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The NHS Business Services Authority cannot break down this information by primary care trust area.

Departmental Impact Assessments

Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many equalities impact assessments his Department has undertaken in the last 12 month period for which figures are available; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of such assessments. [255072]

Phil Hope: Equality impact assessment is an integral part of how the Department develops its internal and external policies and carries out its functions. The Department undertook over 350 screening and full assessments from 1 February 2008 to 31 January 2009. The cost of undertaking the assessments is not available as it is not separately identified in the policy development process.


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Departmental Manpower

Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many staff were directly employed by his Department in each of the last 10 years; and how many self-employed workers were engaged by the Department in each such year. [254833]

Mr. Bradshaw: The following table presents the number of staff directly employed by the Department. Figures for 1999 to 2007 are taken from the annual departmental reports. Information about staff employed in 2008 will be published in the 2009 departmental report later in the year.

Core Department of Health (full-time equivalents)

2007

2,178

2006

2,250

2005

2,245

2004

2,050

2003

2,964

2002

3,390

2001

3,809

2000

3,632

1999

3,753


The information on the number of self-employed workers is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Departmental Public Appointments

Mr. Maude: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which of the public appointments for which his Department is responsible are due to be (a) renewed and (b) filled in the next 24 months; what the (i) remit, (ii) salary, (iii) political restriction, (iv) eligibility requirement and (v) timetable for each appointment is; and what records his Department keeps in respect of such appointments. [254240]

Ann Keen: The Appointments Commission recruit and appoint public appointees on behalf of the Secretary of State for Health. Appointments are made on merit and are regulated by the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments. The appointments do not carry with them a salary as they are not employees, but appointees are usually remunerated for their work either annually, per meeting or through receiving expenses. Levels of remuneration vary according to the type of body.

We have asked the Appointments Commission to write to the right hon. Member with further more detailed information.

Drugs: Rehabilitation

Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what proportion of people who received drug treatment had to wait (a) less than three weeks and (b) more than three weeks in each of the last three years, broken down by the smallest geographical area for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [251247]


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Dawn Primarolo: The National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse collects data on local services via the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System.

The information requested is only available for 2006-07 and 2007-08 and is shown in the table, broken down by Drug Action Team (DAT).


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Numbers under five have been suppressed in accordance with procedures to preserve the confidentiality of information which could potentially identify individual patients.


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2006-07 2007-08
Number Percentage Number Percentage
DAT No. DAT code DAT name Waits <= 3 weeks Waits > 3 weeks Waits <= 3 weeks Waits > 3 weeks Waits <= 3 weeks Waits > 3 weeks Waits <= 3 weeks Waits > 3 weeks

