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Diseases

Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases there were of (a) mumps, ( b) whooping cough, (c) typhoid, (d) scarlet fever, (e) cholera, (f) diphtheria, (g) leprosy, (h) botulism, (i) listeria, (j) tuberculosis, (k) polio and (l) typhus in each strategic health authority in each of the last five years. [261488]

Dawn Primarolo: The available information has been placed in the Library.

European Commission

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health on what occasions other than meetings of the EU Council of Ministers, Ministers from his Department expect to meet the European Commissioner for Health over the next six months. [262095]

Dawn Primarolo: There are currently no plans to hold a meeting, in the coming six months, between Health Ministers and the European Commissioner for Health, other than at the EU Council of Ministers. Such a meeting can be arranged as the need arises. The United Kingdom will however continue to engage regularly with the Commission and other EU member states at official level in the Health Council Working Group.

Gynaecology

Mr. Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much NHS funding was provided for (a) research into and (b) treatment of premature ovarian failure in (i) Gloucestershire and (ii) England in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [260994]

Dawn Primarolo: The Department funds national health service research and development through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The Institute’s research programmes support high quality research of relevance and in areas of high priority to patients and the NHS. None of this research is at present concerned specifically with premature ovarian failure.

The Medical Research Council (MRC) is the other main agency 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 currently funding four research projects of relevance to premature ovarian failure on which £1.1 million was spent in 2007-08. It also supports a large portfolio of reproductive tract research and underpinning reproductive medicine research.

Details of NHS expenditure on the treatment of women with premature ovarian failure are not centrally available.

Health Services: Manpower

Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he plans to take to increase the (a) number and (b) skills level of public health workers as proposed in “A High Quality Workforce: NHS Next Stage Review.” [260827]


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Ann Keen: In order to ensure that the actions we are setting in train to deliver the numbers and skills required in the public health workforce are aligned and coherent with our system policies, we have commissioned an internal review. This will examine the effectiveness of existing policies and initiatives in place across the Department and will provide an informed assessment of the capacity requirements and skills gaps of the public health delivery system.

The team supporting this review is now in place and has commenced work, engaging across the Department and with key external stakeholders. The timetable they are working to will result in the publication of findings late in the year, to inform planning cycles for the public health delivery systems.


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Health Services: Training

Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the multi-professional education and training budget for each strategic health authority was in each year since 1997. [260846]

Ann Keen: Information on the multi professional education and training budget has been collected only on a comparable basis since 2003-04 financial year. The sums allocated to each strategic health authority (SHA) are shown in the following tables:

Multi professional education and training allocations by SHA
£000
SHA 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08( 1)

Avon Gloucestershire and Wiltshire

113,482

127,133

139,580

156,2692

193,746

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire

57,996

63,336

69,070

73,443

110,577

Birmingham and Black Country

167,514

185,641

198,876

204,396

218,231

Cheshire and Merseyside

150,099

162,744

177,121

180,582

265,261

County Durham and Tees Valley

47,893

50,617

57,511

59,672

85,053

Cumbria and Lancashire

77,749

84,449

92,100

93,466

95,539

Dorset and Somerset

42,669

43,496

46,971

47,563

48,872

Essex

56,531

61,288

66,711

73,457

75,628

Greater Manchester

178,562

194,776

215,247

225,463

243,027

Hampshire and Isle of Wight

99,195

109,131

124,828

132,287

163,312

Kent and Medway

54,109

57,175

66,956

72,193

104,841

Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland

91,782

105,272

114,178

106,057

109,259

Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire

117,875

125,830

134,598

144,190

148,546

North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire

61,938

67,455

73,222

77,873

84,319

North Central London

180,279

195,814

206,788

219,256

310,398

North East London

154,995

166,379

174,578

175,442

188,926

North West London

178,124

185,787

194,520

193,140

198,858

Northumberland, Tyne and Wear

120,135

127,178

139,313

139,854

152,152

Shropshire and Staffordshire

56,070

61,271

66,973

66,452

67,910

South East London

171,660

183,425

192,122

190,038

215,140

South West London

103,603

113,947

121,130

120,426

122,455

South West Peninsula

68,109

76,543

95,418

104,361

109,597

South Yorkshire

158,715

102,238

185,604

(2)227,673

123,571

Surrey and Sussex

99,261

105,173

123,470

129,263

138,954

Thames Valley

105,118

112,869

120,849

124,495

128,469

Trent

129,588

145,290

163,835

170,475

214,173

West Midlands South

56,826

59,497

64,774

80,062

140,076

West Yorkshire

145,675

152,167

171,983

178,503

245,349

Total

3,045,552

3,225,921

3,598,326

3,766,349

4,302,237

(1) The £449 million student bursary budget was only allocated in 2007-08 to the 10 new SHAs rather than the 28 former SHAs following NHS reorganisation. (2) AGW allocation excludes £8,800,000 for Skills for Health budget. (3) S Yorkshire allocation excludes £32,100,000 for Electronic Staff Record project. Note: 1. Allocations are not directly comparable due to the composition of the budget in each year.


Multi professional education and training allocations by SHA, 2008-09
SHA Allocation (£000)

East Midlands

373,821

East of England

353,430

London

1,064,986

North East

247,104

North West

661,633

South Central

301,342

South East Coast

248,384

South West

370,781

West Midlands

452,192

Yorkshire and the Humber

475,297

Total

4,548,969


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