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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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