Sure Start
Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Education which organisations his Department consulted in developing its policy on the future of Sure Start in accordance with paragraph 2.4 of the Compact between Government and civil society organisations; what feedback his Department has given to the consultees in accordance with paragraph 2.5 of the Compact; and what assessment he has made of the effect of that policy on local efforts to inspire and encourage social action and to empower communities in accordance with paragraph 2.2 of the Compact. [44445]
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Sarah Teather: The reform programme for Sure Start Children's Centres policy is in the development stage. The Department is working closely with a wide range of civil society organisations with an expertise in early years, including charities, social enterprises and voluntary and community sector organisations, in accordance with the Compact.
The Department for Education and the Department of Health will be publishing a policy statement on the Early Years later in the year, setting out our vision for reform. We want a system that is led by the professionals who understand how best to deliver these services—and we will be working closely with experts in the early years sector to produce our publication, collaborating on a new vision for the crucial foundation years of each child's life. Further details on our collaborative approach to involving partners, including members of civil society organisations, in developing our policy are available on the Department for Education website:
http://www.education.gov.uk/childrenandyoungpeople/earlylearningandchildcare/developing
Sure Start: Bolton
Yasmin Qureshi: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many Sure Start places were provided in Bolton South East constituency in 2009-10; and how many such places he expects to be provided in 2010-11. [44844]
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Sarah Teather: Sure Start Children’s Centres are a clear priority for Government—they play a really important role in supporting families with young children and intervening early to prevent problems from becoming crises. Local authorities have a duty under section 5D of the Childcare Act 2006 to provide sufficient provision of children’s centres so far as is reasonably practicable.
As at 3 March 2011 Bolton local authority had a total of 18 Sure Start Children’s Centres. Figures on the number of places provided in children’s centres are not collected centrally.
Teachers: Early Retirement
Mr Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many teachers took early retirement in (a) Suffolk, (b) Norfolk, (c) Essex, (d) Cambridgeshire, (e) Bedfordshire, (f) Hertfordshire and (g) England in each year since 1997. [44930]
Mr Gibb: The following table provides the number of teachers awarded early retirement benefits from the Teachers’ Pensions Scheme (TPS), whose last recorded service was in Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire local authority areas and for England, in each year from 1997/98 to 2009/10. Figures include teachers retiring from local authority maintained schools, academies and city technology colleges as well as those teachers in independent schools and further and higher education colleges that were covered by the TPS.
| Early retirements (1) from institutions covered by the Teachers’ Pensions Scheme in each local authority area. Years: 1997-98 to 2009-10. Coverage: Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire local authorities and England | |||||||
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| (1) Includes premature and actuarially reduced benefits. Include actuarially reduced benefit awards from 2000/01. (2) Cambridgeshire and Essex local authorities were re-organised on 1 April 1998 and therefore the figures for 1997/98 are for the former local authority areas including Peterborough (Cambridgeshire) and Southend and Thurrock (Essex). (3) Bedfordshire local authority was re-organised on 1 April 2009 and retirements are not available for the new local authorities in Bedfordshire. (4) The effect of the change in the Teachers’ Pension Scheme as from 31 August 1997 was that many more teachers took early retirement in 1997/98 than in other years. (5) Provisional. Note: Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Source: Database of Teacher Records and Pensioner Statistical System (PENSTATS) | |||||||
Teaching Methods: Finance
Matthew Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will estimate the likely cost to the public purse of introducing one-to-one tuition for all people aged 16 to 18 years who do not have at least a GCSE grade C in (a) English and (b) mathematics. [46918]
Mr Gibb:
Funding for the current one-to-one tuition programme for seven to 14-year-olds in 2010-11 is based on tuition in a school environment, provided by a qualified teacher, which includes 10 hours of tuition plus two hours planning time. The per pupil funding available for these 12 hours, plus schools' administration costs ranges from inner London area at £426.72, outer
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London at £413.72 and £374.72 elsewhere. In addition £17 million is provided to local authorities to enable them to support delivery of the programme.
We know that the number of pupils in maintained schools who did not achieve at least a GCSE grade C, not including equivalents, at the end of KS4 in 2010, were 199,661 in English and 221,817 in mathematics.
There is no current tuition programme targeted at 16 to 18 years and the costs of any new programme would be dependent on the volume of tuition provided, as well as any costs falling to central and local government to support delivery of such a programme to this age range.
Written Questions: Government Responses
Ian Mearns: To ask the Secretary of State for Education when he plans to answer (a) question 25142 tabled on 16 November 2010 for answer on 18 November 2010, (b) question 36851 tabled on 25 January 2011 for answer on 27 January 2011, (c) question 37249 tabled on 26 January 2011 for answer on 31 January 2011, (d) questions 39892, 39893 and 39894 tabled on 8 February 2011 for answer on 10 February 2011 and (e) question 41443 tabled on 14 February 2011 for answer on 16 February 2011. [44116]
Mr Gibb: A response to 25142 was issued on 15 March 2011, Official Report, column 180W. A response to 37249 was issued on 10 March 2011, Official Report, column 1224W. A response to 41443 was issued on 10 March 2011, Official Report, column 1229W.
Responses to the hon. Member's questions 36851, 39892, 39893, 39894 have been issued today.
