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Health Services
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent guidance his Department has issued to NHS organisations on the provision of treatment by Travellers. [284093]
Phil Hope:
The Department has embarked on work to improve the health status of Gypsy and Traveller communities, including the Pacesetter programme, which is designed to address health inequalities that arise from
discrimination and disadvantage. Within Pacesetters, 18 participating trusts are trialling ways to improve access to the national health service for Gypsies and Travellers. The Department also commissioned NHS Primary Care Commissioning to produce a “Primary care commissioning framework: Gypsies and Traveller Communities”, published in May 2009 as part of wider work for transient populations. A copy of this publication has been placed in the Library.
Health Services: Hemel Hempstead
Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of expenditure on (a) primary care and (b) hospital care in Hemel Hempstead in each of the next three years. [283678]
Phil Hope: Information is not held in the format requested.
Hemel Hempstead is covered by West Hertfordshire primary care trust (PCT). PCTs fund primary care and hospital care services from their revenue allocations. The following table provides the funding allocated to West Hertfordshire PCT for 2009-10 and 2010-11.
| Allocation £000 | Two year increase | |||
| 2009-10 | 2010-11 | £000 | Percentage | |
Revenue allocations post 2010-11 have not yet been determined.
Once the allocations have been made, it is for PCTs to commission the health care services they need to meet the needs of the populations they serve, taking into account both local priorities and the NHS Operating Framework.
Health Visitors: Registration
Mrs. Maria Miller: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many new registrations of health visitors there were in each year from 1999 to 2004. [284464]
Phil Hope: This information is not collected centrally; the Nursing and Midwifery Council maintains health visitor registrations.
Mrs. Maria Miller: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many new entries were included on the Specialist Community Public Health Nursing Register and annotated as qualified in the health visitor area of practice in each 12 month period from August 2004. [284582]
Phil Hope: This information is not collected centrally; the Nursing and Midwifery Council maintains all nursing registrations.
Hospitals: Waiting Lists
Mr. Vara: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average in-patient waiting time for treatment on the NHS was in each primary care trust area in England in each of the last 10 years. [283423]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: Data on median in-patient waiting times for elective admission (by commissioner) for 1999 to 2009 has been placed in the Library.
Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists
Mr. Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how long on average a child waited from initial assessment for mental health service therapeutic support in each local authority area in the most recent period for which figures are available. [283292]
Phil Hope: Information is not available in the form requested. However, the child and adolescent mental health services mapping data produced on behalf of the Department by Durham university shows that of a sample of 23,091 children in England who were waiting for mental health services in November 2007: 9,986 had waited less than four weeks; 7,797 from four to 13 weeks; 3,084 from 13 to 26 weeks; and 2,024 had waited more than 26 weeks.
Methadone: Biometrics
Mr. Burrowes: To ask the Secretary of State for Health in which prisons a biometric-based, computer-controlled methadone dispensing system has been installed; and what expenditure his Department incurred in respect of each such installation. [282898]
Phil Hope: To date the biometric-based computer methadone dispensing system has been installed in the following 57 prisons:
HMP Altcourse
HMP Belmarsh
HMP Birmingham
HMP Brixton
HMP Buckley Hall
HMP Bullingdon Community
HMP Channingswood
HMP Chelmsford
HMP Dartmoor
HMP Doncaster
HMP Dorchester
HMP Ashwell
HMP Bristol
HMP Haverrig
HMP Highdown
HMP Kennet
HMP Kirkham
HMP Lancaster Castle
HMP Leicester
HMP Lewes
HMP Lincoln
HMP Downview
HMP Durham
HMP Eastwood Park
HMP Edmunds Hill
HMP Elmley
HMP Erlestoke
HMP Featherstone
HMP Foston Hall
HMP Gloucester
HMP Nottingham
HMP Preston
HMP Rochester
HMP Shrewsbury
HMP Standford Hill
HMP Sudbury
HMP Leyland
HMP Wellingborough
HMP Lindholme
HMP Low Newton
HMP Liverpool
HMP Lowdham Grange
HMP Maidstone
HMP Manchester
HMP Moorland
HMP New Hall
HMP Norwich
HMP Pentonville
HMP Reading
HMP Ryehill
HMP Stafford
HMP Stocken
HMP Wandsworh
HMP Wealstun
The total value of the contract is £4 million. Biometric-based computer methadone dispensing systems are currently planned for installation in 70 prisons.
