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Driving Offences: Disqualification

Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people were serving custodial sentences for driving while disqualified at the latest date for which figures are available. [14457]

Mr Blunt: As at July 2010, the most recent available data, there were 49 prisoners serving custodial sentences for driving while disqualified offences.


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The figures are a further breakdown of those in Table 2 of the Ministry of Justice Statistics bulletin "Population in custody, July 2010 England and Wales" and available at the following website:

These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.

Legal Aid Scheme: Contracts

Mrs Hodgson: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what discussions his Department has had with the Legal Services Commission on the number of legal aid contracts granted in the recent tendering round; and if he will make a statement. [14467]

Mr Djanogly: Ministry of Justice officials have kept in close contact with officials at the Legal Services Commission (LSC) throughout the tender process for new civil legal aid contracts. The tender process for the 2010 Standard Civil Contracts run by the LSC will be complete only once all appeals have been dealt with and necessary pre-contract verification checks have finished, which the LSC anticipate will be by the end of September.

Legal Aid Scheme: Washington Tyne and Wear

Mrs Hodgson: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many legal practices in Washington and Sunderland West constituency have been awarded contracts to provide family legal aid services commencing October 2010; what estimate he has made of the number of cases those practices will be able to take on under such contracts; and what the monetary value of each such contract is. [14468]

Mr Djanogly: The tender process for new contracts is not yet complete and therefore the Legal Services Commission (LSC) does not currently hold this information in final form. The tender process will conclude once the appeals process is complete and validation checks on successful applicants have taken place, which the LSC anticipate will be by the end of September. It is intended that details of legal aid providers, split by area, will be published on the LSC website at:

This information will include details of matter start allocations for each provider.

Mrs Hodgson: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many legal practices in Washington and Sunderland West constituency are under contract to the Legal Services Commission to provide family legal aid services; how many legal aid cases those practices have taken on during the current contract period; and what the monetary value of each such contract is. [14469]

Mr Djanogly: There are five legal practices within the Washington and Sunderland West constituency currently under contract to provide family legal aid services and 187 new matters were started between the start of the contract period in April 2010 and 1 September 2010. The total claims value for these contracts is £42,379.32.


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Prison Accommodation

Mrs Moon: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what account his Department took of the extent of existing spare capacity in the juvenile prison estate when taking the decision to commission additional prison places. [14910]

Mr Blunt: We have regular discussions with the Youth Justice Board over the configuration of the custodial estate, in light of their commissioning plans and the supply and demand across the estate as a whole. Decisions on the role and function of the estate, including the need for additional places, would take account of those discussions.

Prisoners' Release: Reoffenders

Mr Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what percentage of those released from a custodial sentence have reoffended in each of the last five years. [14609]

Mr Blunt: The information requested is presented as follows.

Table 1 shows the number and one-year reoffending rate of adult offenders who were released from custody in the first quarter of each of the last five years that data are available for.

Table 1: N umber of offenders and one year reoffending rate for offenders released from custody in the first quarter of each of the last five years
Number of offenders Proportion of offenders who reoffend in one year follow up period (%)

2004 Q1

15,749

51.9

2005 Q1

14,579

49.1

2006 Q1

14,364

46.5

2007 Q1

12,810

47.2

2008 Q1

16,099

49.4


Further information on adult reoffending is available at:

Prisons: Restraint Techniques

Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will place in the Library a copy of the Physical Control in Care manual used by the Prison Service. [14331]

Mr Blunt: A copy of the 2010 Physical Control in Care manual and the 2010 Personal Protection manual have been placed in the House Library.

Youth Custody

Tom Brake: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many children of each age and sex were received into (a) secure training centres, (b) local authority secure units and (c) young offender institutions in each of the last 10 years. [14280]


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Mr Blunt: The following tables show the number of custodial episodes started by year from 2001-02 to 2008-09 by age and gender who were received into secure children's homes, secure training centres and young offender institutions.

An episode refers to a period a young person has spent in custody and it is possible that one young person can start more than one custodial episode at
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different points of each year for different offences or for changes in legal basis for detention, such as remand to sentence.

These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large-scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing and may be subject to change over time.

Children received into secure establishments
Establishment type Age 2001 - 02 2002 - 03 2003 - 04 2004 - 05 2005 - 06 2006 - 07 2007 - 08 2008 - 09

Secure children's homes

10

-

1

-

1

-

-

-

-

11

1

-

2

1

1

-

-

-

12

74

46

58

52

57

38

32

39

13

176

167

159

128

179

216

192

140

14

444

473

490

367

363

495

395

382

15

220

214

208

164

144

165

185

162

16

146

118

131

101

135

120

116

113

17

6

-

2

2

8

7

7

8

Total

1,067

1,019

1,050

816

887

1,041

927

844

Secure training centres

10

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

11

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

12

13

10

14

10

3

2

3

2

13

79

102

88

77

73

24

30

51

14

256

283

291

353

417

391

403

332

15

80

161

234

241

258

340

308

328

16

34

88

166

208

280

346

300

346

17

1

1

4

5

14

49

38

35

Total

464

645

797

894

1,045

1,152

1,082

1,094

Young offender institutions

10

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

11

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

12

1

4

-

-

-

-

-

-

13

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

14

16

12

10

4

2

2

4

4

15

1,632

1,573

1,445

1,459

1,541

1,658

1,496

1,316

16

3,150

3,136

2,910

2,880

3,187

3,114

3,157

2,891

17

6,754

6,345

5,994

6,026

6,065

6,331

6,235

5,981

Total

11,553

11,071

10,359

10,369

10,795

11,105

10,892

10,192


Establishment type Gender 2001 - 02 2002 - 03 2003 - 04 2004 - 05 2005 - 06 2006 - 07 2007 - 08 2008 - 09