Youth Taskforce: Finance
Mrs Hodgson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what funding his Department allocated to the Youth Taskforce in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11. [40604]
Tim Loughton: The following amounts were allocated for the administrative running costs of the Youth Taskforce:
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The amounts of programme funding allocated to and managed directly by the Youth Taskforce were £15.3 million in 2008-09, £18.7 million in 2009-10, and £23.4 million in 2010-11.
Business, Innovation and Skills
Advantage West Midlands: Pay
Gavin Williamson: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much was paid in bonuses to staff by Advantage West Midlands in 2009-10. [46057]
Mr Prisk:
Details of the performance pay awarded to five senior staff at Advantage West Midlands (AWM),
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totalling £53,515, in 2009-10 is given on page 47 of the Agency’s Report and Accounts to 31 March 2010 (HC252). A total of £131,928 performance pay was made to 331 AWM staff as part of the agency’s agreed pay and reward system.
Apprentices
Mr Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many (a) apprenticeship and (b) advanced apprenticeship starts he plans in (i) Southend West constituency, (ii) the Southend borough council area and (iii) the Essex county council area in each of the next two years; and if he will make a statement. [45518]
Mr Hayes: The apprenticeships programme is demand led. The Government do not set targets for apprenticeships but provide funding and forecast the overall number of places that may be afforded. We rely on employers and providers to work together to offer sufficient opportunities to meet local demand.
This is underpinned by this Government’s commitment that by 2014-15, we will have in place sufficient funding for 75,000 more adult apprenticeship places than the previous Government were providing.
Arms Trade
Tessa Munt: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what proportion of weapons manufactured in the UK were exported in the latest period for which figures are available; [46204]
(2) what estimate he has made of the monetary value of the UK arms manufacturing sector in (a) 1990, (b) 1995 and (c) in each year since 2000; [46205]
(3) what estimate he has made of the number of persons employed in the arms manufacturing sector in the UK who are engaged in the (a) manufacture for sale overseas and (b) the sale (i) in the UK and (ii) overseas of (A) arms systems, (B) other weapons and (C) munitions. [46206]
Mr Prisk: The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) does not have data on what proportion of weapons manufactured in the UK were exported. BIS has not made any estimate of the monetary value of the UK arms manufacturing sector. However, new defence export orders for the UK totalled £7.2 billion in 2009, based on information provided on a confidential basis to UK Trade and Investment Defence and Security Organisation by industry.
The Ministry of Defence's (MoD) last estimate, covering 2007/08, of the number of defence jobs in the UK dependent on their equipment expenditure relating to the manufacture of weapons and ammunition was 5,000 direct and 2,000 indirect. For the same period, the estimated number of UK defence jobs dependent on defence exports relating to the manufacture of weapons and ammunition was 1,000 direct and 1,000 indirect (with all figures rounded to the nearest 1,000 full-time equivalents). MOD do not have a breakdown according to the categories requested and no longer produce these statistics.
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Arms Trade: Exports
Jeremy Corbyn: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what arms exports have been licensed for (a) Morocco, (b) Tunisia, (c) Algeria, (d) Libya, (e) Egypt, (f) Yemen, (g) Saudi Arabia and (h) Bahrain since June 2010; and what restrictions were placed on their use. [46961]
Mr Prisk: Information on arms exports is published in the Annual and Quarterly Reports on Strategic Export Controls. These reports contain detailed information on export licences issued, refused or revoked, by destination, including the overall value, type (e.g. military, other) and a summary of the items covered by these licences. They are available to view at:
https://www.exportcontroldb.berr.gov.uk/eng/fox
The reports currently available include information up to 30 September 2010. Information covering 1 October to 31 December 2010 will be published at the beginning of April 2011 and information covering 1 January 2011 to 31 March 2011 will be published in July 2011.
Export licences do not normally contain conditions regarding end-use.
Business: Internet
Mike Weatherley: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the proportion of online business turnover which is dependent on internet search engines as a means of achieving sales. [46758]
Mr Prisk: We have made no such estimate.
Business: Regulation
Alun Cairns: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what regulations affecting business have been removed by his Department in the last 10 months. [45932]
Mr Prisk [holding answer 14 March 2011]: We have included provision in the Protection of Freedoms Bill to repeal the following powers of entry:
Article 22 of the Distribution of German Enemy Property (No. 1) Order 1950
Regulation 24(6) of the Gas Appliances (Safety) Regulations 1995.
On 3 March the Government announced they will amend the Companies Act to bring small company audit rules in line with the EU minimum, saving UK companies up to £40 million in unnecessary audit fees.
We plan to look at relaxing the audit and account rules for subsidiaries.
Early outcomes from the Employment Law Review include:
The launch of a consultation document on resolving workplace disputes, without having to go to an employment tribunal;
The launch of the Employer’s Charter, which sets out in straightforward language the steps any employer can take in managing their workforce legally and fairly;
The establishment of the Sickness Absence Management review.
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Careers Advice
Mrs Chapman: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of the dedicated schools grant will be allocated to the all-age careers service. [36922]
Mr Gibb: I have been asked to reply.
The level of the dedicated schools grant in 2011-12 has been announced. Together with the pupil premium, this forms the level of schools budgets. There are no amounts within these totals ring fenced or separately identified for any purpose; it will be for schools to determine how they use their resources, including for securing access to careers guidance.
