healey [holding answer 6 December 2007]: The Government do not issue detailed guidance to housing associations on the provision of residential wardens in sheltered accommodation. The Housing Corporation, which is responsible for the regulation of registered social landlords, does not specify how support services should be delivered in housing for older people but it does state in its guidance that tenants in housing for older people should have access to support services as need arises to enable them to live in the property for the rest of their lifetimes.
Casinos
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many times the interdepartmental working group considering alternatives to the regional casino in Manchester has met; on which dates; and who was in attendance on each occasion. [169018]
John Healey: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given today PQs 166759 to 166763.
Mr. Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the timetable is for her review of super-casinos; if she will publish her terms of reference for this review; and whether her review will include an assessment of the merits of casinos defined as (a) small and (b) large under the terms of the Gambling Act 2005. [171591]
John Healey: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given today to the hon. Member for South-West Surrey (Mr. Hunt) to PQs 166759 to 166763.
Corporate Hospitality
David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on how many occasions she has accepted corporate hospitality in the last 12 months. [171318]
Mr. Dhanda: Chapter 7 of the Ministerial Code sets out the rules on the registration of hospitality.
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