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Ministerial Corrections

Monday 1 June 2009

Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Manpower

Mr. Maude: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2008, Official Report, column 197W, on departmental personnel, how many of the pre-surplus staff classified as such upon return from maternity leave; and how many of the pre-surplus staff have been classified as such for at least (a) six months and (b) 12 months. [250116]

[Official Report, 28 January 2009, Vol. 487, c. 589-90W.]

Letter of correction from Stephen Timms:

An error has been identified in the written answer given to the right hon. Member for Horsham (Mr. Maude) on 28 January 2009. The correct answer should have been:

Mr. Timms: The current number of pre-surplus staff (23 January 2009) is 2,849. The number of pre-surplus staff on maternity leave is 15. The total number of staff pre-surplus for at least six months is 1,071 and there are 661 who have been pre-surplus for more than 12 months.

Health

Drugs: Babies

Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children were drug dependent at birth in each region in each of the last five years; and what the numbers of such children in the case of each type of drug were. [271664]

[Official Report, 6 May 2009, Vol. 492, c. 202-204W.]

Letter of correction from Dawn Primarolo:

An error has been identified in the second table provided in the written answer given to the hon. Member for North Norfolk (Norman Lamb) on 6 May 2009. I am sorry that two of the figures given as the totals for the years 2005-06 and 2004-05 were incorrect.

The correct table is as follows:

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Counts of FCEs with a primary or secondary diagnosis of neonatal withdrawal symptoms from maternal use of drugs by SHA of residence for the period 2003-04 and 2005-06
	Total finished consultant birth episodes
SHA of residence	2005-06	2004-05	2003-04
Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridge SHA	*	*	*
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire SHA	12	16	10
Essex SHA	0	8	*
North West London SHA	11	11	11
North Central London SHA	12	13	*
North East London SHA	*	0	*
South East London SHA	*	*	*
South West London SHA	*	0	*
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear SHA	6	*	*
County Durham and Tees Valley SHA	17	30	40
North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire SHA	23	27	45
West Yorkshire SHA	12	11	27
Cumbria and Lancashire SHA	7	12	16
Greater Manchester SHA	10	8	11
Cheshire and Merseyside SHA	54	63	40
Thames Valley SHA	7	*	*
Hampshire and Isle of Wight SHA	*	9	7
Kent and Medway SHA	0	*	*
Surrey and Sussex SHA	13	11	13
Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire SHA	62	40	44
South West Peninsula SHA	17	17	10
Dorset and Somerset SHA	28	8	9
South Yorkshire SHA	*	*	*
Trent SHA	6	8	10
Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland SHA	21	*	0
Shropshire and Staffordshire SHA	13	6	12
Birmingham and the Black Country SHA	*	*	*
West Midlands South SHA	*	0	6
Other and unknown	860	873	817
Total	1,210	1,192	1,156
Notes: 1. ICD-10 diagnosis codes used: P96.1 Neonatal withdrawal symptoms from maternal use of drugs of addiction. P96.2 Withdrawal symptoms form therapeutic use of drugs in newborn. 2. Low numbers: Due to reasons of confidentiality, figures between one and five have been suppressed and replaced with ‘*’ (an asterisk). 3. Ungrossed data: Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e. the data are ungrossed). Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, The Information Centre for health and social care

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