Methadone: Young Offenders
Mr. Burrowes: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many young offenders in custody are being treated with (a) methadone and (b) subutex. [282900]
Phil Hope: The information requested is not available.
NHS: Absenteeism
Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the rate of (a) absence and (b) absence resulting from injury at work was among NHS employees in (i) Essex and (ii) Castle Point in each of the last five years; what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of such absences; and if he will make a statement. [283891]
Phil Hope: This information is not collected centrally.
NHS: Assets
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will place in the Library a copy of the Estates Returns Information Collection (ERIC) data fields and definitions for 2008-09; and when he expects the 2008-09 ERIC data to be available. [283925]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: A copy of the Estates Returns Information Collection (ERIC) data fields and definitions for 2008-09 has been placed in the Library.
The ERIC 2008-09 data will be published by the NHS Information Centre in October 2009 and will be available for downloading from the Hospital Estates and Facilities Statistics website at:
NHS: Religious Practice
Colin Challen: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will revise his Department's document, NHS chaplaincy: meeting the religious and spiritual needs of patients and staff of 2003 to reflect the needs of the secular community; and if he will include in the working party referred to in annex 3 of the document members and representatives of the secular community. [284314]
Phil Hope: There are no current plans to revise this publication. Following the passage of the Equality Bill that is currently before Parliament, the Department will consider whether there is a need to revise guidance on issues of religion and belief, including NHS chaplaincy.
NHS: Working Hours
Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish the state of readiness returns submitted to his Department in relation to the European Working Time Directive. [284465]
Phil Hope: We will publish the information in due course.
Palliative Care: East of England
Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much each primary care trust within the East of England Strategic Health Authority has spent on (a) specialist palliative care, (b) palliative care and (c) hospice provision in each of the last two years; and if he will make a statement. [283649]
Phil Hope: This information is not held centrally. It is for individual primary care trusts to decide the level of funding that is allocated to local end of life care services based on assessments of local needs and priorities.
Public Expenditure
Tony Baldry: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of his Department's capital underspend in 2009-10; and how much of that sum he proposes to return to the Exchequer. [284326]
Phil Hope: Details of the Department’s capital expenditure forecasts for 2008-09 to 2010-11 were published in the 2009 departmental report (page 218), copies of which are available in the Library.
The Department’s 2008-09 capital expenditure forecast outturn will be set out in HM Treasury’s “Public Expenditure Outturn White Paper” to be published during week commencing 13 July 2009.
Social Services
Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 24 March 2009, Official Report, column 251W, on social care: research, if he will place in the Library a copy of the findings of the research by the Personal Social Services Research Unit. [284466]
Phil Hope: The Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU) report, “Analysing the costs and benefits of social care funding arrangements in England: technical report, Forder, J. and Fernandez, J-L, PSSRU Discussion Paper 2644, 2009” has been published today (6 July 2009).
The report is available from the following website:
and a copy has been placed in the Library.
Additional research by the PSSRU will be published in due course.
Communities and Local Government
Elevate East Lancashire: Finance
Kitty Ussher: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the budget of the Elevate East Lancashire housing renewal pathfinder will be for each of the next five years; and how much of the budget will be spent in Burnley. [284188]
Mr. Ian Austin: The ministerial statement of 28 February 2008 set out indicative allocations for HMR—housing market renewal—pathfinders over the CSR period; these are currently being reviewed. It is too early to comment on future levels of funding for the HMR programme as this will form part of the next spending review discussions. Financial information regarding HMR funding is not collected centrally for local authority areas.
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