Credit Cards: Fees and Charges
Mr David Hamilton: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will take steps to ensure that credit card transaction fees are proportionate to the cost of processing payments when buying goods and services. [47116]
Mr Davey: Which? have announced that they will shortly be submitting a super-complaint to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) on card payment surcharges. We will carefully consider the OFT’s response before deciding what steps to take.
Departmental Public Consultation
Alok Sharma: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many public consultations his Department and its predecessors have conducted in each of the last 10 years; for how long each consultation was open; how many responses were received to each consultation; and what the cost to the public purse of conducting each consultation was. [46588]
Mr Prisk: The information requested is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. This Department publishes its consultation information on its website which can be accessed at
http://www.bis.gov.uk/Consultations
Regulation
Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many regulations sponsored by his Department have been (a) introduced since 24 November 2010 and (b) revoked since 3 February 2011. [44364]
Mr Prisk: Between 24 November 2010 and 2 March 2011, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) introduced 26 regulations through statutory instrument. Of these, only three impose a substantive cost on business.
We have included provision in the Protection of Freedoms Bill to repeal the following powers of entry:
Article 22 of the Distribution of German Enemy Property (No.1) Order 1950
Regulation 24(6) of the Gas Appliances (Safety) Regulations 1995.
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On 3 March the Government announced they will amend the Companies Act to bring small company audit rules in line with the EU minimum, saving UK companies up to £40 million in unnecessary audit fees.
We plan to look at relaxing the audit and account rules for subsidiaries.
Early outcomes from the Employment Law Review include:
the launch of a consultation document on resolving workplace disputes, without having to go to an employment tribunal;
the launch of the Employer’s Charter, which sets out in straightforward language the steps any employer can take in managing their workforce legally and fairly;
the establishment of the Sickness Absence Management review.
Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on how many occasions his Department has consulted representatives of small businesses on the effects of proposed new regulations since 6 May 2010. [46141]
Mr Prisk: The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has launched 33 written consultations since May 2010. These are available for viewing on the Department’s internet site at:
http://www.bis.gov.uk/Consultations
BIS seeks views on these from businesses of all sizes and their representatives, including those of small businesses. In addition, Ministers have regular meetings with small business representative bodies, including my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Entrepreneurs’ Forum, which has met once; and the Small Business Economic Forum, which has met twice.
Alok Sharma: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many regulations affecting businesses have been revoked under his Department’s one-in one-out policy since his appointment. [46593]
Mr Prisk: Since the implementation of the one-in, one-out rule two domestic measures have been removed or recast to reduce the net cost to business up to 9 March 2011. There were also a number of measures implemented prior to the implementation of one-in, one-out that were designed to reduce the cost to business. Departments across Government are carrying out reviews of their existing stock of regulation, and further de-regulatory measures will form part of the Great Repeals Bill,
Education: Biometrics
Nicola Blackwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what information his Department holds on the number of further and higher education institutions using biometric systems; and if he will make a statement. [46751]
Mr Hayes: We do not require colleges and universities to provide this information. The Department understands a few colleges have installed biometric systems in their libraries. A recent snapshot survey carried out for this Department by the Association of Colleges showed that, out of the 16 colleges that responded, two had biometric systems, one in a library and one in a learning centre.
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Colleges and universities are independent institutions and are free to make their own decisions about what sort of systems they install.
English Language: Education
John Cryer: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what his estimate is of the requirement for English for Speakers of Other Languages courses in (a) Leyton and Wanstead constituency, (b) the London Borough of Waltham Forest and (c) Greater London; [45674]
(2) how many people in (a) Leyton and Wanstead constituency and (b) the London Borough of Waltham Forest are eligible for a level of fee remission for English for Speakers of Other Languages courses; [45675]
(3) what his assessment is of the effect of English for Speakers of Other Languages courses funded from the public purse on (a) the contribution to the economy by those whose first language is not English and (b) levels of community cohesion. [45676]
Mr Hayes [holding answer 14 March 2011]: The Department has made no estimate of the requirement for English for Speakers of Other Language (ESOL) courses.
The Government currently pay 50% of ESOL course fees for all learners in England who are eligible for public-funded skills provision. Those on income-based benefits are eligible for full fee remission.
From August 2011, full Government funding will be provided for ESOL to unemployed people in receipt of jobseekers allowance or in the Employment and Support Allowance (Work-Related Activity) Group, where English language skills have been identified as a barrier to entering employment. We will also continue to pay 50% of ESOL course fees for people who are settled here. We will no longer fund ESOL courses delivered in the workplace.
The Government recognise the role of good English-language skills in enabling speakers of other languages to contribute to the economy and play a full part in society.
John Cryer: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many and what proportion of learners in receipt of fee remission for English for Speakers of Other Languages courses are in receipt of benefits. [45677]
Mr Hayes [holding answer 14 March 2011]: Near-final data for 2009/10 show that 116,600 adults that participated on an English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) course were in receipt of fee remission. Of these, 71,200 learners (61%) received fee remission as they were in receipt of benefits.
We do not directly record in the system what type of benefits people are receiving when they take up training. We do, however, collect information on why a learner has received fee remission for any learning they undertake. From these data we can provide some information on claimants but this should be used with caution given it neither provides an accurate picture about the level of learners who are also benefit claimants nor what other learning and or benefit entitlements that person might also have.