Secure children's homes

Female

202

194

184

147

215

178

220

200

Male

865

825

866

669

672

863

707

644

Total

1,067

1,019

1,050

816

887

1,041

927

844

Secure training centres

Female

71

178

275

327

395

530

426

447

Male

393

467

522

567

650

622

656

647

Total

464

645

797

894

1,045

1,152

1,082

1,094

Young offender institutions

Female

554

505

404

390

425

390

415

371

Male

10,999

10,566

9,955

9,979

10,370

10,715

10,477

9,821

Total

11,553

11,071

10,359

10,369

10,795

11,105

10,892

10,192


Youth Justice Board

Karen Lumley: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what plans his Department has for the future of the Youth Justice Board; and if he will make a statement. [15361]


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Mr Blunt: The Government are looking at all arm's length bodies and considering whether they should be retained. The Youth Justice Board (YJB) is included in this process. Under the previous Government a review of the YJB was undertaken and we are looking at the recommendations of that review as part of this process.

The YJB has an important aim to prevent offending by children and young people. As part of the rehabilitation revolution, the Government intend to do everything possible to ensure the best outcomes for young people, their families and communities.

Cabinet Office

Census

Luciana Berger: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the estimated cost will be of the 2011 Census. [13802]

Mr Hurd: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated September 2010:

Civil Servants: Sunderland

Mrs Hodgson: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what estimate he has made of the number of civil servants employed by (a) Government Departments, (b) Executive agencies and (c) other Government bodies whose primary place of employment was in Washington and Sunderland West constituency on the latest date for which figures are available. [14614]

Mr Hurd: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.

Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated September 2010:


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Government Departments: Computer Software

Mr Sanders: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what steps are being taken to encourage the procurement of open source software in Government Departments; and what estimate has been made of the savings which could be made by transferring to open source software. [14369]

Mr Maude: The Government are committed to using more open source solutions where possible.

The Cabinet Office along with the Office of Government Commerce are working on "Guidance for Procurers" specifically covering open source software. A key principle is that Government will actively and fairly consider open source solutions alongside proprietary ones in making procurement decisions.

Procurement decisions will be made on the basis of the best value for money solution to the business requirement, taking account of total cost of ownership of the solution.

Where there is no significant overall cost difference between open and non-open source products, open source will be selected on the basis of its additional inherent flexibility.

No estimates on the likely level of savings that will accrue from transferring to open source software have been made. While more open procurement can undoubtedly save money, it is difficult to ascertain precise cost savings from open source software alone as it is one element in the overall solution.

Life Expectancy: Gateshead

Ian Mearns: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the average (a) male and (b) female life expectancy was in Gateshead constituency in each year since 2000. [13438]

Mr Hurd: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.

Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated September 2010:

Lone Parents

Mrs Grant: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what recent estimate he has made of the number of single parent families resident in (a) Maidstone and the Weald constituency, (b) Greater London and (c) England and Wales. [14726]

Mr Hurd: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.


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Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated September 2010:

Thousand
Geographical area Number of lone parent families- with at least one child under 16

Maidstone and The Weald constituency (2008)

3

Greater London

265

England and Wales

1,481

Source:
APS January to December 2008

Lone Parents: Washington Tyne and Wear

Mrs Hodgson: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many lone parents there are in Washington and Sunderland West constituency. [14251]

Mr Hurd: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.

Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated September 2010:

Thousand
Geographical area Number of lone parent families-with at least one child under 16

Gateshead East and Washington West constituency (2008)

2

Sunderland North constituency (2008)

3

Sunderland South constituency (2008)

3

Source:
APS January to December 2008

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Population

Andrew Griffiths: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office whether the Office for National Statistics used the building targets in regional spatial strategies when drawing up revised population projections. [15066]

Mr Hurd: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.

Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated September 2010:

Public Sector: Procurement

Mr Sanders: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will bring forward proposals for a register of companies contracted by public sector bodies to provide goods and services which records their performance in meeting the requirements of such contracts. [14450]

Mr Maude: Departments can and do take into account a supplier's track record when undertaking public procurements. To date, Government have not ranked supplier performances centrally, but this Government are committed to put mechanisms in place to achieve this. The Government are committed to publishing all new central Government contracts from January 2011 which will give supplier names and information contract costs.

Select Committees: Public Appointments

Zac Goldsmith: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what progress has been made on strengthening the powers of Select Committees to scrutinise major public appointments. [13715]

Mr Maude: Increasing parliamentary scrutiny of major public appointments is a key Government commitment and an essential part of our wider programme of public bodies' reform. I will be writing to the chair of the Liaison Committee shortly to set out our proposals.

Teenage Pregnancy: Peterborough

Mr Stewart Jackson: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many pregnancies there were among women aged 15 to 17 years living in Peterborough constituency in 2009; and if he will make a statement. [15383]


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Mr Hurd: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.

Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated September 2010:

Unemployment: Peterborough

Mr Stewart Jackson: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many children were living in workless households in Peterborough constituency in (a) 2001, (b) 2005 and (c) 2009; and if he will make a statement. [14623]

Mr Hurd: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated September 2010:

Table: Children( 1) living in workless households( 2) in Peterborough local authority
Thousand
Estimate Lower bound( 3) Upper bound( 3)

January to December 2005

6.6

4.5

8.7

January to December 2008

5.5

36

7.4

(1 )Children refers to children under 16.
(2 )Households including at least one person aged 16 to 64.
(3 )95% confidence interval which means that from all samples possible there would be 95 per cent certainty that the true estimate would lie within the lower and upper bounds.
Source:
APS household datasat.

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Health

Alcoholic Drinks: Death

Tessa Munt: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what estimate his Department has made of the number of people aged between 11 and 20 who died from alcohol-related conditions in each year since 1999; and if he will make a statement; [15298]

(2) what estimate his Department has made of the number of people in each age group who died from alcohol poisoning in each year since 1999; and if he will make a statement; [15299]

(3) what estimate his Department has made of the number of people in each age group who died by drowning where alcohol consumption was a causal factor in each year since 1999; and if he will make a statement; [15300]

(4) what estimate his Department has made of the number of people in each age group who died in cases where alcohol was a causal factor in each year since 1999; and if he will make a statement; [15302]

(5) what estimate his Department has made of the number of people in each age group who died from asphyxiation where alcohol was a causal factor in each year since 1999; and if he will make a statement. [15303]

Mr Hurd: 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 Stephen Penneck, dated September 2010:


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Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse

Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish his Department's local alcohol profiles for England; and if he will make a statement. [14462]

Anne Milton: Local alcohol profiles for England are published on the North West Public Health Observatory website:

and are available by local authority and by primary care trust.

Andrew Griffiths: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what analysis has been undertaken by his Department of the age profile of people who are alcoholics. [15400]

Anne Milton: The adult psychiatric morbidity survey, 'Adult Psychiatric Morbidity in England, 2007', covering adults living in private households in England was produced, under contract with the NHS Information Centre for health and social care, and published in January 2009 includes information on the prevalence of alcohol use and dependency by age, sex, ethnicity and other factors. A copy of this publication has been placed in the Library.

The survey of psychiatric morbidity among adults in private households in Great Britain was first carried out in 1993 with a second survey conducted in 2000. In 2007, The NHS Information Centre commissioned the National Centre for Social Research to carry out a third adult psychiatric morbidity survey covering adults living in private households in England. The survey assessed alcohol dependence from answers to a different self-completion questionnaire which consisted of 20 questions focusing on the three components of dependence: loss of control, symptomatic behaviour and binge drinking.

New Parents: Health Education

Nicky Morgan: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if his Department will take steps to improve the provision of information to new parents on illnesses including heart disease where early detection improves survival rates. [13513]

Anne Milton: We have no plans to do so because information is already available online on the Pregnancy Care Planner.

This is an interactive tool on the NHS Choices website, based on the NHS Pregnancy Book. It provides complete guidance to pregnancy, childbirth and first few weeks with a new baby. In particular, there is a section that helps new parents to understand how a healthy heart works, how congenital heart disease can affect their child's heart and general health and explains the causes of congenital heart diseases.


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In addition, The Birth to Five interactive tool on NHS Choices, based on the NHS Birth to Five book, provides advice for mothers and fathers on becoming a parent, taking care of themselves and their child and where to find practical help and support.

Blood: Contamination

Huw Irranca-Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has for the implementation of the recommendations of the Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee and the National Blood Service on independent efficacy trials for blood filtering and prion filtration; and if he will make a statement. [13758]

Anne Milton: Since 2007, the UK blood services on the basis of the recommendations of the Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee, have awarded external contracts for independent trials of the efficacy of prion filters. Results have been made available to the Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs (SaBTO), the Department of Health and the manufacturer as they have become available, and these trials continue. The UK Blood Services is also conducting clinical safety trials of prion filters in patients. SaBTO will review data from these studies as they become available and make recommendations based on these. The Department will consider any further measures recommended by SaBTO.

Cancer: Drugs

Mr Liddell-Grainger: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what types of cancer treatment will be eligible for funding from the Cancer Drugs Fund in April 2011; [15199]

(2) whether non-pharmacological anti-cancer treatments will be included for funding from (a) the interim Cancer Drugs Fund and (b) the Cancer Drugs Fund; [15200]

(3) what mechanism will be used to obtain funding from the Cancer Drugs Fund in April 2011; [15197]

(4) what plans he has for the process of implementation of the Cancer Drugs Fund by April 2011. [15198]

Mr Simon Burns: Decisions on the design of the Cancer Drugs Fund from April 2011 will be taken following public consultation. We intend to consult on our plans shortly.

Regional panels, led by clinical experts, will decide on the use of the additional funding made available to the NHS in 2010-11 to support improved access to cancer drugs. Guidance issued to strategic health authorities by the National Health Service Medical Director recommends that the primary focus of the funding should be on improving access to cancer drugs, which can include radiopharmaceuticals.

A copy of this guidance has been placed in the Library and is available at:


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Cerebral Palsy: Gateshead

Ian Mearns: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children resident in Gateshead have been diagnosed with cerebral palsy in each year since 2000. [14372]

Mr Burstow: The information requested is not collected centrally.

