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Influenza: Health Services

Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse to date of the (a) interim and (b) full National Pandemic Flu Service; what original estimate was made of the outturn cost of each service; and what his latest estimate is of the outturn cost; [282168]

(2) on what date his Department first requested Treasury funding for the full National Pandemic Flu Service; and on what date his Department was notified that funding approval had been given. [282169]

Gillian Merron: The costs incurred to date for system development amount to £11 million. The development costs of the interim solution are £1.4 million. The predicted out-turn for 2009-10 was £18 million (excluding £14.8 million of costs that were contingent on a pandemic actually occurring). The out-turn allowing for a possible mobilisation has now been forecast at £33.6 million under the full National Pandemic Flu Service and £31.7 million under the interim solution.

HM Treasury (HMT) were sighted throughout the developmental work for the National Pandemic Flu Service. The Department formally requested approval for funding on 18 November 2008 and this was granted by HMT on 1 December 2008.

Mental Health Services

Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of treatment involving meditation in (a) mental health and (b) other health care. [282764]

Phil Hope: No assessment has been made.

Mental Health Services: Prisons

Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of meditation techniques in (a) mental health care and (b) other aspects of health care for prisoners. [283101]

Phil Hope: No assessment has been made.

Multiple Sclerosis: Drugs

Annette Brooke: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people are being prescribed low-dose naltrexone for the treatment of multiple sclerosis on the NHS. [282005]

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Mr. Mike O'Brien: The number of patients prescribed particular drugs is not known, nor the purpose for which they are used. In 2008, the Prescription Cost Analysis system indicates there were 900 prescription items dispensed in the community, in England for low dose naltrexone drugs between 1.5mg and 4.5mg. Available data indicate there was no use of low dose naltrexone drugs in hospitals in England.

NHS: Expenditure

Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the TFR3 and PFR3 financial returns submitted to his Department, how much (a) primary
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care trusts and (b) other NHS trusts have spent on (i) administrative and clerical staff, (ii) remuneration of chairmen and non-executive directors, (iii) laundry and cleaning equipment, (iv) postage, (v) telephones, (vi) advertising, (vii) electricity, (viii) gas, (ix) other fuel including oil and coal, (x) business rates, (xi) rent, (xii) remuneration of auditors, (xiii) external contract staffing and consultancy services and (xiv) contract hotel services including cleaning and catering contracts in each year since 2003-04. [278488]

Mr. Mike O'Brien: The data requested are provided in the following tables.

	£ million
NHS trusts (TFR3)	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
Administrative and clerical staff—NHS	2,364,960	2,437,784	2,508,623	2,408,654	2,163,292
Administrative and clerical staff—non NHS	127,972	111,859	113,957	98,565	131,360
Administrative and clerical staff—total	2,492,932	2,549,643	2,622,580	2,507,219	2,294,652
Remuneration of chairman and non-executive directors	19,384	16,119	15,272	12,232	11,560
Laundry and cleaning equipment	80,937	65,219	71,230	67,529	64,585
Postage	48,824	43,928	42,934	39,342	36,155
Telephones	144,256	127,271	121,930	115,282	102,752
Advertising	84,766	66,279	43,349	21,112	23,233
Electricity	114,351	121,574	160,550	174,033	140,117
Gas	90,043	99,896	148,227	128,974	101,936
Other fuel including oil and coal	34,459	32,787	34,186	26,702	24,104
Business rates	176,170	157,022	163,442	183,930	157,402
Rent	176,872	186,677	224,110	266,446	282,998
Remuneration of auditors	40,282	36,864	36,751	37,024	33,895
External contract staff and consultancy services	157,425	135,150	158,277	163,393	155,544
Contract hotel services including cleaning and catering contracts	375,992	314,623	352,927	388,555	389,841
Note: In 2003-04 NHS Professionals was administered by West Yorkshire ambulance services trust. To avoid double counting, expenditure by NHS Professionals on administrative and clerical staff has been eliminated in the table above.

	£ 000
Primary Care Trusts (PFR3)	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
Administrative and clerical staff—NHS	605,683	759,524	910,954	1,004,588	1,079,280
Administrative and clerical staff—non NHS	53,980	60,926	72,329	73,640	115,109
Administrative and clerical staff—total	659,663	820,450	983,283	1,078,228	1,194,389
PCT chairman, board and executive remuneration	124,782
Remuneration of chairman and non-executive directors		88,095	77,949	52,026	42,687
Laundry and cleaning equipment	9,495	7,822	10,412	11,594	14,297
Postage	19,220	19,404	20,050	19,580	20,585
Telephones	59,864	64,542	67,080	66,288	73,361
Advertising	45,325	45,382	29,183	15,122	29,149
Electricity	15,308	20,072	26,827	33,541	34,827
Gas	13,083	14,993	22,232	25,198	25,476
Other fuel including oil and coal	1,846	1,497	2,145	2,443	2,927
Business rates	41,415	40,952	49,829	62,083	65,901
Rent	86,230	93,751	144,718	193,310	259,579
Remuneration of auditors	35,378	36,186	37,288	46,720	40,530
External contract staff and consultancy services	53,101	55,925	71,600	74,383	139,172
Contract hotel services including cleaning and catering contracts	30,561	29,201	40,835	44,459	47,469
Note: In the 2003-04 PFRs the heading was ‘PCT chairman, board and executive remuneration’ and so is not directly comparable with the heading ‘Remuneration of chairman and non-executive directors’ used from 2004-05 onwards.

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