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Power Stations: Health Hazards

Tim Farron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make it his policy to issue guidance on any known effects on humans of prolonged residence in proximity to power stations to families who live near such installations; and if he will make a statement. [244213]

Dawn Primarolo: The Environment Agency regulates emissions from power stations, which have an important influence on air pollution levels but do not alone lead to local breaches of the air quality objectives in the Air Quality Strategy. There has been no specific study of the health of people living around power stations but the health benefits of reductions in emissions from power stations overall (locally and nationally) have been assessed in reports available on the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs website:

Guidance on the health effects of air pollution in general is available on the website of the Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants:

There have been studies of the incidence of childhood cancer undertaken around nuclear power stations in particular and these have been reviewed by the Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment (COMARE). In its 10th report, it concluded that there was no evidence of excess numbers of cases in any local 25 km area around any of the nuclear power stations:

Prescription Drugs

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what steps his Department is taking to (a) ensure equitable payment to dispensing appliance contractors and pharmacy contractors for equivalent services under Part IX of the Drug Tariff proposals and (b) extend the expensive prescription fee to dispensing appliance contractors; [245704]

(2) what assessment his Department has made of the competition implications of not extending the same prescription fee structure to dispensing appliance contractors and to pharmacies; and if he will make a statement. [245703]

Annette Brooke: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment his Department has made of the competition implications of not extending the same prescription fee structure to dispensing appliance contractors and to pharmacies; and if he will make a statement. [245798]


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Phil Hope: A review of the arrangements under Part IX of the Drug tariff for the provision of stoma and urology items—and related services—in primary care is currently under way. One of the stated aims of the review is that it seeks to make service provided by and payment provision to dispensing appliance contractors (DACs) and pharmacy contractors more equitable. A number of proposals have been put forward in consultation issued by the Department and extending the expensive prescription fee to DACs has been raised by respondents and will therefore be considered. The consultation closed in September 2008; details of the how this work will progress in light of responses and a final impact assessment will be published in the new year.

Primary Care Trusts

John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish his national support programme for primary care trust board development. [245741]

Mr. Bradshaw: As part of the World Class Commissioning Programme, “PCT Board Development Framework” can be found at:

and a copy has been placed in the Library.

Primary Care Trusts: Finance

Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health to what proportion of primary care trust revenue allocations for the 2009-10 financial year the health inequalities formula has been applied, with the meaning described on page 28 of his Department’s Report of the Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation published 8 December 2008. [245627]

Mr. Bradshaw: One Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation (ACRA) objective is to help to reduce avoidable health inequalities through resource allocation. To achieve this objective, a separate health inequalities formula has been developed which targets funds at the places with the worst health outcomes. This is a more transparent way of contributing towards the reduction in health inequalities through resource allocation, and highlights our commitment to tackling the issue of health inequality.

ACRA could not determine the proportion of allocations to apply the health inequalities formula to and left it to ministerial decision. Ministers decided to apply the formula to 15 per cent. of the allocations, excluding the mental health component of the formula (which already includes an adjustment for unmet need) and HIV/AIDS. This keeps the distribution of funding between the most and least deprived areas in line with the previous formula.

Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what variables are included in the weighted capitation formula used to inform primary care trust revenue allocation for 2009-10; and what the data sources are for each. [245628]

Mr. Bradshaw: The variables included in the weighted capitation formula for 2009-10 primary care trust revenue allocations and their data sources are set out in the
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Department’s publication Resource Allocation: Weighted Capitation Formula (Sixth Edition), which has been placed in the Library, and which is also available at:

Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the weighted capitation targets per (a) unweighted and (b) weighted head are for (i) 2008-09 and (ii) 2009-10 (A) for England on average and (B) for each primary care trust. [245629]

Mr. Bradshaw: The information is provided in the table for 2009-10. Weighted capitation targets were not calculated for 2008-09 because the formula which determines them was frozen while the Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation were granted more time to conclude their review.


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2009-10 weighted capitation targets per unweighted and weighted person by primary care trust (PCT)
£
PCT Weighted capitation target per unweighted head Weighted capitation target per weighted hea d