Dental Services: Gateshead

Ian Mearns: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of residents of Gateshead constituency (i) registered with a GP and (ii) with access to an NHS dentist. [14373]

Mr Simon Burns: The information is not available in the format requested. The information that is available is shown in the following tables.

Number of general practitioner (GP) registrations in the Gateshead primary care trust (PCT) area, as at 30 September 2009
Number of GP registrations

Gateshead PCT

205,068

Notes:
1. The GP census collection contains data by trust level only. Gateshead constituency is serviced by Gateshead PCT.
2. Data are for the number of GP patient registrations shown on the annual GP census collection as at 30 September 2009. It should be noted that this may be higher than resident population in the given area due to multiple registrations/GP systems not being fully up-to-date and patients allowed to register with GPs outside their local PCT. Owing to this, proportions of numbers registered (and not registered) cannot be accurately calculated by dividing the numbers presented here by resident population statistics.
3. The numbers shown here represent GP patient registrations to national health service GPs only.
4. The Information Centre for health and social care seeks to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data but responsibility for data accuracy lies with the organisations providing the data. Methods are continually being updated to improve data quality where changes impact on figures already published. This is assessed but unless it is significant at national level figures are not changed.
Source:
General and Personal Medical Services Statistics, The Information Centre for health and social care

Number of patients seen in the previous 24 months by an NHS dentist in the Gateshead PCT area, and as a percentage of the population, as at 30 June 2010 (including orthodontic patients)
Number of patients seen in the previous 24 months Patients seen in the previous 24 months as a percentage of the population

Gateshead PCT

117,488

61.6

Notes:
1. Under the new dental contractual arrangements, introduced on 1 April 2006, patients do not have to be registered with an NHS dentist to receive NHS care. The closest equivalent measure to 'registration' is the number of patients receiving NHS dental services ('patients seen') over a 24-month period.
2. The NHS dental statistics contain data by trust level only. Gateshead constituency is serviced by Gateshead PCT.
3. Patients seen are allocated to a PCT via the dentist which they attend for treatment and not by the home postcode of the patient. Most patients will live within the PCT in which they receive primary care dental services, but some will attend a dentist further afield (near their place of employment, for example).
Source:
NHS Dental Statistics for England 2009-10, The Information Centre for health and social care

Epilepsy

Mr Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many epilepsy specialist nurse (a) posts and (b) full-time equivalent staff there were in the NHS in (i) 2006-07, (ii) 2008-09, (iii) 2009-10 and (iv) 2010-11. [14479]


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Mr Burstow: The number of epilepsy specialist nurse posts and full-time equivalent staff are not held centrally, as they are not separately identifiable in the Non Medical Workforce Census available from the NHS Information Centre.

Food: Cloning

Dr Whiteford: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what (a) evaluation and (b) authorisation is required for the marketing of (i) foodstuffs and (ii) milk produced from cloned animals. [13590]

Anne Milton: Any food obtained from cloned animals is regulated as a "novel food" under regulation (EC) No. 258/97(1). According to this regulation, novel foods may not be marketed in the European Union without an authorisation. Applications for authorisation of novel foods are evaluated by national authorities against criteria of safety, nutritional quality and not misleading the consumer. The Food Standards Agency is the competent authority for novel foods in the United Kingdom and expert advice on applications is provided by the independent advisory committee on novel foods and processes. This advice would form the basis of the agency's risk assessment which would be subject to review by all 26 other EU member states before an authorisation is issued. To date, the agency has not received any applications for the authorisation of food produced from cloned animals.

General Practitioners

Tony Baldry: To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to his Department's proposals for GP commissioning, whether the Government plan to encourage competition for health-care provision between existing NHS providers and private providers. [14386]

Mr Simon Burns: 'The Coalition: our programme for government' sets out a commitment to give every patient the power to choose any health care provider that meets national health service standards, within NHS prices. This includes independent, voluntary and community sector providers.

In addition the White Paper 'Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS' set out the proposals to create an economic regulator for the health and social care sectors. A key responsibility of the regulator will be to ensure that competition works effectively in the interests of patients and taxpayer.

Tony Baldry: To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to his Department's proposals for GP commissioning, what will happen if a GP practice fails to achieve the quality and financial standards needed to make it viable; and how such a failing GP practice will be managed. [14387]

Mr Simon Burns: Where a general practitioner (GP) practice is unable to meet its contractual commitments, the NHS Commissioning Board would be responsible for making decisions about the actions it might take, under existing GP contractual arrangements, to rectify
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the position. This can range from putting in additional temporary support arrangements to termination of a contract because of serious and substantive breach of the contract.

Ann Coffey: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the oral answer of 7 September 2010, which organisations he expects to take a lead on recent reconfigurations of (a) maternity, (b) cancer and (c) other health services not subject to a national framework in conurbations which will be covered by more than one GP consortium; and if he will make a statement. [14654]

Anne Milton [holding answer 13 September 2010]: The White Paper, "Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS", set out the Government's intention to devolve power and responsibility for commissioning services to local consortia of general practitioner (GP) practices. Decisions taken now about the reconfiguration of services should therefore be consistent with commissioning intentions for the future.

