House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 12 Jan 2009 (pt 0028)

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Anaemia

Mrs. Moon: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research his Department has commissioned into treatments for pernicious anaemia. [244918]

Dawn Primarolo: The Department funds national health service research and development through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The Institute's health technology assessment programme is currently funding a project assessing deferasirox for the treatment of iron overload associated with regular blood transfusions in patients suffering with chronic anaemia; and the NIHR clinical research network is supporting a number of studies concerned with anaemia. Details of the latter can be found on the UK Clinical Research Network portfolio database at:

http://pfsearch.ukcrn.org.uk.

The Medical Research Council (MRC) is one of the main agencies through which the Government support medical and clinical research. The MRC is an independent body that receives its grant-in-aid from the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills.

The MRC is not currently funding any research on pernicious anaemia. However, the MRC does fund a wider portfolio of basic haematology research which may benefit the condition.

Billing

Mr. Greg Knight: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of invoices to his Department payable to small and medium-sized enterprises which are settled within 10 days. [245913]

Mr. Bradshaw: The Department has configured its systems to enable its performance to be measured against 10-day targets announced by the Prime Minister on 8 October 2008. However, it is not possible at present to identify those suppliers that fall within the definition of ‘small and medium sized enterprises’.

The first formal data collection on performance against the 10-day target is being co-ordinated across Government by the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform based on November 2008 statistics. 98.02 per cent. of payments made to all suppliers, regardless of size, by the Department in November were made within 10 working days of receipt of the invoice.

Biomedicines

Dr. Iddon: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what recent discussions there have been between the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence and specialist clinicians on future appraisals of biosimilar medicines; and if he will make a statement; [246079]

(2) what guidance his Department has issued to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) on the safety precautions to be reflected in NICE guidances on biosimilar medicines; and what account NICE takes of the safety precautions recommended by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency and the European Medicines Agency in formulating such guidance. [246080]

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Phil Hope: The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is an independent body and should be approached directly for information on any recent discussions with specialist clinicians.

We have not issued any guidance to NICE on the appraisal of biosimilar medicines. Any relevant advice from the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency and the European Medicines Agency will be taken into account by NICE in its work.

Breast Cancer: Screening

Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the proportion of women diagnosed with early stage breast cancer who have received HER2 testing. [245623]

Ann Keen: This information is not available centrally.

Cancer: Drugs

Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the answer of 4 November 2008, Official Report, columns 371-76W, on cancer: drugs, what the eligible patient population for each treatment was in each (a) month and (b) year; and how many of the eligible patient population died in each (i) month and (ii) year. [246032]

Dawn Primarolo: The information requested is not collected centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

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Care Homes: Elderly

Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the answer of 19 November 2008, Official Report, column 518W, on the elderly: mentally incapacitated, which of the care homes were run by (a) private sector companies, (b) local authorities and (c) third sector organisations. [246062]

Phil Hope: The information requested has been placed in the Library.

Care Homes: Yorkshire and the Humber

Mr. Graham Stuart: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) care homes and (b) care home places for people suffering from dementia there were in each local authority area in Yorkshire and the Humber in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. [244683]

Phil Hope: We are informed by the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) that it does not register care homes according to the number of people from a specific client group, such as those suffering dementia, which they may accommodate. CSCI will register a home as being able to care for at least one person from a particular client group. CSCI is able to produce data from 2004. Information from earlier years is not available centrally.

The following table shows the numbers of care homes and registered places in each local authority area within the Yorkshire and Humberside region where at least one place in the home is registered as at 15 December 2008 to provide dementia care.

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Number of care homes and registered places in Yorkshire and Humberside where at least one place in the home is registered to provide dementia care^{( 1)}
Year ending 31 March		2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Barnsley	Number of care homes	13	16	16	16	15
	Total number of registered places in homes (for all client groups)	642	748	748	748	722
Bradford	Number of care homes	103	99	99	93	88
	Total number of registered places in homes (for all client groups)	3,423	3,350	3,355	3,160	3,063
Calderdale	Number of care homes	8	10	10	9	10
	Total number of registered places in homes (for all client groups)	329	408	408	385	424
Derbyshire	Number of care homes	1	1	1	1	1
	Total number of registered places in homes (for all client groups)	60	60	60	60	60
Doncaster	Number of care homes	27	27	27	27	26
	Total number of registered places in homes (for all client groups)	1,043	1,043	1,047	1,047	1,008
East Riding of Yorkshire	Number of care homes	110	105	103	100	99
	Total number of registered places in homes (for all client groups)	3,530	3,397	3,434	3,408	3,410
Kingston upon Hull	Number of care homes	52	51	51	52	52
	Total number of registered places in homes (for all client groups)	1,832	1,826	1,826	1,851	1,876
Kirklees	Number of care homes	16	16	16	16	16
	Total number of registered places in homes (for all client groups)	715	708	708	739	739
Leeds	Number of care homes	45	44	43	42	43
	Total number of registered places in homes (for all client groups)	1,905	1,895	1,877	1,871	1,967
North East Lincolnshire	Number of care homes	28	27	28	29	30
	Total number of registered places in homes (for all client groups)	974	957	984	1,000	1,043
North Lincolnshire	Number of care homes	26	28	29	30	31
	Total number of registered places in homes (for all client groups)	948	999	1,017	1,043	1,127
North Yorkshire	Number of care homes	58	61	60	62	67
	Total number of registered places in homes (for all client groups)	2,036	2,173	2,255	2,430	2,753
Rotherham	Number of care homes	19	19	19	19	19
	Total number of registered places in homes (for all client groups)	1,090	1,090	1,090	1,090	1,090
Sheffield	Number of care homes	41	39	41	42	41
	Total number of registered places in homes (for all client groups)	2,070	1,997	2,077	2,139	2,099
Wakefield	Number of care homes	31	32	32	32	32
	Total number of registered places in homes (for all client groups)	1,389	1,409	1,409	1,409	1,409
York	Number of care homes	12	11	12	12	10
	Total number of registered places in homes (for all client groups)	536	517	597	597	511
Unknown⁽²⁾	Number of care homes	—	—	—	—	2
	Total number of registered places in homes (for all client groups)	—	—	—	—	149

	Total number of care homes	590	586	587	582	582
	Total number of registered places in homes (for all client groups)	22,522	22,577	22,892	22,977	23,450
⁽¹⁾ Homes are not registered according to the actual number of places they have for each client group. They indicate which groups they can provide at least one place for. The number of registered places shown is for all client groups homes have informed CSCI they can accommodate as at 15 December 2008. This is because CSCI does not hold historic data for client group registration. ⁽²⁾ Local council data are derived from the postcode of the service. Where post code is not provided the service is recorded as Unknown. Source: CSCI database (static cut 02/05/08).

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