| Previous Section | Index | Home Page |
1 Sep 2008 : Column 1734W—continued
Lasers
Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 14 July 2008, Official Report, column 205W, on lasers, what further research and evidence was brought to light to support the proposals to deregulate class 3B and 4 lasers and intense light sources. [220471]
Mr. Bradshaw: The Department will shortly publish its response to the Private and Voluntary Healthcare Consultation. It will include an analysis of further research and evidence that has come to light and this will be fully taken into account when drawing up the final impact assessment regarding the proposals to deregulate class 3B and 4 lasers and intense light sources.
Learning Disability: Social Services
Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much income each local authority received in (a) fees and charges and (b) charges only from services for adults with a learning disability expressed as a percentage of total expenditure on such services over the last five years; and what such total expenditure was over this period. [221531]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: Data on fee and charges only and charges only is not collected centrally. However, data on sales, fees and charges is available.
A table which shows the gross expenditure and the sales, fees and charges of clients age 18-64 with learning disabilities as a percentage of gross expenditure on that client group from 2002-03 to 2006-07 has been placed in the Library.
Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the total net expenditure on services for people with a learning disability under 65 years was for the last 10 years for each local authority for (a) assessment and care management, (b) nursing home placements, (c) residential care home placements, (d) supported and other accommodation, (e) direct payments, (f) home care, (g) day care, (h) equipment and adaptations, (i) meals and (j) remaining services. [221538]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: The information has been placed in the Library.
Data prior to 2000-01 is not held centrally.
Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the total net expenditure on services for people with a learning disability over 65 years was for the last year for which figures are available, (a) excluding and (b) including expenditure on the Supporting People initiative. [221539]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: This data is not held centrally.
Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many assessment reviews have been carried out for people with a learning disability in each local authority over the last 10 years; and what the outcome of such assessments were in each case; [221542]
(2) how many first time service assessments have been carried out for people with a learning disability in each local authority area in the last 10 years; and what the outcome of such assessments were in each case. [221563]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: Information has been placed in the Library.
In 2003-04 an assessment was re-defined as the first assessment for a new client. In the years prior to 2003-04 an assessment included the re-assessment or unscheduled review of need of a current service user. A review prior to 2003-04 was defined as an examination of the client's needs and services at or by a pre-determined date.
Therefore data from 2003-04 onwards is not comparable with previous years.
Lost Working Days
Mr. Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many working days have been lost due to industrial action by employees for which his Department is responsible in each year since 1997. [218056]
Mr. Bradshaw:
The number of working days lost due to industrial action in each year since 2003 are presented
in the following table. The Department changed payroll provider contracts in 2003 and the cost of retrieving the required information for 1997 to 2003 would be disproportionate.
| Total | Dates of industrial action | Number of staff days lost due to industrial action | |
Lung Cancer
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many lung cancer patients there were in the latest year for which figures are available; and how many lung cancer patients there were aged (a) 49 years and under, (b) 50 to 59, (c) 60 to 69, (d) 70 to 79 and (e) over 80 years in each cancer network in that year. [220990]
Mr. Watson: I have been asked to reply.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell dated, 1 September 2008:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many lung cancer patients there were in the latest year for which figures are available; and how many lung cancer patients there were aged (a) 49 years and under, (b) 50 to 59, (c) 60 to 69, (d) 70 to 79 and (e) over 80 years in each cancer network in that year.[220990]
The latest estimations of prevalence can be found in p19-20 of Cancer Trends in England and Wales 1950-1999, available at:
The most recent available figures for newly diagnosed cases of lung cancer registered in England are for the year 2005. Figures for patients diagnosed with lung cancer by specified age group and Cancer Network are given in the table below.
| Next Section | Index | Home Page |