We expect that, in most cases, local GP commissioners will lead the reconfiguration process, working in partnership with providers, local authorities, patients and the public. Consortia will have the freedom to decide which aspects of commissioning activity they undertake fully themselves and which aspects require collaboration across several consortia, for example where proposed reconfigurations cross consortia boundaries. As existing consortia structures vary across the country, and until GP commissioning arrangements are fully established, primary care trusts will have an important role in supporting practices to prepare for these new arrangements.

Tony Baldry: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department has sent a copy of the consultation document "Liberating the NHS: Commissioning for Patients" to every GP practice in England. [15255]

Mr Simon Burns: "Liberating the NHS: Commissioning for Patients" was published on the Department's website on 22 July. The Department has issued notification of and provided links to the White Paper and related consultation documents, including "Commissioning for Patients", through targeted publications, including the July edition of the "GP and Practice Bulletin".

This information was also provided to local NHS communications teams to share with their local general practitioner community and to professional bodies including the Royal College of GPs, the British Medical Association, NHS Alliance and National Association of Primary Care among others.

Health Professions: Insurance

Mr David Hamilton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects to respond to the recommendations of the Finlay Scott review on the requirement to have insurance or indemnity as a condition of registration as a healthcare professional. [13711]

Anne Milton: Finlay Scott has delivered his report "Independent review of requirement to have insurance or indemnity as a condition of registration as a healthcare
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professional" to the Secretary of State and other United Kingdom health Ministers. This was published on the Department's website on 14 July 2010 at:

The Government welcome the report, which contains a comprehensive appraisal of the issues and clear recommendations. The report requires careful consideration and we intend to publish a substantive response in due course, after Ministers in all four UK countries have had the opportunity to consider its content.

Hepatitis

Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have been diagnosed with autoimmune hepatitis in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [14412]

Anne Milton: Data on diagnosis of autoimmune hepatitis are not collected centrally. Information on autoimmune hepatitis is available on the NHS Choices website:

or from the Autoimmune Hepatitis Support Group

or the British Liver Trust

Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on autoimmune hepatitis in the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [14413]

Mr Simon Burns: The Department has neither commissioned nor evaluated research, in the last five years, specifically on autoimmune hepatitis.

The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre in Newcastle has a research theme on "Liver Disease in Aging". The NIHR Biomedical Research Unit in Birmingham conducts research on gastrointestinal disease and hepatology.

Herbal Medicine: Regulation

Mr Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to provide for the statutory regulation of practitioners of herbal medicines; and if he will make a statement. [14435]

Anne Milton: The Department consulted in 2009 on whether, and if so how, to regulate practitioners of acupuncture, herbal medicine and traditional Chinese medicine. The results of the consultation are being considered in light of the Government's overall strategy on the regulation of health care professions, and we expect a report to be published shortly.

HIV Infection: Health Services

Heidi Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has for the future commission of outpatient services for people with AIDS and HIV. [13835]


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Anne Milton: Together with the White Paper "Liberating the NHS" this will provide the framework for the future commissioning of services for people living with HIV and AIDS.

A public health White Paper will be published by the end of 2010, which will set out plans for a new public health service.

Heidi Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people with HIV and AIDS have been treated in NHS facilities in each of the last three years. [14002]

Anne Milton: The information requested is provided in the following table.

Number of HIV-infected individuals seen for HIV care and number of individuals receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) in national health service facilities in the United Kingdom, 2007-09
Total number of HIV-infected individuals seen for HIV care Number of HIV-infected individuals receiving ART

2007

56,377

39,677

2008

61,110

45,893

2009

65,319

50,292


Maternity Services: Finance

Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much was spent on NHS maternity services in each region in the 2008-09 financial year; [13951]

(2) how much his Department spent on (a) the NHS and (b) NHS maternity services in the 2008-09 financial year. [13952]

Anne Milton: Figures for the commissioning of secondary health-care relating to maternity services by primary care trusts, aggregated to each strategic health authority area in 2008-09, are shown in the following table.

Strategic health authority 2008-09 Maternity spend (primary care trusts) £000

East Midlands

151,387

East of England

171,369

London

335,671

North East

91,001

North West

316,310

South Central

139,626

South East Coast

133,822

South West

182,529

West Midlands

215,736

Yorkshire and The Humber

231,112

Total (England)

1,968,563

Source:
Audited summarisation schedules of primary care trusts, 2008-09

The figures are for secondary health-care only as information relating to primary health-care expenditure on maternity services is not held centrally.

Total national health service expenditure in 2008-09 (outturn) was £94.017 billion while total NHS revenue expenditure in 2008-09 (outturn) was £90.744 billion.

Medical Treatments: EU Countries

Robert Halfon: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what recent estimate he has made of the cost
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of issuing European Health Insurance Cards in respect of (a) postage, (b) staff (i) salaries and (ii) on-costs and (c) card production; [14439]

(2) what the EU regulatory basis is for the requirement that the UK issue European Health Insurance cards to the public free of charge. [14440]

Anne Milton: The criteria governing the provision of the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) are contained in European social security regulations (EC) 883/2004 and 987/2009. The regulations do not state explicitly that a member state must provide the EHIC free of charge. For the financial year 2009-10, the cost of producing each card, as shown in the table, was £1.55. If a member state charged for the card a cost much greater than that to produce the card, it could be considered a barrier to free movement of people within the European Union.