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Information on participation on ESOL courses is published in a quarterly statistical first release (SFR). The latest SFR was published on 27 January 2010:
http://www.thedataservice.org.uk/statistics/statisticalfirstrelease/sfr_current
Export Credits Guarantees: Sudan
Lisa Nandy: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills in respect of which projects in Sudan supported by the Export Credits Guarantee Department (ECGD) before 1980 debt is owed to ECGD. [45330]
Mr Davey: Details of projects supported by ECGD before 1980 are not available. I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave on 17 January 2011, Official Report, column 619W.
Records of the goods and services supplied under individual contracts to which the debts originally relate are no longer held.
Institute for Learning
Kelvin Hopkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether he has had discussions with further education lecturers and their representatives on mandatory membership of the Institute for Learning. [44185]
Mr Hayes: I met with representatives of the University and College Union (UCU), the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) and the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) on 15 February. One of the items we discussed was the Institute for Learning membership fees.
Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries
Gordon Banks: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what representations he has received from the retail motor sector on the application of a European code of conduct to (a) car manufacturers and (b) franchised dealers under the Block Exemption Regulation. [47150]
Mr Prisk: I met the Retail Motor Industry Federation along with representatives of major car dealerships on 1 March 2011 and this issue was discussed.
Northwest Regional Development Agency
Alison McGovern: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) whether he has made an assessment of the effect on the economy of the Northwest Regional Development Agency's inward investment support function; [45799]
(2) whether he has made an assessment of the (a) cost to the public purse and (b) effect on employment levels in the North West of the transfer to UK Trade and Investment of the North West Regional Development Agency's inward investment support function. [45802]
Mr Prisk:
No assessment has been made by this Department of the effect on the economy of the Northwest Regional Development Agency's (RDA) inward investment function. UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) is carrying
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out a procurement for a new national contractor for foreign direct investment (FDI). Within the procurement, UKTI is requiring bidders to develop a framework to deliver FDI projects. That framework needs to be capable of delivering broadly the same number of projects in the north-west as it received in 2009/10, the last full year for which figures are available.
| UKTI recorded FDI successes in the north-west | ||||
| Level of involvement | Number of projects | Number of new jobs | Number of safeguarded jobs | Total number of associated |
Clearly the mix of those projects, and employment levels arising from them, will vary from year to year.
The impact on the public purse is yet to be established as the procurement process is not finished but the total cost of this national service will be less than the aggregate costs of RDA delivery previously.
Nurses: Education
Bridget Phillipson: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many places for nursing courses there were at Northumbria university in each year since 2008. [47166]
Mr Willetts: The Department does not hold information on how many places there were for nursing courses at Northumbria university in each year since 2008. The numbers of enrolments to nursing courses at Northumbria university are shown in the table as an alternative, for the 2008/09 and 2009/10 academic years. Figures for the 2010/11 academic year will become available from January 2012.
| Enrolments to nursing (1) courses at Northumbria university academic years 2008/09 and 2009/10 | |
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| (1) Nursing is classified as a principal subject by the HESA Joint Academic Coding System. (2) Covers postgraduate and undergraduate students of all domiciles enrolled on full-time and part-time courses, and students in all years of study. Note: Figures in the table are based on a HESA standard registration population and are rounded to the nearest five. Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Student Record | |
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Student Loans: East Sussex
Amber Rudd: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the average student loan taken out in (a) East Sussex and (b) Hastings and Rye constituency was in each year since 2005. [46703]
Mr Willetts: The average tuition fee and maintenance loan paid in East Sussex and the Hastings and Rye constituency, in academic years 2005/06 to 2009/10 are shown in the tables.
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Tuition fee loans were introduced in academic year 2006/07.
Students: Fees and Charges
Mr Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will prepare and publish an equality impact assessment on the decision to increase the cap on student fees to (a) £6,000 and (b) £9,000; and if he will make a statement. [45994]
Mr Willetts [holding answer 14 March 2011]:The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills published on the 29 November 2010 an interim equality impact assessment on the package of reforms to higher education funding and student finance, which included the increase of the basic and higher amounts to £6,000 and £9,000 respectively. The assessment is available at
http://www.bis.gov.uk/assets/biscore/higher-education/docs/i/10-1310-interim-equality-impact-assessment-he-funding-and-student-finance.pdf
Mr Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effect on the relative propensity of students to apply to universities charging higher level tuition fees of (i) outreach projects and (ii) paying an additional £900 in fees as outlined in the plans of the Director General for Fair Access. [46669]
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Mr Willetts: The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has undertaken its own evaluation of various outreach activities and continues to monitor work done by others. BIS funded substantial monitoring and evaluation of activities which took place as part of the Aimhigher programme. The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has encouraged institutions to develop their approaches to evaluation, and organisations such as the Sutton Trust have undertaken evaluation of their own outreach activities such as summer schools. Sir Martin Harris’s report “What more can be done to widen access to highly selective institutions?” (Office for Fair Access, April 2010) summarised the difficulties in isolating the effects of outreach activities from other factors influencing higher education participation, but concluded that there was robust evidence on the effectiveness of a range of outreach activities. The report highlighted evidence which showed that
“coordinated, sustained outreach works best”
“targeted at groups of very able students identified as having the potential to succeed in a selective institution, have been shown to significantly improve the likelihood of participants both applying to and entering such institutions.”
It also made particular note of the evidence that university summer schools
“often delivered either in collaboration with Aimhigher or the Sutton Trust”
“particularly effective in raising the aspirations, and consequently the application and entry rates of their participants to selective institutions.”
