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Health
Brain Cancer
Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the five-year survival rate for cases of brain cancer in each strategic health authority area was in each of the last six years; [288890]
(2) what the five-year survival rate for cases of brain cancer in each primary care trust within the ceremonial county of Hampshire was in each of the last six years. [288891]
Angela E. Smith: I have been asked to reply.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated July 2009:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Questions asking (1) what the five-year survival rate for cases of brain cancer in each strategic health authority area was in each of the last six years [288890] and (2) what the five-year survival rate for cases of brain cancer in each primary care trust within the ceremonial county of Hampshire was in each of the last six years [288891].
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) does not produce five-year survival rates for brain cancer for (1) strategic health authorities or (2) primary care organisations.
The latest available survival figures for brain cancer for England, among adult patients diagnosed during 2001-2006 and followed up to the end of 2007, are published on the National Statistics website at:
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/Product.asp?vlnk=14007&;Pos=1&ColRank=1&Rank=192
Cardiovascular System: Children
Mr. Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the incidence of cardiovascular failure in children was in the latest period for which figures are available. [288384]
Ann Keen: The numbers of finished consultant episodes in English national health service hospitals or in independent hospitals but commissioned by the NHS in England where the primary diagnosis was cardiovascular failure for children for 2007-08, the last year for which figures were available were as in the following table.
Mr. Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of mechanisms for identifying cardiovascular risk in children. [288385]
Ann Keen: We have made no recent assessment of mechanisms for identifying cardiac risk in children but we believe that lack of exercise and poor diet are major factors. We are attempting to address these through the Change 4 Life programme, launched in January of 2009.
Committee on Carcinogenicity of Chemicals in Food Consumer Products and the Environment
Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much the Committee on Carcinogenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment spent on external consultancy services in each of the last five years. [289055]
Gillian Merron: The Committee on Carcinogenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and Environment has not employed external consultant services in the last five years.
Departmental Billing
John Mason: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of invoices from suppliers his Department paid within 10 days of receipt in June 2009. [288930]
Phil Hope: The formal data collection to measure performance against the Prime Minister's target of paying commercial suppliers within 10 days of receipt of a valid invoice is being coordinated across Government by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). Data provided to BIS shows that in June 2009 96.39 per cent. of payments made by the Department of Health were made within 10 working days of receipt of the invoice.
Departmental Electronic Equipment
Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the answer of 26 November 2008, Official Report, column 2060W, on departmental electronic equipment, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have spent on (i) flat screen televisions, (ii) DVD players and (iii) stereo equipment since November 2008. [289165]
Phil Hope: Comprehensive information on spend for flat screen televisions, DVD players and stereo equipment, since November 2008, is not held centrally and to collect it would incur disproportionate cost.
All expenditure has to be incurred in accordance with the principles of Managing Public Money and the Treasury handbook on Regularity and Propriety.
Departmental Internet
Mr. Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 9 July 2009, Official Report, column 972W, on departmental internet, what the (a) names and (b) versions are of the web browsers used on the (i) desktop machines and (ii) laptop computers used by his Department's (A) Permanent Secretary, (B) chief information officer, (C) head of communications and (D) head of finance. [289001]
Phil Hope: The Department currently uses Internet Explorer Version 6 on the desktop and laptop computers it uses. This includes those used by the Permanent Secretary, the Chief Information Officer, the Head of Communications and the Head of Finance.
The exception to this is the use of Mozilla Firefox Version 3.0.1.1 on a small number of desktop machines used by:
the web publishing team, for compatibility with a web publishing system; and
the information technology development team, for the purposes of testing our systems.
Departmental Manpower
Jo Swinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of employees in his Department are (a) women and (b) men; and what the average hourly pay of (i) male and (ii) female employees is. [288305]
Phil Hope: The percentage of employees in the Department who are women is 56 per cent. and the percentage who are men is 44 per cent.
The average hourly rates of pay for men and women are presented in the following table.
| Hourly p ay (£) | |||
| Type of average | Men | Women | Percentage difference |
Although median and mean hourly pay (excluding overtime as do the figures above) provide useful comparisons of men's and women's earnings, they do not reveal differences in rates of pay for comparable jobs. This is because such broad measures do not allow for the different employment characteristics of men and women, such as the proportion in different occupations and their length of time in jobs.
NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement
Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost of the office premises for the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement was in each of the last five years. [288686]
Phil Hope: This is set out in the following table.
| £ | |||||
| Premises | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 |
Out of Area Treatment
Andrew George: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients in each primary care trust (PCT) area received referrals to consultant specialists based in a different PCT area in each of the last five years. [287875]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: The available data on number of patients in each primary care trust (PCT) area that received referrals to consultant specialists based in a different PCT area in each of the last five years are shown in the document, referrals to consultant specialists based in a different primary care trust area, provided by the NHS Information Centre, which has been placed in the Library.
Out of Area Treatment: South West
Andrew George: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients from Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Primary Care Trust area did not keep an appointment following a referral to an out of county consultant specialist in each of the last five years. [287853]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: The information requested is not held centrally. However, the number of out-patient appointments from Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Primary Care Trust where a patient did not attend or cancelled an appointment following a referral to an in county or out of county consultant specialist in each of the last five years has been placed in the Library.
Andrew George: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients from Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Primary Care Trust area have been referred to out of county consultant specialists in each of the last five years. [287874]
Mr. Mike O'Brien:
The information requested is not held centrally. However, the number of out-patient appointments for patients resident in Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Primary Care Trust area who received referrals to out of county consultant specialists in each of the last five years has been placed in the Library.
Parkinson's Disease: Consultants
Mr. Gale: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of professionals in the NHS available to deliver high quality care to patients with Parkinson's Disease. [288272]
Ann Keen: Professionals working in this area of patient care are not identified separately in the National Health Service Workforce Census.
Scotland
Stewart Hosie: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department plans to make a submission to the Scottish Executive's National Conversation consultation on Scotland's constitutional future. [288946]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: The Department has not submitted evidence to the Scottish Government's National Conversation.
The Commission on Scottish Devolution was established by majority vote in the Scottish Parliament and with the full support of the United Kingdom Government. UK Departments submitted evidence to the Commission during its first phase of evidence gathering.
The Commission recently published its final report, which can be found here:
A steering group has been established under the chairmanship of the Secretary of State for Scotland to help the UK Government and the Scottish Parliament plan how to take forward the Calman recommendations and deliver stronger devolution within a stronger UK.
Prime Minister
Civil Service: Bullying
Mr. Maude: To ask the Prime Minister what Civil Service procedures govern the handling of complaints of bullying of civil servants by Ministers. [287291]
Angela E. Smith: I have been asked to reply.
Complaints made by civil servants of bullying are dealt in accordance with the Civil Service Management Code which can be accessed online at:
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