The costs of postage, the production of cards, staff salaries, on-costs and overheads for 2009-10 for the EHIC are shown in the following table.

NHS Business Services Authority EHIC costs for financial year 2009-10
Cost type Cost (£)

Postage(1)

600,556

Staff salaries(2)

880,266

Staff on cost(3)

193,658

Overheads(4)

1,202,557

On cost(5)

234,934

Production of cards(6)

351,863

Total

3,463,834

Average cost per card issued

1.55

(1) Postage-Estimate of cost incurred for use of a postal service. This figure does not include the cost of stationery,
(2) Staff salaries-Estimated cost of staff salaries directly involved in the process.
(3) Staff on costs-Estimated cost of pension and national insurance contributions for staff who are directly involved in the process. This has been calculated as 22% of staff salaries.
(4) Overheads-This includes all the related administrative expenditure including the NHS BSA Prescription Pricing Division management, information technology maintenance and estates. Capital expenditure including Information Technology development costs and depreciation are not included in the on cost/overhead figure.
(5) On cost-includes internal printing costs, cost of stationery, travel expenses etc.
(6 )Production of 2,237,553 cards includes:
(i) Materials: cards paper and envelopes
(ii) Card manufacture
(iii) Card personalisation
(iv) Printing and personalisation of carrier letter
(v) Matching and attaching the card to the carrier letter
(vi) Sorting of mail
(vii) Provision of management information
Costs relating to producing, distributing and promoting EHIC application forms as well as processing medical expenses claims are not included.
Source:
NHS Business Services Authority (BSA) costing model, invoice spreadsheet and contract management information.

Mental Health Services

Chi Onwurah: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he plans to increase the proportion of his Department's annual expenditure which is allocated to mental health services. [14497]

Mr Burstow: It is the responsibility of the local national health service to commission health care services for their local populations, including mental health care services, using the funds allocated to them in their baseline allocations

However, at a national level, the Government have invested significant resources as part of the improving
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access to psychological therapies programme. This investment was £173 million in 2010-11. The £173 million per annum funding will be recurrent following the end of the current comprehensive spending review period.

The NHS budget is protected and we know cuts in mental health services would be a false economy leading to greater costs in the future.

Mental Health Services: Regulation

Kerry McCarthy: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent representations he has received from psychotherapists and counsellors on regulation by the Health Professions Council. [14171]

Anne Milton: Since May, the Department has received at least 197 pieces of correspondence regarding the regulation of psychotherapists and counsellors by the Health Professions Council. It is unclear how many of these pieces of correspondence may have been written by people who are psychotherapists or counsellors.

Mental Illness

Chi Onwurah: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has made a recent estimate of the number of people in (a) England, (b) the north-east, (c) Tyneside and (d) Newcastle Central constituency who have a mental illness. [14492]

Mr Burstow: The information is not available in the format requested. However, numbers of people accessing mental health services by geographical area have been published by the Office for National Statistics and are available at:

Methadone: Prescriptions

Andrew Griffiths: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost to the NHS drugs budget was of prescribing methadone in the latest period for which figures are available. [15398]

Mr Simon Burns: In the latest 12-month period for which figures are available, July 2009 to June 2010, the net ingredient cost of methadone prescriptions prescribed and dispensed, in the community, in England, was £39 million.

Methadone is used for analgesia, for cough suppression in palliative care and for treatment of substance dependence. Methadone, particularly for the treatment of substance dependence, may also be provided to patients by other routes not included in the figure provided.

Andrew Griffiths: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what analysis has been undertaken by his Department of the age profile of those being prescribed methadone. [15399]


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Anne Milton: Methadone is prescribed for a variety of clinical conditions, including the treatment of opioid (heroin) dependency, chronic pain and cough in terminal illness.

There has been no specific analysis done on the age profile of those prescribed methadone, however the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS) collects information on the number of people receiving substitute prescribing interventions for substance misuse in England which can be broken down by age. The data do not distinguish between methadone and the other drugs such as buprenorphine which are also recommended for that purpose by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.

The following table shows the NDTMS data on the numbers receiving substitute prescribing for substance misuse broken down by age for 2008-09.

Age Number Percentage

18 to 24

14,143

9

25 to 29

32,070

21

30 to 34

34,820

23

35 to 39

30,615

20

40+

38,338

26

Total

149,986

100

Source: NDTMS operated by the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse.

Midwives: Manpower

Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) stand-alone midwife-led units and (b) midwife-led units situated alongside consultant-led units there are in each region. [13950]

Anne Milton: There are currently 256 maternity units in England. 176 are consultant-led and 80 are midwife-led. There are 20 co-located midwife-led and consultant led units. The co-located units are in the strategic health authority areas:

Number

West Midlands

4

South West

3

East of England

3

London

3

Yorkshire and Humberside

1

North West

2

East Midlands

1

South Central

1

South East Coast

1


Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many places for student midwives there were in each region in the (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10 academic year. [13953]

Anne Milton: This information is not available by academic year. The number of midwifery commissions placed by each strategic health authority in the last two financial years is shown in the following table.