1

H01B

Barking and Dagenham

341

5

99

1

391

*

2

H12B

Barnet

304

43

88

12

276

40

87

13

3

D09B

Barnsley

469

56

89

11

523

28

95

5

4

K01B

Bath and North East Somerset

195

75

72

28

222

76

74

26

5

G01B

Bedfordshire

274

28

91

9

382

38

91

9

6

H13B

Bexley

170

14

92

8

219

37

86

14

7

F05B

Birmingham

2,439

240

91

9

2,499

178

93

7

8

B03B

Blackburn with Darwen

313

67

82

18

396

23

95

5

9

B04B

Blackpool

529

84

86

14

664

31

96

4

10

B14B

Bolton

536

65

89

11

739

52

93

7

11

K06B

Bournemouth

433

79

85

15

514

64

89

11

12

J01B

Bracknell Forest

156

0

100

0

124

7

95

5

13

D13B

Bradford

1,229

5

100

0

1,217

19

98

2

14

H14B

Brent

376

89

81

19

574

40

93

7

15

J10B

Brighton and Hove

388

86

82

18

540

176

75

25

16

K02B

Bristol

1,152

163

88

12

874

193

82

18

17

H15B

Bromley

251

33

88

12

284

22

93

7

18

J07B

Buckinghamshire

418

119

78

22

472

62

88

12

19

B15B

Bury

419

14

97

3

401

17

96

4

20

D03B

Calderdale

309

*

360

*

21

G03B

Cambridgeshire

401

97

81

19

389

89

81

19

22

H03B

Camden

747

42

95

5

838

29

97

3

23

B20B

Cheshire

758

34

96

4

844

30

97

3

24

H05B

City of London

17

*

13

*

25

K13B

Cornwall and Isles of Scilly

410

213

66

34

486

148

77

23

26

A02B

County Durham

705

48

94

6

722

25

97

3

27

F06B

Coventry

600

21

97

3

681

9

99

1

28

H16B

Croydon

464

55

89

11

493

25

95

5

29

B16B

Cumbria

413

134

76

24

630

42

94

6

30

A01B

Darlington

298

5

98

2

298

7

98

2

31

E05B

Derby

508

73

87

13

489

14

97

3

32

E04B

Derbyshire

733

113

87

13

573

174

77

23

33

K08B

Devon

611

111

85

15

688

93

88

12

34

D14B

Doncaster

626

56

92

8

607

20

97

3

35

K05B

Dorset

328

140

70

30

459

24

95

5

36

F07B

Dudley

408

143

74

26

567

94

86

14

37

H17B

Ealing

671

60

92

8

718

14

98

2

38

D02B

East Riding of Yorkshire

220

22

91

9

284

12

96

4

39

J11B

East Sussex

408

179

70

30

574

124

82

18

40

H18B

Enfield

381

24

94

6

347

43

89

11

41

G05B

Essex

862

157

85

15

1,627

155

91

9

42

A09B

Gateshead

502

30

94

6

617

9

99

1

43

K14B

Gloucestershire

745

85

90

10

637

76

89

11

44

H19B

Greenwich

541

36

94

6

686

34

95

5

45

H06B

Hackney

891

30

97

3

857

38

96

4

46

B08B

Halton

350

20

95

5

262

41

86

14

47

H20B

Hammersmith and Fulham

466

39

92

8

499

24

95

5

48

J15B

Hampshire

672

92

88

12

771

86

90

10

49

H21B

Haringey

599

102

85

15

676

17

98

2

50

H31B

Harrow

190

56

77

23

254

23

92

8

51

A03B

Hartlepool

187

9

95

5

303

5

98

2

52

H02B

Havering

259

9

97

3

278

15

95

5

53

F08B

Herefordshire

153

31

83

17

181

22

89

11

54

G08B

Hertfordshire

539

92

85

15

955

135

88

12

55

H32B

Hillingdon

273

67

80

20

373

56

87

13

56

H33B

Hounslow

300

58

84

16

527

27

95

5

57

J18B

Isle of Wight

170

5

97

3

189

*

58

H04B

Islington

616

100

86

14

748

24

97

3

59

H22B

Kensington and Chelsea

399

46

90

10

594

20

97

3

60

J13B

Kent

1,023

169

86

14

1,991

224

90

10

61

D01B

Kingston upon Hull

694

47

94

6

617

29

96

4

62

H23B

Kingston upon Thames

247

16

94

6

298

17

95

5

63

D04B

Kirklees

584

12

98

2

709

16

98

2

64

B11B

Knowsley

591

19

97

3

577

19

97

3

65

H07B

Lambeth

949

85

92

8

911

40

96

4

66

B05B

Lancashire

1,165

222

84

16

2,136

175

92

8

67

D12B

Leeds

1,143

273

81

19

1,377

33

98

2

68

E02B

Leicester

749

110

87

13

644

107

86

14

69

E01B

Leicestershire

550

124

82

18

518

90

85

15

70

H08B

Lewisham

573

63

90

10

735

70

91

9

71

E08B

Lincolnshire

1,114

102

92

8

673

86

89

11

72

B17B

Liverpool

1,502

146

91

9

1,742

105

94

6

73

G02B

Luton

248

27

90

10

372

27

93

7

74

B18B

Manchester

924

78

92

8

988

43

96

4

75

J14B

Medway Towns

228

62

79

21

418

74

85

15

76

H24B

Merton

409

18

96

4

