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Myodil

Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will hold discussions with the World Health Organisation and the European Union on the continued use of Myodil overseas following its withdrawal from UK markets. [236794]

Dawn Primarolo: The withdrawal of Myodil from the United Kingdom market for commercial reasons in 1987 predated the start of the current European Union system of drug regulation. As the decision to withdraw was a commercial one made by the manufacturer there would have been no reason to hold discussions with EU member states or the World Health Organisation.

There is currently an EU network of drug safety monitoring and close interactions with all EU member states on matters of medicines safety. The forum for discussions on issues of drug safety is the monthly meeting of the Pharmacovigilance Working Party (PhVWP) of the Committee for Medicinal products for Human Use (CHMP) held at the European Medicines Agency. The PhVWP has representation from all EU member states and any delegate can add issues to the agenda for discussion. The PhVWP also has links with the World Health Organisation. Any proposed withdrawal of a medicine for safety reasons is discussed at the PhVWP or the CHMP to ensure a consistent EU-wide approach.

National Treatment Agency: Finance

Joan Walley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding was allocated to drug action teams through the National Treatment Agency in 2007-08; how much has been allocated for 2008-09; and if he will make a statement. [239494]

Dawn Primarolo: The Department of Health and the Home Office have provided specific resources for drug treatment since 2001 in the form of the pooled drug treatment budget (PTB), with £398 million of funding provided in 2007-08 and 2008-09. In May 2007, the Ministry of Justice assumed responsibility for the element which had been the Home Office contribution. Mainstream resources are used by local partnerships in addition to the PTB to fund drug treatment services.

The following table shows the PTB allocations by local drug partnership areas for 2007-08 and 2008-09.


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Total PTB
Region Partnership 2007-08 2008-09