In his guidance to institutions, issued this month, the Director of Fair Access has set out his expectation that those institutions charging the highest rates and with the furthest to go in widening participation, fair access and retention, should be doing most to protect access. The guidance includes guideline expenditure on access to help institutions in drawing up their own plans. The guidance also sets out a greater focus on outcomes, including through targeted outreach. The Director of Fair Access requires institutions to submit annual monitoring returns reporting on their expenditure on access measures and their progress against their agreed access targets. Institutions are expected to evaluate the impact of their plans with a view to directing expenditure at those access and retention measures that are most likely to succeed.
Health
Blood: Contamination
Diana Johnson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many of those who contracted HIV from contaminated blood products administered by the NHS are now clear of the virus. [46453]
Anne Milton: HIV remains an incurable infection and those infected do not clear the virus.
Diana Johnson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will publish (a) each written submission, (b) each minute of meetings and (c) all other information he received from each of the expert working groups consulted during his Department’s review of the treatment of those infected with contaminated blood products; [46454]
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(2) in what form he received the submissions of each of the five expert working groups who contributed to his Department's review of the treatment of those infected with contaminated blood products. [46455]
Anne Milton: One expert group was convened to support the review and commissioned to provide a report. It provided scientific advice on the spectrum and impact of disease associated with hepatitis C infection. The expert group met once on 26 October 2010. A short preparatory paper and the minutes of that meeting have been placed in the Library. The expert group’s report “Reviewing the natural history of hepatitis C infection” was published as annex 4 to the full report “Review of the support available to individuals infected with Hepatitis C and/or HIV by NHS-supplied blood transfusions or blood products and their dependants” (January 2011). The full report has already been placed in the Library.
Diana Johnson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he made of the financial needs of those infected with contaminated blood during his Department’s recent review of the treatment of those infected with contaminated blood products. [46456]
Anne Milton: The rationale for the new payments announced following the review is explained in sections 4 and 5 of the review report “Review of the support available to Individuals Infected with Hepatitis C and/or HIV by NHS-supplied blood transfusions or blood products and their dependants” (January 2011). The report has already been placed in the Library.
Diana Johnson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people who contracted hepatitis C virus from contaminated blood products administered by the NHS have now been cleared of the virus while in (a) stage 1 and (b) stage 2. [46452]
Anne Milton: It is not known how many individuals who have received payments from the Skipton Fund have subsequently cleared the hepatitis C virus. However, evidence suggests that 15-25% of infected individuals clear the virus naturally in the acute phase of the infection, and drug therapy is able to achieve effective viral clearance in the majority (currently on average 55%) of individuals treated before cirrhosis has developed.
Departmental Ministerial Policy Advisers
Mr Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department has spent on (a) salaries and (b) pension entitlements for special advisers in the financial year 2010-11 to date. [46576]
Mr Simon Burns: The estimated pay bill, including pension costs, for special advisers in financial year 2010-11 is set out on the website at:
www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/resource-library/special-adviser-data-releases
The Department follows the policy on remuneration for special advisers laid down by the Cabinet Office, including relevant pension arrangements, in the ‘Model Contract for Special Advisers’ which can be found at:
http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/sites/default/files/resources/special-advisers-model-contract_0.pdf
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Regulation
Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Health on how many occasions his Department has consulted representatives of small businesses on the effects of proposed new regulations since 6 May 2010. [46149]
Mr Simon Burns: Information on when the Department consults with representatives of small business is not held centrally and can be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Policy teams within the Department regularly engage with stakeholder groups including representatives from small business. This could be through public consultation, informal meetings and formal meetings such as working groups and stakeholder engagement exercises.
Drugs and Alcoholic Drinks: Rehabilitation
Andrew Griffiths: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many residential rehabilitation centres for (a) drugs, (b) alcohol and (c) drugs and alcohol there were in England in each year since 2005. [46472]
Anne Milton: Data on the number of residential centres in England are not available centrally.
However, each local drug partnership will have information on the level of local provision for drug dependency and up to date contact details for each partnership can be found via the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse (NTA) website. The regional teams section of the site provides links to the details of each local partnership. This is available at:
www.nta.nhs.uk/regional.aspx
Commissioning of alcohol residential rehabilitation services is the responsibility of local adult social services departments. Adult social services are active partners in drug partnerships and often co-ordinate their activity for alcohol clients with the partnership.
Most, but not all, non-statutory providers of specialist residential drug treatment in England provide information on their services, on a voluntary basis, to a national online directory called Rehab Online, which is maintained by the NTA. Information from Rehab Online currently suggests that there are 121 residential rehabilitation providers which treat drug and alcohol dependency and 14 alcohol only services.
These data are incomplete because they do not include data from all non-statutory providers or any from national health service services.
General Practitioners
Bill Esterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the experience GPs have in budget management to be required under his proposals for GP commissioning. [47178]
Mr Simon Burns:
It will be for general practitioner (GP) consortia to decide within the legislative framework how they carry out their functions. It is likely to be a smaller group of GPs who would lead and play a
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hands-on, executive role in a consortium. Consortia will also have a management allowance that they will be able to use to secure support for discharging their responsibilities from a range of sources: this could include support to assist with administrative and commissioning duties.
As outlined in the NHS Operating Framework 2010-11, primary care trust clusters will be helping the development of GP consortia through offering support in the development of their consortia, including support through a qualified or accredited senior finance manager.