402

20

95

5

77

A05B

Middlesbrough

381

14

96

4

534

24

96

4

78

J08B

Milton Keynes

148

38

80

20

183

40

82

18

79

A07B

Newcastle upon Tyne

516

26

95

5

553

61

90

10

80

H25B

Newham

521

77

87

13

556

82

87

13

81

G09B

Norfolk

621

136

82

18

835

226

79

21

82

D08B

North East Lincolnshire

264

14

95

5

312

11

97

3

83

D07B

North Lincolnshire

197

7

97

3

248

*

84

K04B

North Somerset

271

136

67

33

392

72

84

16

85

A08B

North Tyneside

251

24

91

9

308

36

90

10

86

D05B

North Yorkshire

593

38

94

6

518

51

91

9

87

E09B

Northamptonshire

479

241

67

33

691

216

76

24

88

A10B

Northumberland

265

32

89

11

341

30

92

8

89

E07B

Nottingham

905

125

88

12

1,033

88

92

8

90

E06B

Nottinghamshire

1,051

98

91

9

1,213

68

95

5

91

B13B

Oldham

399

20

95

5

483

23

95

5

92

J09B

Oxfordshire

627

155

80

20

599

103

85

15

93

G04B

Peterborough

269

72

79

21

320

51

86

14

94

K09B

Plymouth

233

37

86

14

596

25

96

4

95

K07B

Poole

163

30

84

16

140

56

71

29

96

J16B

Portsmouth

256

29

90

10

304

29

91

9

97

J02B

Reading

278

37

88

12

307

19

94

6

98

H10B

Redbridge

268

56

83

17

389

50

89

11

99

A04B

Redcar and Cleveland

207

9

96

4

353

9

98

2

100

H26B

Richmond upon Thames

278

34

89

11

290

26

92

8

101

B09B

Rochdale

639

25

96

4

672

15

98

2

102

D15B

Rotherham

569

19

97

3

413

10

98

2

103

E03B

Rutland

10

*

6

*

104

B01B

Salford

491

41

92

8

432

46

90

10

105

F09B

Sandwell

455

105

81

19

473

64

88

12

106

B19B

Sefton

624

15

98

2

783

29

96

4

107

D11B

Sheffield

1,040

48

96

4

784

19

98

2

108

F01B

Shropshire

283

9

97

3

308

7

98

2

109

J03B

Slough

357

19

95

5

309

26

92

8

110

F10B

Solihull

245

17

94

6

241

16

94

6

111

K15B

Somerset

359

49

88

12

337

60

85

15

112

K03B

South Gloucestershire

217

41

84

16

241

38

86

14

113

A11B

South Tyneside

402

35

92

8

372

19

95

5

114

J17B

Southampton

379

26

94

6

464

48

91

9

115

G06B

Southend-on-Sea

262

28

90

10

261

62

81

19

116

H09B

Southwark

742

102

88

12

826

71

92

8

117

B10B

St Helens

459

7

98

2

413

16

96

4

118

F03B

Staffordshire

715

186

79

21

865

123

88

12

119

B21B

Stockport

372

7

98

2

357

12

97

3

120

A06B

Stockton-on-Tees

338

7

98

2

445

14

97

3

121

F04B

Stoke-on-Trent

404

143

74

26

418

139

75

25

122

G10B

Suffolk

287

148

66

34

495

216

70

30

123

A12B

Sunderland

443

42

91

9

719

25

97

3

124

J19B

Surrey

498

263

65

35

663

222

75

25

125

H27B

Sutton

412

32

93

7

387

13

97

3

126

K11B

Swindon

179

113

61

39

255

52

83

17

127

B12B

Tameside

303

15

95

5

383

24

94

6

128

F02B

Telford and Wrekin

261

*

250

13

129

G07B

Thurrock

187

*

284

9

130

K10B

Torbay

146

109

57

43

180

109

62

38

131

H28B

Tower Hamlets

781

61

93

7

874

136

87

13

132

B02B

Trafford

274

*

389

16

96

4

133

D10B

Wakefield

545

73

88

12

520

10

98

2

134

F11B

Walsall

403

66

86

14

514

23

96

4

135

H11B

Waltham Forest

277

130

68

32

437

22

95

5

136

H29B

Wandsworth

425

37

92

8

471

37

93

7

137

B07B

Warrington

199

35

85

15

379

24

94

6

138

F12B

Warwickshire

397

36

92

8

441

38

92

8

139

J04B

West Berkshire

87

22

80

20

100

27

79

21

140

J12B

West Sussex

211

239

47

53

380

210

64

36

141

H30B

Westminster

840

98

90

10

688

36

95

5

142

B22B

Wigan

416

86

83

17

617

10

98

2

143

K12B

Wiltshire

133

94

59

41

257

51

83

17

144

J05B

Windsor and Maidenhead

156

28

85

15

195

16

92

8

145

B06B

Wirral

524

56

90

10

683

49

93

7

146

J06B

Wokingham

84

13

87

13

78

12

87

13

147

F13B

Wolverhampton

646

11

98

2

793

8

99

1

148

F14B

Worcestershire

546

36

94

6

523

50

91

9

149

D06B

York

211

81

72

28

211

31

87

13

* = Numbers under five suppressed.

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