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The 2007 census showed there were 2,232 qualified nurses in the school nursing area of work, an increase of 613 or 37.86 pr cent. since 2004. Of these there were 893 school nurses with a post registration school nurse qualification. This is an increase of 286 or 47.12 per cent. since 2004.
Nurses: Training
Jim Dowd: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will undertake to restore the underspend by strategic health authorities on multi-professional education and training, with particular reference to nurse training for each of the last five years for which there has been an underspend. [199947]
Ann Keen: The multi professional education and training budget forms part of the national health service bundle of budgets issued to strategic health authorities (SHAs) and as such is not ring fenced. It is up to the SHAs to determine how much they spend on education and training and whether underspends should be restored to the following year’s budgets in the light of their own local priorities.
Jim Dowd: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to ensure that strategic health authorities spend their full budget allocation on nurse training. [199948]
Ann Keen: The Department is not taking any steps to ensure that strategic health authorities spend their full budget allocation on nurse training. The role of the Department should be to focus on outputs and accountability rather than on ensuring a fixed amount of money is spent for a particular purpose regardless of local priorities.
Jim Dowd: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the aggregated underspend on nurse training over the last five years. [200176]
Ann Keen: We do not allocate funding specifically to nurse training. We therefore cannot provide figures on the level of underspending for the last five years. However figures on the total underspend from the multi-professional education and training (MPET) budget are shown in the following table.
| MPET underspend (£ million) | |
| (1) Forecast based on quarter three quarterly monitoring returns. | |
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Perinatal Mortality
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many instances of perinatal mortality there were in Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation NHS Trust in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. [199930]
Ann Keen:
The following table shows the number of perinatal deaths and the perinatal mortality rate for
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust(1) from 2001 to 2005, which are the latest data available.
(1) The trust was founded in April 2004. The data are taken from the following hospitals that are now part of the trust: Peterborough district hospital; Edith Cavell hospital; Stamford and Rutland hospital; and the district maternity unit.
| Perinatal deaths( 1) | Perinatal mortality rate( 2) | |
| (1) Stillbirths plus early neonatal deaths (deaths under seven days of age). (2) Stillbirths and early neonatal deaths per 1,000 live births and stillbirths. Source: Office for National Statistics | ||
Home Department
Alcoholic Drinks: Young People
Mr. Ellwood: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children were (a) cautioned, (b) prosecuted and (c) given a penalty notice for disorder for buying or attempting to buy alcohol under age in each of the last three years for which information is available. [191306]
Mr. Coaker: The number of young persons under 18 years of age issued with a reprimand or final warning, penalty notice for disorder, or proceeded against at magistrates courts for offences relating to buying or attempting to buy alcohol under age in England and Wales for the years 2004 to 2006 can be viewed in the following tables 1 and 2. From June 2000, cautions for offenders under 18 years old were replaced by reprimands and final warnings.
| N umber of young persons aged under 18 years issued with a reprimand/final warning, and proceeded against at magistrates courts for certain alcohol offences in England and Wales for the years 2004 to 2006( 1, 1, 3, 4, 5) | ||||
| Offence description | ||||
| Person under 18 buying or attempting to buy or consuming intoxicating liquor. Person under 18 buying or consuming intoxicating liquor | Purchase of alcohol by an individual under 18 | |||
| 14316 | 14383 | |||
| Proceeded against | Reprimanded/Final warning( 3) | Proceeded against | Reprimanded/Final warning( 3) | |
| - Nil (1) These data are on the principal offence basis. (2) Data include the following offence descriptions and corresponding statutes: Offence Code 14316 Person under 18 buying or attempting to buy or consuming intoxicating liquor. Person under 18 buying or consuming intoxicating liquor in licensed premises. Licensing (Occasional Permissions) Act 1983 Schedule (Sec 3) para 4(2). Licensing Act 1964 Sec 169(2). Offence Code 14382 Purchase of alcohol by an individual under 18. Licensing Act 2003 S. 149(l)(7a) (3) From 1 June 2000 the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 came into force nationally and removed the use of cautions for persons under 18 and replaced them with reprimands and final warnings. Reprimands and final warnings are included in the above data. (4) The Licensing Act 2003 came into force on 24 November 2005. (5) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts, other agencies, and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. Source: Court proceedings data held by RDS—Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Ministry of Justice Our Ref: IOS 205-08 (Table 1) [Contribution for PQ 191306] | ||||
| N umber of young persons aged 16 to 17 years issued with a penalty notice for disorder for the offence—Buying or attempting to buy alcohol by person under 18 in England and Wales for the years 2004 to 2006( 1, 2, 3, 4) | |
| Buying or attempting to buy alcohol by person under 18 | |
| - Nil (1) These data are on the principal offence basis. (2) Data include the following offence descriptions and corresponding statute: Buying or attempting to buy alcohol by a person under 18. Section 149(l)of the Licensing Act 2003 (c.17) (3) New legislative reference with effect from, 24 November 2005 on implementation of Licensing Act 2003. (4) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts, other agencies, and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. Source: Court proceedings data held by RDS—Office for Criminal Justice Reform Ministry of Justice Our Ref: IOS 205-08 (Table 2) [Contribution for PQ 191306] | |
Mr. Ellwood: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many instances there were of alcohol found in the possession of children being seized in accordance with section 1 of the Confiscation of Alcohol (Young Persons) Act 1997 in each of the last three years; and how many people were (a) cautioned, (b) prosecuted and (c) given a penalty notice for disorder, having failed to comply with such a request in each of the last 10 years. [191316]
Mr. Coaker: Offences recorded under this legislation are summary offences and as such do not form part of the recorded crime statistics collected by the Home Office.