Ashton, Leigh and Wigan PCT

1,757

1,462

Barking and Dagenham PCT

1,810

1,543

Barnet PCT

1,444

1,692

Barnsley PCT

1,877

1,435

Bassetlaw PCT

1,673

1,402

Bath and North East Somerset PCT

1,288

1,621

Bedfordshire PCT

1,340

1,481

Berkshire East PCT

1,315

1,595

Berkshire West PCT

1,235

1,619

Bexley Care Trust

1,488

1,554

Birmingham East and North PCT

1,713

1,497

Blackburn with Darwen PCT

1,719

1,492

Blackpool PCT

1,938

1,476

Bolton PCT

1,714

1,491

Bournemouth and Poole Teaching PCT

1,548

1,592

Bradford and Airedale Teaching PCT

1,598

1,516

Brent Teaching PCT

1,629

1,677

Brighton and Hove City PCT

1,572

1,654

Bristol PCT

1,485

1,555

Bromley PCT

1,405

1,664

Buckinghamshire PCT

1,260

1,573

Bury PCT

1,578

1,483

Calderdale PCT

1,531

1,522

Cambridgeshire PCT

1,314

1,517

Camden PCT

1,610

1,747

Central and Eastern Cheshire PCT

1,419

1,546

Central Lancashire PCT

1,571

1,509

City and Hackney Teaching PCT

2,009

1,632

Cornwall and Isles of Scilly PCT

1,586

1,444

County Durham PCT

1,826

1,459

Coventry Teaching PCT

1,622

1,532

Croydon PCT

1,494

1,616

Cumbria Teaching PCT

1,572

1,506

Darlington PCT

1,651

1,559

Derby City PCT

1,562

1,450

Derbyshire County PCT

1,589

1,444

Devon PCT

1,454

1,523

Doncaster PCT

1,775

1,461

Dorset PCT

1,497

1,525

Dudley PCT

1,592

1,475

Ealing PCT

1,557

1,657

East and North Hertfordshire PCT

1,366

1,537

East Lancashire Teaching PCT

1,672

1,527

East Riding of Yorkshire PCT

1,464

1,440

East Sussex Downs and Weald PCT

1,497

1,576

Eastern and Coastal Kent PCT

1,576

1,523

Enfield PCT

1,569

1,565

Gateshead PCT

1,840

1,534

Gloucestershire PCT

1,378

1,560

Great Yarmouth and Waveney PCT

1,649

1,490

Greenwich Teaching PCT

1,727

1,595

Halton and St. Helens PCT

1,837

1,477

Hammersmith and Fulham PCT

1,625

1,782

Hampshire PCT

1,335

1,556

Haringey Teaching PCT

1,706

1,571

Harrow PCT

1,439

1,650

Hartlepool PCT

1,860

1,473

Hastings and Rother PCT

1,720

1,567

Havering PCT

1,572

1,538

Heart of Birmingham Teaching PCT

1,639

1,700

Herefordshire PCT

1,489

1,500

Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale PCT

1,743

1,527

Hillingdon PCT

1,451

1,632

Hounslow PCT

1,539

1,611

Hull Teaching PCT

l,689

1,440

Isle of Wight NHS PCT

1,651

1,516

Islington PCT

1,913

1,738

Kensington and Chelsea PCT

1,377

1,869

Kingston PCT

1,242

1,748

Kirklees PCT

1,536

1,504

Knowsley PCT

2,020

1,525

Lambeth PCT

1,731

1,759

Leeds PCT

1,506

1,508

Leicester City PCT

1,649

1,448

Leicestershire County and Rutland PCT

1,327

1,457

Lewisham PCT

1,678

1,728

Lincolnshire Teaching PCT

1,553

1,451

Liverpool PCT

2,007

1,562

Luton PCT

1,553

1,513

Manchester PCT

1,889

1,495

Medway PCT

1,456

1,535

Mid Essex PCT

1,316

1,480

Middlesbrough PCT

1,819

1,520

Milton Keynes PCT

1,360

1,496

Newcastle PCT

1,719

1,580

Newham PCT

1,963

1,636

Norfolk PCT

1,505

1,466

North East Essex PCT

1,561

1,460

North East Lincolnshire Care Trust Plus

1,595

1,502

North Lancashire Teaching PCT

1,599

1,477

North Lincolnshire PCT

1,561

1,440

North Somerset PCT

1,464

1,471

North Staffordshire PCT

1,586

1,487

North Tyneside PCT

1,697

1,517

North Yorkshire and York PCT

1,380

1,498

Northamptonshire Teaching PCT

1,379

1,513

Northumberland Care Trust

1,635

1,489

Nottingham City PCT

1,638

1,446

Nottinghamshire County Teaching PCT

1,538

1,448

Oldham PCT

1,715

1,505

Oxfordshire PCT

1,261

1,595

Peterborough PCT

1,539

1,604

Plymouth Teaching PCT

1,602

1,476

Portsmouth City Teaching PCT

1,485

1,541

Redbridge PCT

1,512

1,513

Redcar and Cleveland PCT

1,777

1,511

Richmond and Twickenham PCT

1,215

1,896

Rotherham PCT

1,758

1,449

Salford PCT

1,879

1,546

Sandwell PCT

1,821

1,450

Sefton PCT

1,747

1,557

Sheffield PCT

1,619

1,556

Shropshire County PCT

1,469

1,480

Solihull Care Trust

1,404

1,545

Somerset PCT

1,461

1,502

South Birmingham PCT

1,664

1,539

South East Essex PCT

1,534

1,497

South Gloucestershire PCT

1,260

1,594

South Staffordshire PCT

1,480

1,446

South Tyneside PCT

1,849

1,534

South West Essex PCT

1,492

1,535

Southampton City PCT

1,504

1,510

Southwark PCT

1,755

1,628

Stockport PCT

1,483

1,584

Stockton-on-Tees Teaching PCT

1,585

1,448

Stoke on Trent PCT

1,845

1,440

Suffolk PCT

1,382

1,480

Sunderland Teaching PCT

1,873

1,529

Surrey PCT

1,282

1,718

Sutton and Merton PCT

1,384

1,684

Swindon PCT

1,433

1,539

Tameside and Glossop PCT

1,709

1,507

Telford and Wrekin PCT

1,540

1,457

Torbay Care Trust

1,725

1,496

Tower Hamlets PCT

1,917

1,624

Trafford PCT

1,476

1,660

Wakefield District PCT

1,771

1,445

Walsall Teaching PCT

1,734

1,500

Waltham Forest PCT

1,700

1,560

Wandsworth PCT

1,482

1,757

Warrington PCT

1,509

1,524

Warwickshire PCT

1,427

1,514

West Essex PCT

1,447

1,585

West Hertfordshire PCT

1,348

1,626

West Kent PCT

1,376

1,540

West Sussex PCT

1,438

1,598

Western Cheshire PCT

1,493

1,560

Westminster PCT

1,452

1,878

Wiltshire PCT

1,321

1,552

Wirral PCT

1,787

1,568

Wolverhampton City PCT

1,764

1,492

Worcestershire PCT

1,431

1,499

England

1,540

1,540


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