London

Barking and Dagenham

1,798,486

1,704,943

London

Barnet

2,030,341

1,981,104

Yorkshire and Humberside

Barnsley

1,80,9647

1,844,374

South West

Bath and North East Somerset

894,048

1,025,717

East of England

Bedfordshire

1,952,738

1,934,529

London

Bexley

1,232,202

1,161,720

West Midlands

Birmingham

1,3465523

13263461

North West

Blackburn with Darwen

1,457,838

1,528,621

North West

Blackpool

1,563,214

1,738,409

North West

Bolton

2,384,004

2,546,002

South West

Bournemouth

1,638,972

1,750,508

South East

Bracknell Forest

449,022

435,559

Yorkshire and Humberside

Bradford

5,004,166

5,277,725

London

Brent

3,482,716

3,350,733

South East

Brighton and Hove

2,612,887

2,662,613

South West

Bristol

4,952,734

5,554,263

London

Bromley

1,583,951

1,585,411

South East

Buckinghamshire

1,927,635

1,892,364

North West

Bury

1,044,545

1,105,436

Yorkshire and Humberside

Calderdale

1,531,977

1,583,113

East of England

Cambridgeshire

2,766,971

2,738,666

London

Camden

4,134,704

4,172,380

North West

Cheshire

3,435,076

3,567,507

London

City of London

65,529

66,599

South West

Cornwall and Isles of Scilly

3,173,057

3,111,665

North East

County Durham

3,879,177

3,786,491

West Midlands

Coventry

2,863,506

2,774,953

London

Croydon

2,784,077

2,634,727

North West

Cumbria

2,996,594

2,997,092

North East

Darlington

909,455

925,698

East Midlands

Derby

2,211,665

2,270,039

East Midlands

Derbyshire

4,266,453

4,246,623

South West

Devon

3,382,081

3,332,291

Yorkshire and Humberside

Doncaster

2,651,147

2,780,568

South West

Dorset

1,518,162

1,636,747

West Midlands

Dudley

2,369,591j

2,320,092

London

Ealing

3,341,538

3,337,064

Yorkshire and Humberside

East Riding of Yorkshire

1,647,842

1,582,720

South East

East Sussex

2,316,997

2,331,724

London

Enfield

2,561,417

2,418,010

East of England

Essex

6,076,954

5,900,775

North East

Gateshead

1,732,323

1,780,445

South West

Gloucestershire

3,315,040

3,485,781

London

Greenwich

3,160,200

2,983,014

London

Hackney

4,816,215

4,628,565

North West

Halton

1,338,090

1,376,470

London

Hammersmith and Fulham

2,786,867

2,957,320

South East

Hampshire

5,347,034

. 5,185,047

London

Haringey

3,877,183

3,687,146

London

Harrow

1,252,958

1,250,558

North East

Hartlepool

1,037,418

1,074,097

London

Havering

1,168,404

1,101,534

West Midlands

Herefordshire

897,335

944,457

East of England

Hertfordshire

5,381,279

5,3171,25

London

Hillingdon

1,520,031

1,495,565

London

Hounslow

1,77,4996

1,827,655

South East

Isle of Wight

995,721

983,959

London

Islington

4,604,297

4,521,631

London

Kensington and Chelsea

2,834,796

2,883,389

South East

Kent

7,27,7433

6,933,199

Yorkshire and Humberside

Kingston Upon Hull

3,812,875

3,934,466

London

Kingston upon Thames

1,018,331

1,0130,32

Yorkshire and Humberside

Kirklees

3,000,538

3,077,498

North West

Knowsley

2,420,633

2,355,125

London

Lambeth

6,049,960

5,806,663

North West

Lancashire

7,088,868

7,336,048

Yorkshire and Humberside

Leeds

6,766,633

6,892,500

East Midlands

Leicester

3,478,183

3,380,475

East Midlands

Leicestershire

2,668,832

2,651,921

London

Lewisham

4,349,768

4,098,671

East Midlands

Lincolnshire

3,518,628

3,480,297

North West

Liverpool

7,825,875

7,817,306

East of England

Luton

1,785,568

1804726

North West

Manchester

7,556,640

7,536,206

South East

Medway towns

1,749,625

1,696,344

London

Merton

1,458,222

1,439,924

North East

Middlesbrough

2,285,164

2,365,813

South East

Milton Keynes

1,359,688

1,303,586

North East

Newcastle upon Tyne

3,309,700

3,248,203

London

Newham

5,478,257

5,176,580

East of England

Norfolk

4,698,613

. 4,719,359

Yorkshire and Humberside

North East Lincolnshire

1,776,031

1,818,138

Yorkshire and Humberside

North Lincolnshire

1,176,137

1,246,499

South West

North Somerset

932,046

1,013,525

North East

North Tyneside

1,705,348

1,646,889

Yorkshire and Humberside

North Yorkshire

2,908,044

2,984,372

East Midlands

Northamptonshire

3,699,378

3,788,840

North East

Northumberland

2,090,038

2,018,738

East Midlands

Nottingham

4,059,481

4,020,672

East Midlands

Nottinghamshire

4,690,491

4,741,340

North West

Oldham

1,821,632

1,853,864

South East

Oxfordshire

3,862,034

3,861,067

East of England

Peterborough

1,501,525

1,561,437

South West

Plymouth

2,155,084

2,232,392

South West

Poole

746,687

767,341

South East

Portsmouth

1,615,370

1,597,575

South East

Reading

1,2749,78

1,300,023

London

Redbridge

1,798,210

1,711,307

North East

Redcar and Cleveland

1,463,142

1,429,038

London

Richmond upon Thames

1,156,343

1,192,005

North West

Rochdale

1,9185,97

2,039,880

Yorkshire and Humberside

Rotherham

2,330,433

2,433,079

East Midlands

Rutland

66,660

66,223

North West

Salford

2,166,523

2,164,457

West Midlands

Sandwell

3,099,463

2,928,028

North West

Sefton

2,558,410

2,586,205

Yorkshire and Humberside

Sheffield

5,252,777

5,261,581

West Midlands

Shropshire

1,355,888

1,368,950

South East

Slough

1,225,268

1,230,842

West Midlands

Solihull

1,106,857

1,113,266

South West

Somerset

2,388,806

2,408,603

South West

South Gloucestershire

899,742

958,715

North East

South Tyneside

1,996,769

1,884,826

South East

Southampton

2,117,042

2,036,466

East of England

Southend-on-Sea

1,316,737

1,343,036

London

Southwark

5,707,909

5,502,297

North West

St Helens

1,691,818

1,744,853

West Midlands

Staffordshire

4,220,035

4,152,217

North West

Stockport

1,456,769

1,492,685

North East

Stockton-on-Tees

1,9685,18

2,038,106

West Midlands

Stoke-on-Trent

2,263,478

2,390,574

East of England

Suffolk

3,455,962

3,262,049

North East

Sunderland

3,020,224

2,875,544

South East

Surrey

3,988,973

4,120,201

London

Sutton

1,045,223

1,085,136

South West

Swindon

1,231,550

1,239,088

North West

Tameside

1,618,871

1,679,836

West Midlands

Telford and Wrekin

1,219,802

1,2307,06

East of England

Thurrock

997,546

964,203

South West

Torbay

1,026,898

1,038,905

London

Tower Hamlets

5,237,153

5,020,046

North West

Trafford

1,333,946

1,326,831

Yorkshire and Humberside

Wakefield

2,715,072

2,905,267

West Midlands

Walsall

2,307,202

2,299,343

London

Waltham Forest

2,733,212

2,602,800

London

Wandsworth

3,138,594

3,114272

North West

Warrington

1,211,621

1,294,890

West Midlands

Warwickshire

2,451,890

2,456,569

South East

West Berkshire

485,720

494,497

South East

West Sussex

2,956,754

2,870,236

London

Westminster

4,158,472

4,134,843

North West

Wigan

2,146,219

2,204,010

South West

Wiltshire

1,781,202

1,745,899

South East

Windsor and Maidenhead

5791,58

583,127

North West

Wirral

3,346,678

3,623,186

South East

Wokingham

426,304

427,633

West Midlands

Wolverhampton

2,862,432

2,890,592

West Midlands

Worcestershire

2,787,256

2,858,843

Yorkshire and Humberside

York

1,228,713

1,310,764

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