The number of persons issued with a caution, and proceeded against at magistrates courts for offences under section 1 of the Confiscation of Alcohol (Young Persons) Act 1997 in England and Wales for the years 2004 to 2006 can be viewed in the following table.
The offence is not one for which a PND (penalty notice for disorder) can be issued, as it is not part of the scheme.
| N umber of persons issued with a caution, and proceeded against at magistrates courts for offences under section 1 of the Confiscation of Alcohol (Young Persons) Act 1997 in England and Wales for the years 2004 - 06( 1, 2, 3, 4) | ||
| Proceeded against | Caution | |
| (1) These data are on the principal offence basis. (2 )Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts, other agencies, and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. (3 )From 1 June 2000 the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 came into force nationally and removed the use of cautions for persons under 18 and replaced them with reprimands and final warnings. The total figure of reprimands and final warnings makes up cautions. (4 )Data include the following statute and corresponding offence description: Confiscation of Alcohol (Young Persons) Act 1997 Sec.1. Police Reform Act 2002 Sch.4 para.6 (Confiscation of Alcohol (Young Persons) Act 1997 S.1). Failure to surrender intoxicating liquor and/or to state name and address. Contravening a community support officer’s requirement to surrender liquor. Source: Court proceedings data held by RDS—Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Ministry of Justice | ||
Mr. Ellwood: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were (a) cautioned, (b) prosecuted and (c) given a penalty notice for disorder for buying or attempting to buy alcohol on behalf of a person under 18 years old in each of the last three years for which information is available. [191307]
Mr. Coaker: The number of persons issued with a caution, penalty notice for disorder or proceeded against at magistrates courts for offences relating to buying or attempting to buy alcohol on behalf of a person aged under 18 years in England and Wales for the years 2004 to 2006 can be viewed in the following tables 1 and 2.
| N umber of persons issued with a caution, and proceeded against at magistrates courts for certain alcohol offences in England and Wales for the years 2004 - 06( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) | ||||
| Offence description | ||||
| Buying or attempting to buy intoxicating liquor for consumption by a person under 18. Purchasing intoxicating liquor for consumption by person under 18 in bar | Person who buys or attempts to buy alcohol on behalf of an individual under 18. | |||
| Proceeded against | Cautions( 3) | Proceeded against | Cautions( 3) | |
| (1) These data are on the principal offence basis. (2) Data include the following offence descriptions and corresponding statutes: Buying or attempting to buy intoxicating liquor for consumption by a person under 18. Purchasing intoxicating liquor for consumption by person under 18 in bar. Licensing (Occasional Permissions) Act 1983 Schedule (Sec 3) para 4(3). Licensing Act 1964 Sec 169(3). Person who buys or attempts to buy alcohol on behalf of an individual under 18. Licensing Act 2003 S149(3,4,7b) (3) From 1 June 2000 the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 came into force nationally and removed the use of cautions for persons under 18 and replaced them with reprimands and final warnings. Reprimands and final warnings are included in the abovementioned data. (4 )The Licensing Act 2003 came into force on 24 November 2005. (5 )Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts, other agencies, and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. (6 )Nil Source: Court proceedings data held by RDS—Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Ministry of Justice | ||||
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