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Number of Midwifery training commissions in 2008-09 and 2009-10
National health service
North East North West Yorkshire and the Humber East Midlands West Midlands East of England London South East Coast South Central South West England Total

2008-09 :

Degree

66

218

176

142

226

228

454

144

142

148

1,944

18 Month diploma

20

39

35

15

69

43

0

59

31

12

328

Total

86

257

211

157

295

276

454

203

173

160

2,272

2009-10 :

Degree

67

228

242

146

277

235

335

125

178

144

1,977

18 Month diploma

25

35

27

33

53

54

176

53

25

24

505

Total

92

263

269

179

330

289

511

178

203

168

2,482


Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many student midwives were in receipt of a bursary in the (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10 academic year; what the average bursary paid to a student midwife was in each such year; and what the cost to his Department was of bursaries paid to student midwives in each such year. [13954]

Anne Milton: The number of midwifery students who held a bursary, the average bursary paid to those students and the total cost of all bursaries paid to student midwives in academic year 2008-09 can be found in the following table.

Information for academic year 2009-10 is not yet available.

2008-09

Number of bursary holders(1)

4,284

Average amount paid per bursary holder(2 )(£)

5,751

Total amount paid(2 )(£)

24,639,004

(1 )Includes EU students who are not eligible for a bursary and those who receive a nil award after income assessment.
(2 )Includes the basic award, all supplementary allowances and one off payments.
Note:
All figures are round to the nearest pound.
Source:
NHS Business Services Authority

Motor Neurone Disease

Mr Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will introduce a national strategy on motor neurone disease; and if he will make a statement. [14427]

Mr Burstow: Motor neurone disease is a long-term neurological condition; the national service framework for long-term neurological conditions (NSF) was developed to address long-standing issues in neurological care, e.g. inequity in access to services; work force shortages and variable quality of care across the country. The NSF's quality requirements include a separate section on addressing the needs of people with rapidly progressing conditions, such as motor neurone disease, where services need to respond quickly.

We have no plans to introduce a national strategy for motor neurone disease.

Multiple Sclerosis: Employment Services

Toby Perkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to assist those who are diagnosed with multiple sclerosis between the ages of 20 and 40 years to remain in employment. [13544]

Mr Burstow: It is the responsibility of local health and social care bodies to ensure that they commission services to meet the needs of those living with multiple sclerosis (MS) and ensure that they are enabled to continue working as long as possible.

In the future, outcomes, which the national health service and social care will be expected to achieve, will be set via the NHS Outcomes Framework and its social care equivalents. We will not tell the NHS how to achieve these outcomes but will hold the NHS Commissioning Board to account for delivery through the framework. Similarly, we will not direct local government how to achieve social care outcomes.

The NHS Framework, which is currently out for consultation, contains domains specifically relevant to long-term neurological conditions such as MS:

Officials are working with the Neurological Alliance to ensure that these outcomes are relevant to those living with long-term neurological conditions. We will set out, for consultation, an outcomes framework for social care later this year.

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has published a guideline on the management of multiple sclerosis in primary and secondary care in the NHS. It offers best practice advice on the diagnosis and care of patients with MS, focusing on the quality and configuration of services for patients and their carers, emphasising the need for flexible services to address the whole range of patient needs across primary, secondary, tertiary and social care. The guideline offers advice on rehabilitation services specifically designed to allow those living with multiple sclerosis to remain active and in work as long as possible.

The White Paper 'Equity and Excellence liberating the NHS' proposes that NICE will take the responsibility for devising quality standards that cover both health
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and social care. This will support commissioning collaboration to ensure a more personalised and integrated approach to health and care.

NHS: Disclosure of Information

Mr Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the use of the provisions of the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 by NHS staff; and whether he has any plans to bring forward proposals to change NHS policies on whistleblowing. [14446]

Anne Milton: Our assessment is that the legislative framework provided by the Public Interest Disclosure Act is robust, but that staff are not always confident to raise concerns with their employers.

In making an announcement on 9 June 2010, Official Report, column 333, to the House about the inquiry into events at Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State set out a range of proposals to give teeth to the current safeguards for whistleblowers in the Public Interest Disclosure Act.

New guidance has been issued to the national health service about supporting staff and taking action on concerns raised by staff. Agreement has recently been reached within the NHS Staff Council to provide NHS staff with a contractual right to raise concerns. Amendments to the NHS Constitution will also be published for public consultation in the near future.

NHS: Manpower

Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many maternity support workers there were in each NHS trust at the latest date for which figures are available. [13958]

Anne Milton: The following table shows the number of maternity support workers in each NHS trust as at 31 May 2010 which is the latest date available.


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NHS hospital and community health services: maternity support staff by strategic health authority area and organisation level as at 31 May 2010
headcount
Number

