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Ann Keen: The data requested were provided by the National Health Service Litigation Authority, and are in the document ‘Clinical negligence claims against PCTs 2003-2008’. A copy has been placed in the Library.

The data were correct as at 31 January 2009.

Mr. Rob Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost to the NHS of (a) medical negligence cases and (b) other legal claims was in each year since 1997; and what estimate he has made of the potential costs arising from outstanding cases. [258161]

Ann Keen: The data requested were provided by the NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA) in the following tables. The following points should be noted:

the NHSLA only collects data relating to their schemes. The NHSLA operates excess levels on some schemes whereby trusts handle claims below the excess levels themselves. These are not recorded by the NHSLA;

excesses for the Existing Liabilities Scheme were removed in 2000-01 and for the Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts in 2001-02. Existing claims that fell below excess were then funded by those schemes, which accounts for the increase in clinical payments in those years; and

the data is not comprehensive because individual trusts will hold data relating to claims outside of the NHSLA's schemes or under the excess levels.

Costs of claims funded by the NHSLA's schemes
£000
	Total clinical	Total non-clinical	Total
2007-08	633,325	27,715	661,041
2006-07	579,390	33,883	613,273
2005-06	560,308	31,609	591,587
2004-05	502,893	25,120	528,013
2003-04	422,514	10,130	855,158
2002-03	446,184	21,345	467,529
2001-02	548,944	—	553,888
2000-01	871,986	979	872,965
1999-2000	277,356	390	277,746
1998-99	345,000	—	345,000
1997-98	41,000	—	41,000
1996-97	76,000	—	76,000

Provisions made for outstanding claims under the NHSLA's schemes
	£ million
Ex-Regional Health Authorities Scheme	42.20
Existing Liabilities Scheme	1,925.24
Clinical Negligence scheme for trusts	9,943.37
Property expenses scheme	8.25
Liabilities to third parties scheme	141.05
Total	12,060.12

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Nutrition

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will undertake an audit of data collected in relation to malnutrition; if he will assess what additional data needed to be collected; if he will establish a new data collection model and data standards for the collection of information on malnutrition; if he will put in place an annual audit of the quality of nutritional care delivered by all care providers; and if he will make a statement. [257184]

Dawn Primarolo: There are no plans to undertake an audit of data collected in relation to malnutrition. Data on malnutrition is collected through Hospital Episodes Statistics at the Information Centre and goes through a rigorous and comprehensive validation. Primary care information for this is not collected centrally.

Obesity

Mr. Gray: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans his Department has to reduce levels of obesity amongst (a) women of child-bearing age and (b) pregnant women. [258286]

Dawn Primarolo: In January 2008, the Government published “Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives: A Cross-Government Strategy for England”, this sets out our plans to tackle the rise in obesity levels. A copy has already been placed in the Library.

Our strategy sets out how we aim to provide everyone, this will include women of child bearing age, with the information and opportunities to achieve, and maintain, a healthy weight. In relation to pregnant women the Healthy Child programme (previously called The Child Health Promotion programme) which is the early intervention and prevention public health programme from pregnancy through the first five years of life prioritises obesity prevention. This programme supports those parents with particular risk factors that may cause overweight and obesity.

Organs: Donors

Mr. Jeremy Browne: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many donations of human organs were made in each region in each year since 2000. [258988]

Ann Keen: The following tables show the number of deceased donors in each former national health service region in England in each calendar year, 2000-08, and the percentage change in donor numbers between each year:

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Former NHS region( 1)	2000	2001	Percentage change	2002	Percentage change	2003	Percentage change	2004	Percentage change
Northern and Yorkshire	113	108	-4.4	110	1.9	96	-12.7	115	19.8
Trent	68	44	-35.3	64	45.5	44	-31.2	54	22.7
Eastern	32	48	50.0	45	-6.2	47	4.4	65	38.3
London	113	124	9.7	132	6.5	102	-22.7	125	22.5
South East	118	109	-7.6	91	-16.5	95	4.4	101	6.3
South and West	45	60	33.3	54	-10.0	59	9.3	67	13.6
West Midlands	59	62	5.1	65	4.8	63	-3.1	51	-19.0
North West	104	85	-18.3	86	1.2	91	5.8	102	12.1
Total	652	640	-1.8	647	1.1	597	-7.7	680	13.9

Former NHS region( 1)	2005	Percentage change	2006	Percentage change	2007	Percentage change	2008	Percentage change
Northern and Yorkshire	115	0.0	107	-7.0	101	-5.6	95	-5.9
Trent	38	-29.6	49	28.9	39	-20.4	52	33.3
Eastern	50	-23.1	78	56.0	69	-11.5	88	27.5
London	98	-21.6	117	19.4	115	-1.7	150	30.4
South East	96	-5.0	78	-18.7	106	35.9	123	16.0
South and West	74	10.4	77	4.1	80	3.9	81	1.2
West Midlands	67	31.4	52	-22.4	66	26.9	75	13.6
North West	92	-9.8	86	-6.5	90	4.7	83	-7.8
Total	630	-7.4	644	2.2	666	3.4	747	12.2
(1) Former national health service regions are now strategic health authorities, but it is useful to continue using the previous regions for the purposes of comparing data due to changes in geographical boundaries. Region of donation is defined by the location on the donation hospital, rather than the donor's place of residence.

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