Bill Esterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the potential role of (a) nurses and (b) other ancillary health professionals in the proposed arrangements for GP commissioning. [47179]
Mr Simon Burns: We believe that effective general practitioner (GP) commissioning will require the full range of clinical and professional input alongside that of local people. Nurses, allied health professionals (AHPs) and other clinicians all have a vital role to play and a real opportunity to develop services and improve the health outcomes of their local populations. In community services in particular, nurses and AHPs will have a key role in supporting commissioners.
The Health and Social Care Bill places a duty on the NHS Commissioning Board and GP consortia to make arrangements to ensure that they have appropriate advice from professionals with expertise in health. Appropriate structures to ensure nursing engagement are already evolving naturally in the GP pathfinder consortia areas with, for example, clinical cabinets with nurse representation. We believe, however, that the board and consortia should have the freedom and flexibility to decide how best they exercise this duty, rather than rely on rigid prescribed structures.
Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements
Priti Patel: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of implementing the European Directive on cross-border healthcare; [47006]
(2) what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of introducing national contact points under the provisions of the European Directive on cross-border healthcare. [47009]
Anne Milton: The costs associated with the treatment of patients in other European Economic Area (EEA) member states will ultimately fall on the commissioning bodies in the United Kingdom. It will be necessary to consider how this will work in future in England as part of the national health service system architecture changes.
The reimbursement of the costs of health services obtained by the patient in another EEA state is capped at the cost of the same or equivalent treatment which the NHS would have made available to the patient under the NHS. The directive reflects the accumulated case law established by the European Court of Justice, which is already implemented in the UK by regulation.
Since patients are only entitled to seek reimbursement up to the cap in respect of necessary medical care where the NHS would have made the same or an equivalent
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treatment available to them, the money for this is in principle already in the system. Similarly, provider bodies will be able to charge incoming patients the full NHS cost of treatment.
There may be additional costs associated with the directive—for example, in connection with the set up of national contact points and in administering the reimbursement of costs. However, these are still to be quantified and should be considered in the context of the requirements already placed upon the NHS to provide information to patients and to have processes in place for managing requests for treatment overseas and handling reimbursement.
Priti Patel: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of patients from other EU member states who will use NHS services in the 12 months following implementation of the European Directive on cross-border healthcare. [47007]
Anne Milton: The number of people who travel overseas for treatment is low. There is very limited information on the current levels of cross-border healthcare in Europe. Assessment is therefore not easy. Responsibility for these matters is devolved to individual primary care trusts in England (and health boards in the devolved administrations).
It is possible, over time, that the United Kingdom will see requests from more European Union patients for access to treatment in hospitals with particular specialist services, where perhaps there are capacity issues in their home countries. However, no provider would be required to accept any patient from elsewhere in the EU to the detriment of home patients. In addition, EU patients would be required to pay the full cost of national health service treatment in advance of that treatment happening.
Hospital Wards
Mr Offord: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he plans to increase the number of single rooms available to hospital patients in the NHS. [46523]
Mr Simon Burns: All business cases for general and acute hospital schemes approved by the new Government contain 50% or more single rooms and half of these contain 100% single rooms.
The Department's guidance is that the proportion of single rooms in new hospital developments should aim to be 50% but should not fall below 20% and must be higher than the facilities they are replacing. The policy and design guidance for the provision of single rooms in mental health accommodation is 100%.
Each national health service trust makes an informed decision locally regarding the appropriate percentage of single room provision based on practical considerations such as site restrictions, affordability as well as clinical and operational limitations. In some cases, providing single rooms for all patients may not be clinically appropriate.
“The Operating Framework for the NHS in England 2011/12” states that:
“Provision of additional single en-suite rooms needs to be included in considering capital investment to eliminate mixed sex accommodation, improve patient's privacy and dignity and provide increased isolation facilities for infection control.”
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Injuries: Knives
Mr Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many knife wound injuries were treated in hospitals in (a) Suffolk, (b) Bedfordshire, (c) Cambridgeshire, (d) Essex, (e) Hertfordshire and (f) Norfolk in each year since 1997. [46943]
Anne Milton: The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the following tables. Data on knife wound injuries are not available by county. The data in the following tables are by primary care trust (PCT) and strategic health authority (SHA).
