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Telecommunications: Databases

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 4 March 2009, Official Report, column 1642W, on telecommunications: databases, when the public consultation process will commence. [264899]

Jacqui Smith: The communications data consultation publication date is currently being finalised. We intend to publish the document shortly.

Terrorism

Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 11 March 2009, Official Report, column 925W, on terrorism, how much (a) has been spent and (b) is expected to be spent by police forces in England and Wales on the delivery of counter-terrorism local profiles. [265404]

Mr. Coaker: Production of counter-terrorism local profiles (CTLPs) is a core function of police CT environments, and spending on CTLPs is not recorded separately. However, in order to provide support to the first round of production, we are making total funding of £688,252 available for 2009-10 to forces to increase analytical resources.

Work Permits: Video Games

Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many work permits were issued to employers in the video games department industry in each of the last 10 years. [267565]

Mr. Woolas: The breakdown of work permits issued to employers in the video games department industry in each of the last 10 years is not available in the format requested. Work permits were issued to employers for individual posts and are not identifiable for this specific sector.

Health

Abortion

Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the answer to the then hon. Member for Ilford North of 16 July 1996, Official Report, columns 494-6, on abortion, if he will make a statement on the statistically most likely candidate in (a) England and Wales and (b) each health authority for an abortion in the latest year for which figures are available in terms of (i) the marital status of the woman, (ii) the age of the woman, (iii) the gestation of the pregnancy, (iv) the number of previous children born by the woman, (e) the number of previous abortions undergone by the woman and (f) the legal grounds under which the abortion was performed; and how many abortions were performed in each health authority in each year since 1979, broken down by the above categories. [266966]

Dawn Primarolo: The information for 2007 is shown in the following table. The same information for the previous 28 years could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

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Most common( 1 ) conditions for women having abortions in 2007, by strategic health authority of residence
	Marital Status	Age	Gestation	Number of previous children	Number of previous abortions	Ground
England and Wales	Single with partner	19	7	0	0	C
East Midlands	Single no partner	19	8	0	0	C
East of England	Single no partner	19	8	0	0	C
London	Single with partner	23	7	0	0	C
North East	Single with partner	20	8	0	0	C
North West	Single with partner	19	8	0	0	C
South Central	Single with partner	19	7	0	0	C
South East Coast	Single with partner	18	7	0	0	C
South West	Single with partner	19	8	0	0	C
West Midlands	Single with partner	20	7	0	0	C
Yorkshire and Humber	Single with partner	19	8	0	0	C
Wales	Single with partner	19	8	0	0	C
(1) Statistical mode (highest frequency)

Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what files his Department holds on (a) the Termination of Pregnancy Bill of Session 2005-06 and (b) the Termination of Pregnancy Bill of Session 2006-07; and if he will make a statement. [266972]

Dawn Primarolo: There is one registered file held by the Department covering the Termination of Pregnancy Bill of Session 2005-06 and 2006-07.

Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many abortions have been performed within each health authority under the provisions of the Abortion Act 1967 in the last 30 years; and how many and what percentage of those abortions were performed in emergency to save the life of the mother. [266980]

Dawn Primarolo: Information on abortions by health authority for 30-years could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The number of abortions performed in England and Wales on residents of England and Wales in the 30-years from 1978 to 2007, was 4.8 million. Of these, around 160 (0.004 per cent.) were performed under section 1(4) of the Abortion Act 1967, where the termination is immediately necessary to save the life or to prevent grave permanent injury to the physical or mental health of the pregnant woman. Between 2003 and 2007 totals performed under section 1(4) were less than 10 (between 0 and nine) and are suppressed for reasons of confidentiality in line with Office for National Statistics guidance on the release of abortion statistics (2005).

Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse

Ms Keeble: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many girls and young women aged between (a) 10 and 16, (b) 17 and 21, (c) 22 and 26 and (d) over 26 years have been hospitalised for alcohol-related conditions in each of the last five years. [266812]

Dawn Primarolo: Data on the number of individual girls and young women hospitalised for alcohol-related conditions are not available, however data on the number of alcohol-related hospital admissions for girls and young women are available and are given in the following table. It is important to note that:

an individual may account for more than one admission,

the data given in the following table are for alcohol-related hospital admissions only, as data are not available centrally from which alcohol-related attendances in accident and emergency (A and E) departments can be identified, and

most attendances at A and E will not result in admission to hospital.

