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Young Offender Institutions: Education
Mr. Burrowes: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much funding each young offender institution (YOI) received from the Learning and Skills Council for the provision of education and training in the last 12 months; and how many hours per week education and training were provided on average in each YOI. [277298]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry: Education in public sector young offender institutions (YOIs) in England is currently provided by contractors appointed by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC).
The LSC learning providers are contracted to deliver a minimum of 15 hours per learner per week. The delivery of the remaining hours to meet the Youth Justice Board requirement of 25 hours per learner per week is the responsibility of the Prison Service. Therefore the figures below do not represent the total spend on education and training or the total average number hours of education and training received by juvenile young people in YOIs because they do not include provision funded and delivered by the Prison Service delivered as part of the wider regimes.
The following table shows the Learning and Skills Council’s total spend in each YOI in the academic year 2007/08 (the most recent figures available) and the average number of hours per learner per week engaged in LSC funded learning and skills which this funding represented.
Some YOIs are ‘split-site’ and contain both ‘juveniles’ (young people mostly aged 15-17, and some 18 year olds near the end of their sentence), and ‘young adults’ aged 18-20, and the figures below cover juveniles only. The data for ‘young adults’ are collected differently and cannot be readily extracted in the same way.
Work and Pensions
Departmental Stationery
Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of office supplies purchased by his Department were recycled products in the latest period for which figures are available. [275335]
Jonathan Shaw: During the period April 2008 to March 2009, approximately 94 per cent. of office supplies purchased by DWP were recycled products.
Incapacity Benefit
Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of incapacity benefit claimants in (a) each region, (b) each Jobcentre Plus district and (c) the UK (i) had and (ii) were receiving treatment for (A) drug addiction problems and (B) alcohol addiction problems in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [269533]
Jonathan Shaw: Information on the number of people claiming incapacity benefit and receiving treatment for drug addiction problems and alcohol addiction problems is not available in the form requested.
We estimate that around 350,000 of the around 400,000 heroin and crack cocaine users in Britain are in receipt of working-age benefits. Research has recently been commissioned to assess the prevalence of alcohol misuse in the benefit system.
Health
Carers: Expenditure
Anne Milton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of how much of the £150 million allocated to primary care trusts for the purposes of carers’ breaks and respite care has been spent on such assistance for carers. [278302]
Phil Hope: Primary care trust (PCT) expenditure on carers’ breaks and respite care is not collected centrally. The actual level of spend in each year is for PCTs to decide locally in the light of their local circumstances, and priorities as set out in the NHS Operating Framework and Vital Signs.
Community Care: Elderly
Mr. Hands: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the forthcoming social care Green Paper will contain proposals to assist older people to live independently at home through housing adaptations. [278155]
Phil Hope: The Government recognise the importance of a diverse range of housing support being available and that this helps people live independently within their own homes.
The forthcoming “care and support” Green Paper will lay out a series of options around reforming the care and support system, to ensure that care is high quality and cost-effective; that people have choice and control over the care they receive and that the funding system is fair, sustainable, and affordable for individuals and the state. The detail of the Green Paper will be revealed when it is published later this month.
Dental Services: Per Capita Costs
David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much each primary care trust has spent per capita of the population it serves on the provision of NHS dental services in each of the last five years. [278422]
Ann Keen: The NHS Information Centre for health and social care published the following report on 26 March 2008: “NHS Expenditure for General Dental Services and Personal Dental Services: England 1997/98—2005/06”. This report has been placed in the Library and is also available on the NHS Information Centre website at:
The report includes information on primary dental care expenditure per population by primary care trust (PCT) for 1997-98 to 2005-06 in tables A2 and B2 of annex 3. table A2 relates to ‘gross’ expenditure and table B2 relates to ‘net’ expenditure. ‘Gross’ expenditure refers to the full cost of the payments recorded; ‘net’ expenditure reflects the cost of these payments to the NHS after the deduction of income from NHS dental charges paid by patients.
This information is based on the old contractual arrangements which were in place up to and including 31 March 2006. Further notes to aid interpretation of the information are shown in the ‘Contents and Notes’ page of annex 3.