| Number of finished admission episodes (FAEs) where the external cause code was knife wound for selected SHA/PCT of residence, 2006-07 to 2009-10 | ||||
| East of England SHA | ||||
| PCT of residence description | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 |
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| Number of FAEs where the external cause code was knife wound for selected SHA/PCT of residence, 1997-98 to 2005-06 | |||||||||
| Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire SHA | |||||||||
| PCT of residence description | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 |
| Number of FAEs where the external cause code was knife wound for selected SHA/PCT of residence, 1997-98 to 2005-06 | |||||||||
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire SHA | |||||||||
| PCT of residence description | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 |
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| Number of FAEs where the external cause code was knife wound for selected SHA/PCT of residence, 1997-98 to 2005-06 | |||||||||
| Essex SHA | |||||||||
| PCT of residence description | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 |
| Notes: 1. FAEs: A FAE is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one health care provider. FAEs are counted against the year in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of inpatients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year. 2. Cause code: A supplementary code that indicates the nature of any external cause of injury, poisoning or other adverse effects. Only the first external cause code which is coded within the episode is counted in Hospital Episode Statistics (HES). Codes in italics are those used to define assault. Knife wound: W26 Contact with knife, sword or dagger; X78 Intentional self-harm by sharp object; X99.- Assault by sharp object; Y28.- Contact with sharp object, undetermined intent. These four codes identify any sharp object, and therefore include (but are not limited to) knives. 3. SHA/PCT of residence: The SHA or PCT containing the patient's normal home address. This does not necessarily reflect where the patient was treated as they may have travelled to another SHA/PCT for treatment. 4. NHS Re-organisation: In July 2006, the national health service reorganised SHAs and PCTs in England from 28 SHAs into 10, and from 303 PCTs into 152. As a result data from 2006-07 onwards are not directly comparable with previous years. 5. Data quality: Hospital Episode Statistics HES are compiled from data sent by more than 300 NHS trusts and PCTs in England and from some independent sector organisations for activity commissioned by the English NHS. The NHS Information Centre for health and social care liaises closely with these organisations to encourage submission of complete and valid data and seeks to minimise inaccuracies. While this brings about improvement over time, some shortcomings remain. 6. Small numbers: To protect patient confidentiality, figures between one and five have been replaced with ‘*’ (an asterisk). Where it was still possible to identify numbers from the total an additional number (the next smallest) has been replaced. 7. Activity included: Activity in English NHS Hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector. Source: HES, The NHS Information Centre for Health and Social Care | |||||||||
Lung Transplant
Yasmin Qureshi: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients are awaiting a lung transplant in (a) Bolton, (b) Greater Manchester and (c) London; and how many such patients are over the age of 65 years. [46815]
Anne Milton: The number of people awaiting a lung transplant with postcodes falling, within Bolton, Greater Manchester, London, and the United Kingdom, over 65, is shown in the following table.
| Area | All patients | Patients over 65 |
| (1) Includes one suspended and 13 for heart/lung. (2) Includes one for heart/lung. (3) Includes one for heart/lung. Source: NHS Blood and Transplant National Transplant Database, as at 14 March 2011 | ||
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NHS: Procurement
Bill Esterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of (a) the cost of healthcare commissioning by primary care trusts in the last 12 months for which figures are available and (b) the likely cost of healthcare commissioning under his proposals for GP commissioning in the first 12 months of their operation. [47170]
Mr Simon Burns: The impact assessment that was published alongside the Health and Social Care Bill in January details current commissioning costs and expected savings from general practitioner commissioning.
The total estimated commissioning costs budget for 2010-11 is £3.9 billion. Consortia will be authorised from April 2012 and will take on full responsibility for commissioning healthcare from April 2013. For 2013-14, the commissioning costs budget will be £2.7 billion, leading to a saving of £1.2 billion on 2010-11 costs.
The impact assessment is available at:
www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsLegislation/DH_123583
A copy has already been placed in the Library.
Nurses: Manpower
Mr Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many nurses per 100 beds there were in (a) England, (b) West Suffolk hospital and (c) Ipswich hospital in each year since 2009. [46935]
Anne Milton: The following table gives the number of nurses per 100 beds in the areas requested as at 30 September 2009. Information on the ratio of nurses to beds for 2010 will be available following publication of the annual NHS Workforce Census on 22 March 2011.
| NHS hospital and community health services: qualified nursing staff in England, Ipswich H ospital NHS T rust and West Suffolk H ospitals NHS Trust per 100 “total available beds” as at 30 September 2009 | ||
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| Notes: 1. The “total available beds” figure is the average daily number of open and staffed beds on wards open overnight in national health service hospitals in England. Figures are submitted annually on form KH03 by each NHS trust and provide a summary across all hospital sites within the trust. 2. Staff in post figures are as at 30 September 2009. Figures are calculated against headcount. 3. Figures are rounded to one decimal place. Sources: 1. The NHS Information Centre for health and social care Non-Medical Workforce Census 2. Department of Health KH03 | ||
Obesity
Mr Ruffley:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of (a) children and (b) adults were (i) obese and (ii) overweight when measured by body mass index in (A) Bury St Edmunds constituency, (B)
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Suffolk county council area, (C) the East of England and (D) England in the latest period for which figures are available. [47026]
Anne Milton: Information is not available in the format requested.
Information on the percentage of overweight and obese children in England is available in the “Health Survey for England—2009 trend tables”, Child trend tables, Table 4. Information is provided for children aged two to 15 in England for the years 1995 to 2009. This information is available at:
www.ic.nhs.uk/pubs/hse09trends
The proportion of children aged two to 15 recorded as overweight and obese by strategic health authority (SHA) for 2008 is available in Table 13.3 on page 327 of the “Health Survey for England—2008: Physical activity and fitness”. The information is available at:
www.ic.nhs.uk/pubs/hse08physicalactivity
Further information on the prevalence of overweight and obese children at a primary care trust (PCT) and local authority (LA) level is available through the National Child Measurement programme. Information is available for children in reception (four-five years) and year six (10-11 years) for the year 2009-10. Information showing prevalence of overweight and obese children in these two school years by LA, PCT, SHA and for England is available at:
Tables 2 and 3 of the accompanying Excel file of the National Child Measurement programme: England, 2009-10 school year report is available at:
http://www.ic.nhs.uk/statistics-and-data-collections/health-and-lifestyles/obesity/national-child-measurement-programme-england-2009-10-school-year
Information on the percentage of obese adults aged 16 and over in England is available in the “Health Survey for England—2009 trend tables”, Adult trend tables, Table 4. Information is provided for adults in England for the years 1993 to 2009. This information is available at:
www.ic.nhs.uk/pubs/hse09trends
The proportion of adults aged 16 and over recorded as obese by SHA for 2008 is available in Table 7.3 on page 194 of the “Health Survey for England—2008: Physical activity and fitness”. The information is available at:
www.ic.nhs.uk/pubs/hse08physicalactivity
All these publications have already been placed in the Library.