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Finished alcohol-related admissions of females aged 10 or over, 2003-04 to 2007-08
Age	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
10 to 16	4,472	4,869	5,255	5,214	5,408
17 to 21	8,695	9,772	11,729	11,856	13,007
22 to 26	8,444	9,470	11,237	11,634	12,132
Over 26	196,625	221,267	250,859	271,276	295,296
Notes: Includes activity in English national health service hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector. Alcohol-related admissions: The number of alcohol-related admissions is based on the methodology developed by the North West Public Health Observatory (NWPHO). Following international best practice, the NWPHO methodology includes a wide range of diseases and injuries in which alcohol plays a part and estimates the proportion of cases that are attributable to the consumption of alcohol. Details of the conditions and associated proportions can be found in the report Jones et al. (2008) Alcohol-attributable fractions for England: Alcohol-attributable mortality and hospital admissions. Figures for under 16s only include admissions where one or more alcohol-specific conditions were listed. This is because the research on which the attributable fractions are based does not cover under 16s. Alcohol-specific conditions are those that are wholly attributed to alcohol—that is, those with an attributable fraction of one. They are: Alcoholic cardiomyopathy (142.6) Alcoholic gastritis (K29.2) Alcoholic myopathy (G72.1) Alcoholic polyneuropathy (G62.1) Alcohol-induced pseudo-Cushing's syndrome (E24.4) Degeneration of nervous system due to alcohol (G31.2) Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol (F10) Accidental poisoning by and exposure to alcohol (X45) Ethanol poisoning (T51.0) Methanol poisoning (T51.1) Toxic effect of alcohol, unspecified (T51.9) Number of episodes in which the patient had an alcohol-related primary or secondary diagnosis These figures represent the number of episodes where an alcohol-related diagnosis was recorded in any of the 20 (14 from 2002-03 to 2006-07 and seven prior to 2002-03) primary and secondary diagnosis fields in a hospital episode statistics (HES) record. Each episode is only counted once in each count, even if an alcohol-related diagnosis is recorded in more than one diagnosis field of the record. Ungrossed data: Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e. the data are ungrossed). Finished admission episodes: A finished admission episode is the first period of inpatient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. Finished admission episodes are counted against the year in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of inpatients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year.
Primary diagnosis: The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 20 (14 from 2002-03 to 2006-07 and seven prior to 2002-03) diagnosis fields in the HES data set and provides the main reason why the patient was admitted to hospital. Secondary diagnosis: As well as the primary diagnosis, there are up to 19 (13 from 2002-03 to 2007-08 and six prior to 2002-03) secondary diagnosis fields in HES that show other diagnoses relevant to the episode of care. Data quality: HES are compiled from data sent by more than 300 NHS trusts and primary care trusts in England. Data are also received from a number of independent sector organisations for activity commissioned by the English NHS. The NHS Information Centre for health and social care liaises closely with these organisations to encourage submission of complete and valid data and seeks to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data via HES processes. While this brings about improvement over time, some shortcomings remain. Assessing growth through time: HES figures are available from 1989-90 onwards. The quality and coverage of the data have improved over time. These improvements in information submitted by the NHS have been particularly marked in the earlier years and need to be borne in mind when analysing time series. Some of the increase in figures for later years (particularly 2006-07 onwards) may be due to the improvement in the coverage of independent sector activity. Changes in NHS practice also need to be borne in mind when analysing time series. For example, a number of procedures may now be undertaken in outpatient settings and may no longer be accounted for in the HES data. This may account for any reductions in activity over time. Assignment of episodes to years: Years are assigned by the end of the first period of care in a patient's hospital stay. Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), The NHS Information Centre for health and social care

Anchor Trust: Finance

Mr. Jamie Reed: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much funding from the NHS has been provided to the Anchor Trust in (a) England, (b) the North of England, (c) Cumbria and (d) Copeland constituency in the last 12 months; [267312]

(2) how much the NHS has allocated to the Anchor Trust for the provision of elderly care and nursing care services in Copeland constituency; and over what period. [267313]

Phil Hope: This information is not collected centrally.

Arthritis

Mrs. Dean: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the incidence of rheumatoid arthritis was in the last 12 months. [267572]

Ann Keen: Information on the incidence of rheumatoid arthritis is not collected centrally.

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has estimated an annual incidence rate of approximately 1.5 men and 3.6 women per 10,000 of the United Kingdom population.

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