Data on primary dental care expenditure in 2006-07 and 2007-08 can be extracted from the notes of PCT accounts (accounts data for 2008-09 are not yet available) and per capita expenditure calculated. The data reflect the new contract framework for primary dental care services introduced from 1 April 2006, and incorporate additional service costs such as the employers’ superannuation contributions payable on behalf of primary care dentists. They also reflect the revised PCT structures introduced from 1 October 2006. The new data series is therefore not fully comparable with the pre-2006 data provided in the NHS Information Centre report. Information on the gross and net expenditure per capita for each primary care trust in England is set out in a table which has also been placed in the Library.
As patients may attend dentists at any locality of their choice, the level of service provision in a PCT may not be directly related to the size of its resident population.
Depressive Illnesses
Mr. Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for Health with which organisations he has discussed the draft National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence clinical guidelines for psychotherapy treatments of depression. [278573]
Ann Keen: We have had no discussions with any organisation regarding the draft National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence clinical guideline on the treatment and management of depression in adults.
The Department is a stakeholder in the development of this guideline and has responded to the recent consultation on the draft guidance.
Epilepsy
Chris McCafferty: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate his Department has made of the number of patients with suspected epilepsy who died between first presentation and first appointment with a specialist in the latest period for which figures are available. [277765]
Ann Keen: We have made no estimate of the number of patients with suspected epilepsy who died between first presentation and first appointment with a specialist.
Keith Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people (a) in total and (b) under the age of 25 incurred serious injuries where epilepsy was a contributing factor in each of the last five years. [278129]
Ann Keen: Information on the number of people seriously injured, where epilepsy was a contributing factor, is not collected centrally.
Keith Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding has been provided to organisations in Leicester for (a) research into and (b) treatment of epilepsy in each of the last five years. [278130]
Ann Keen: This information is not held centrally. The Department does not collect the data that would be needed to identify what part of the research and development funding allocated to organisations in Leicester has been spent in support of research into epilepsy.
Funding for the treatment of epilepsy is part of the general funding allocation given to primary care trusts (PCTs) and therefore cannot be identified. This information can be acquired from PCTs directly.
Health Services: Conditions of Employment
Mr. David Anderson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what consultation with (a) all staff and (b) trade unions has taken place in primary care trusts on the transfer of community services; and if he will make a statement. [278159]
Phil Hope: There were two meetings nationally with the trades union representatives of national health service staff about the “Transforming Community Services: Enabling new patterns of provision” guidance, which was published in January 2009. A copy has been placed in the Library. These meetings were held on 18 November and 8 December 2008, and comments and contributions from those present influenced significantly the content of the final guidance. The union representatives were a sub-group of members of the Social Partnership Forum, and they discussed the potential implications for NHS staff. NHS clinical staff and trade union representatives are also members of the board for the Transforming Community Services programme.
The six transformational practice guides (written principally for clinical team leaders), which are due to be published in June 2009, have also been co-produced with NHS staff.
Hospital Wards: Gender
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 5 May 2009, Official Report, columns 107-08W, on hospital wards, how much funding had been allocated to each project in each strategic health authority on the latest date for which figures are available. [278495]
Ann Keen: I refer the hon. Member to the written answer I gave him on 5 May 2009, Official Report, columns 107-08W.
Copies of the strategic health authority (SHA) plans regarding schemes for the Privacy and Dignity Expenditure have already been placed in the Library. Information is not available to confirm the funding for each individual project. However each SHA will be required to submit a report in early July confirming the delivery of their plans. These will also be made available in the Library once received.
Hospitals: Bristol
Steve Webb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his most recent estimate is of the cost of the project to build a new hospital on the Southmead Hospital site; how much will be paid to the preferred contractor in advance of the commencement of construction work; and if he will make a statement. [278269]
Ann Keen: The capital value of the new private finance initiative (PFI) hospital development is £430 million. The appointment of preferred bidder business case on the scheme, currently being considered by the Department, includes a proposal for a payment from the trust to the contractor of £7.6 million in advance of financial close. This is for enabling works to have the development site ready for construction of the new hospital.
Additional development works are already under way on the trust site under a separate public capital funded contract.
Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill
Mr. Gummer: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance he plans to issue to local authorities on carrying out their proposed duties under Clause 2 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill. [278168]
Ann Keen: Subject to parliamentary approval, the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) will issue statutory guidance for local authorities to clarify their roles and responsibilities under the duty to promote democracy, including the requirements on them in respect of various national health service bodies. We will work with our colleagues in DCLG in the development of the guidance which will be the subject of consultation before publication.
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