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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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