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Statistics on average waiting times between decision to treat and treatment for cancer surgery are not collected centrally. Performance against the cancer waiting time standard of a maximum wait of 31 days from decision to treat to first cancer treatment for the relevant organisations are shown in the following table

Percentage of patients treated within 31 days of a clinical diagnosis being made by a responsible specialist — all cancers
Percentage
	Quarter	Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	England
2004-05	Q4	99.0	91.8	91.1
2005-06	Q4	100.0	98.7	98.9
2006-07	Q4	99.7	99.5	99.6
2007-08	Q4	100.0	98.7	99.5

Surgery: Training

Mr. Mullin: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the impact of the EU Working Time Directive on the effectiveness of surgical training; what representations he has received from the Royal College of Surgeons on the matter; and if he will make a statement. [225299]

Ann Keen: The Department has received a small number of representations from the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) about the European Working Time
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Directive (EWTD) and the impact of SiMAP and Jaeger European Court of Justice Rulings in reducing the number of operations undertaken by trainee surgeons. This includes letters and discussion points at meetings.

The Government highlighted the importance of supporting surgical training when striving for changes to the EWTD. The European Council of Employment Ministers agreed in June that the EWTD should be amended and negotiations have moved forward to the European Parliament.

The Government have sponsored research by the RCS (and the Royal College of Anaesthetists) to identify how surgical and anaesthesia services are attempting to meet the requirements of WTD 2009 and to formulate appropriate advice and examples of good practice.

Several North West trusts have achieved the 48-hour week requirement a year early and maximised training opportunities for surgeons through introducing innovative working patterns, in consultation with their doctors in training.

Tuberculosis

Mr. Paice: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of tuberculosis have been reported in each county in each year since 1997. [227296]

Dawn Primarolo: The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available from the Health Protection Agency Enhanced Tuberculosis Surveillance scheme has been placed in the Library.

Vaccination: Travel

Mr. Crausby: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his policy is on the provision of travel-related vaccines by the NHS. [227828]

Dawn Primarolo: Certain vaccinations and immunisations for travel abroad are available free of charge on the national health service:

typhoid,

cholera,

polio,

infectious hepatitis (Hep A).

It is at the discretion of the general practitioner if they give any other travel vaccines free of charge.

West Hertfordshire Hospital Trust: Security

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of security cameras at West
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Hertfordshire Hospital Trust locations have been found to be faulty in each of the last three years. [228360]

Mr. Bradshaw: This information is not held centrally.

Children, Schools and Families

Children’s Plan

Bill Wiggin: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many resources, how many facilities and how much funding announced in the Children's Plan is not yet committed; what (a) facilities and (b) funding he plans to make available to organisations in Herefordshire, including Herefordshire Council, under the Children's Plan; and if he will make a statement. [228156]

Beverley Hughes: The Children's Plan set out how resources would be allocated to the Department's priorities.

In the majority of cases this resource has already been committed. However, for some policies the detail of the plans is still being decided for 2009/10 and beyond.

When the roll-out plans have been finalised, we will endeavour to announce further allocations in good time to allow Herefordshire and other LAs to plan activities and programmes.

The Department will be reporting on progress towards the Children's Plan later this year.

Children: Day Care

Mrs. Maria Miller: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many childcare places of each type (a) opened and (b) closed in each year since 2003; [228897]

(2) how many (a) after-school facilities and (b) holiday clubs have closed in (i) each of the last 10 years and (ii) in each quarter of the last three years; [228662]

(3) how many (a) after-school facilities and (b) holiday clubs have opened in each of the last 10 years; [228663]

(4) how many (a) after-school and (b) holiday club places for children have opened in (i) each of the last 10 years and (ii) each quarter of the last three years. [228672]

Beverley Hughes: Ofsted do not separately identify after-school facilities and holiday clubs, these are included in the Out of School Day Care category. The available information is shown in the tables.

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Number and percentage of childcare places that have opened and closed( 1) : Position as at 31 March each year, England
	2003-04		2004-05		2005-06		2006-07		2007-08
	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate
Opened	238,600	21.6	254,100	21.6	212,800	17.0	198,400	15.5	188,300	14.6
Childminders	62,800	19.6	53,000	16.8	48,800	15.1	47,500	14.9	40,300	13.5
Full Daycare	98,600	21.6	117,600	22.7	89,900	15.9	85,500	14.3	83,400	13.4
Out of school(2)	77,200	23.6	83,500	24.5	74,200	20.2	85,400	17.9	64,600	17.5
Closed	128,400	11.6	200,800	17.1	147,600	11.8	180,200	14.1	190,400	14.8
Childminders	50,400	15.8	63,000	19.9	44,800	13.9	54,800	17.3	63,000	21.1
Full Daycare	38,500	8.4	65,600	12.7	50,000	8.8	57,700	9.6	64,700	10.4
Out of school(2)	39,400	12.1	72,200	21.2	52,700	14.4	67,600	18.5	62,700	17.0
Net steady state changes( 3)	+24,600	2.2	+19,200	1.6	+8,800	0.7	+9,100	0.7	+10,700	0.8
Childminders	+6,400	2.0	+6,300	2.0	+2,100	0.7	+2,900	0.9	+3,600	1.2
Full Daycare	+14,600	3.2	+9,600	1.9	+5,500	1.0	+5,200	0.9	+5,200	0.8
Out of school(2)	+3,600	1.0	+3,300	1.0	+1,100	0.3	+1,100	0.3	+1,900	0.5
Net change	+134,900	12.2	+72,600	6.2	+74,000	5.9	+27,400	2.1	+8,500	0.7
(1) Figures are rounded to the nearest 10 if under 100, and to the nearest 100 if over 100. (2) out of School Day Care figures may not include services in extended schools as OFSTED data only includes providers that have to register separately. (3). The Net Study State refers to registered providers who registration status has not changed, but whose number of places has fluctuated over the period in question. Source: Ofsted

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