England

8,176

North East Strategic Health Authority area

392

RLN

City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

27

RXP

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

51

RR7

Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust

24

RVW

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust

20

TAC

Northumberland Care Trust

1

RTF

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

111

RTR

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

71

RE9

South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust

19

RTD

The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

68

North West Strategic Health Authority area

1,118

RXL

Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

32

RW3

Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

92

RJR

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

69

RJN

East Cheshire NHS Trust

19

RXR

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

58

5NM

Halton and St Helens PCT

4

RXN

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

39

REP

Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust

136

RBT

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

41

RNL

North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust

13

RW6

Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

105

RMC

Royal Bolton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

57

RM3

Safford Royal NHS Foundation Trust

65

RVY

Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust

26

RBN

St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust

24

RWJ

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

50

RMP

Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

29

RM4

Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust

10

RM2

University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust

54

RTX

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust

50

RWW

Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

38

RBL

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

65

RRF

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust

42

Yorkshire and the Humber Strategic Health Authority area

838

RCF

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust

20

RFF

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

27

RAE

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

62

RWY

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

70

RP5

Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

36

RCD

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

15

RWA

Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust

79

RR8

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

121

RXF

Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust

89

RJL

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

63

RCC

Scarborough and North East Yorkshire Health Care NHS Trust

22

RHQ

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

148

RFR

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust

48

RCB

York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

38

East Midlands Strategic Health Authority area

703

RFS

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

44

RTG

Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

72

RNQ

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

70

RNS

Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust

103

5EM

Nottingham City PCT

20

RX1

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

86

RK5

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

40

RWD

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust

81

RWE

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

187

West Midlands Strategic Health Authority area

954

RXT

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

2

5PG

Birmingham East and North PCT

1

RLU

Birmingham Women's NHS Foundation Trust

106

RJF

Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

50

RLT

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

24

5MX

Heart of Birmingham Teaching PCT

2

RR1

Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust

118

RLQ

Hereford Hospitals NHS Trust

24

RJD

Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust

30

RXK

Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust

93

5PF

Sandwell PCT

2

RXW

Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

68

RJC

South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust

29

RNA

The Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

68

RL4

The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust

59

RJE

University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust

86

RKB

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

68

RBK

Walsall Hospitals NHS Trust

36

RWP

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

88

East of England Strategic Health Authority area

863

RDD

Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

99

RC1

Bedford Hospital NHS Trust

41

RGT

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

80

5PP

Cambridgeshire PCT

5

RDE

Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust

21

RWH

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust

57

RQQ

Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust

25

RGQ

Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust

57

RGP

James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

28

RC9

Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

83

5GC

Luton PCT

10

RQM

Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust

49

RM1

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

58

RGN

Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

41

RAJ

Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

36

RQW

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

54

RCX

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Trust

38

RWG

West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust

52

RGR

West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust

29

London Strategic Health Authority area

1,148

RF4

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

75

RVL

Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust

67

RNJ

Barts and The London NHS Trust

38

RQM

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

58

RC3

Ealing Hospital NHS Trust

12

RVR

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

73

RJ1

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

38

RQX

Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

46

RYJ

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

81

RJZ

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

53

RAX

Kingston Hospital NHS Trust

63

RJ6

Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust

30

RNH

Newham University Hospital NHS Trust

57

RAP

North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust

28

RV8

North West London Hospitals NHS Trust

30

RAL

Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust

22

RYQ

South London Healthcare NHS Trust

77

RJ7

St George's Healthcare NHS Trust

46

RAS

The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust

41

RJ2

The Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust

24

RKE

The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust

52

RRV

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

70

RFW

West Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust

25

RGC

Whipps Cross University Hospital NHS Trust

42

South East Coast Strategic Health Authority area

684

RTK

Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust

63

RXH

Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust

70

RN7

Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust

32

RVV

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

108

RXC

East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust

48

RDU

Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

66

RWF

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

60

RPA

Medway NHS Foundation Trust

53

RA2

Royal Surrey County NHS Foundation Trust

55

RTP

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

54

5P9

West Kent PCT

1

RYR

Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust

74

South Central Strategic Health Authority area

678

RN5

Basingstoke and North Hampshire NHS Foundation Trust

7

RXQ

Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust

95

5QC

Hampshire PCT

1

RD7

Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

41

5QT

Isle of Wight NHS PCT

30

RD8

Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

46

RTH

Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust

130

RHU

Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust

87

RHW

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

90

RHM

Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust

121

RN1

Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust

30

South West Strategic Health Authority area

798

5QP

Cornwall and Isles of Scilly PCT

2

5QQ

Devon PCT

12

RBD

Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

29

RTE

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

17

5QH

Gloucestershire PCT

9

RN3

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

39

RVJ

North Bristol NHS Trust

56

RBZ

Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust

19

RK9

Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust

56

RD3

Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

64

REF

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

47

RH8

Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust

29

RD1

Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust

7

RNZ

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

2

RA9

South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

30

RBA

Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

101

RDZ

The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

10

RA7

University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

170

RA3

Weston Area Health NHS Trust

11

5QK

Wiltshire PCT

60

RA4

Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

28

Monthly data:
As from 21 July 2010 The Information Centre has published experimental, provisional monthly NHS work force data. As expected with provisional, experimental statistics, some figures may be revised from month to month as issues are uncovered and resolved. The monthly work force data is not directly comparable with the annual work force census; it only includes those staff on the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) (i.e. it does not include Bank staff). There are also new methods of presenting data (headcount methodology is different and there is now a role count). This information is available from September 2009 onwards at the following website:
www.ic.nhs.uk/pubs/provisionalmonthlyhchsworkforce
Data Quality:
The NHS Information Centre for health and social care seeks to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data but responsibility for data accuracy lies with the organisations providing the data. Methods are continually being updated to improve data quality where changes impact on figures already published. This is assessed but unless it is significant at national level figures are not changed. Impact at detailed or local level is footnoted in relevant analyses.
Note:
Maternity Support staff are: Nursery nurses, Nursing Assistant/auxiliary's, Health Care Assistants and Support Workers in the Maternity Services area of work.
Source:
Provisional Monthly NHS Hospital and Community Health Service Workforce Statistics

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