Orphan Drugs
Kwasi Kwarteng: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to endure that primary care trusts provide funding for patients to obtain access to drugs with orphan drug status. [45784]
Mr Simon Burns: Primary care trusts (PCTs) are legally obliged to provide funding to enable drugs positively appraised by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) to be made available in line with NICE'S guidance. This includes drugs with European orphan designation.
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In the absence of NICE guidance, PCTs are responsible for making funding decisions based on the needs of their local healthcare populations.
Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
Stuart Andrew: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department has plans to review the list of chronic illnesses which entitle those diagnosed with those illnesses aged under 18 years or over 60 years to free prescriptions. [45785]
Mr Simon Burns: We are continuing to explore options for reforming the current prescription charging arrangements, taking into account the financial context. In particular, we are examining the implications of the introduction of universal credit in relation to those current benefits that entitle the recipient of that benefit to free prescriptions. We are also looking at the implications of state pension age changes. We will make announcements about how these changes will be implemented in due course.
Currently all those aged 18 and under in full time education, and those age 60 or over, are exempt from prescription charges in England.
Radiosurgery
Tessa Munt: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) when he expects the report of the National Radiotherapy Implementation Group on radiosurgery to be published; [47076]
(2) what progress he has made in establishing a national tariff for stereotactic radiosurgery; [47077]
(3) what the reason is for the time taken to publish the report of the National Radiotherapy Implementation Group on radiosurgery. [47087]
Paul Burstow: The National Radiotherapy Implementation Group (NRIG) established a subgroup to look at stereotactic radiotherapy (SR), also called stereotactic radiosurgery, in January 2010. It was tasked with reviewing the evidence for all possible clinical indications for SR, assessing existing levels of SR service provision and evaluating the equipment on the market that can deliver SR. It was asked to produce a report by December 2010.
The sub-group presented its draft report to NRIG in January 2011, and the final report was recently submitted to the National Cancer Director, Professor Sir Mike Richards, for his assessment. We expect the report to published in the next few months.
Regarding the introduction of a national tariff for SR, in “Improving Outcomes a Strategy for Cancer” we have set out our intention to investigate the potential development of a range of tariffs to incentivise high quality, cost-effective services, including for the newest radiotherapy techniques. A copy of the strategy has already been placed in the Library.
Salt
Mr Knight: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans his Department has to promote Salt Awareness Week; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of such activities. [46802]
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Anne Milton: Salt Awareness Week is this year being hosted by the hon. Member for Southend West (Mr Amess), as such no cost will be borne by the Department.
Action to reduce salt consumption is being taken forward with the food industry and public health organisations, including Consensus Action on Salt and Health as part of the Public Health Responsibility Deal.
Sickle Cell Diseases: Children
Bob Blackman: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to improve (a) prevention and (b) management, (c) rehabilitation of strokes in children with sickle cell disease. [46880]
Anne Milton: Through the national health service sickle cell and thalassaemia screening programme all expectant women are offered screening for sickle cell disease and thalassaemia. In addition all newborns are offered screening for sickle cell. This allows newly born infants with sickle cell disease to receive a definitive diagnosis of their condition, ensuring that prompt and specific treatment can begin immediately. The Department has supported initiatives to improve the management of the condition including, asking National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to produce a short clinical guideline on the management of a sickle cell crisis in hospital, launching a national registry to identify patients with the condition and monitor care, and funding more NHS posts to increase the number of staff with specific expertise. However, planning local services is a matter for local commissioners.
Tattoos
Mr Knight: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been spent by the NHS in each of the last three years on the removal of tattoos; and if he will estimate the proportion of such spending which was on convicted prisoners in each year. [46801]
Anne Milton: The information requested is not available.
Transplant Surgery
Yasmin Qureshi: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what account the NHS takes of a patient’s age when deciding whether a patient can receive an organ transplant. [46814]
Anne Milton: People are considered for inclusion on the transplant waiting list based on a clinical assessment of their suitability. There is no specific age limit and health professionals decide in each individual case. This includes a number of factors such as the person’s physical health and expected life expectancy post transplant.
Rules for allocating organs are determined by the medical profession in consultation with other health professionals, the Department and specialist advisory groups. Depending on the organ, the blood group, age and a range of other factors relating to both the donor and recipient are all taken into account to ensure the best possible match for each patient. A computer program is used by NHS Blood and Transplant to identify the best matched patient, or alternatively, the transplant unit to which the organ is offered.
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Urology: Nurses
Justin Tomlinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what meetings he has had with representatives of the specialist nursing sector to discuss the work of frontline staff in stoma care. [46217]
Anne Milton: Departmental officials are currently arranging a meeting with representatives of the specialist nursing sector to discuss the work of frontline staff in stoma care.
Vaccination: Procurement
Yasmin Qureshi: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether there is a non-electronic alternative to the online ImmForm system for the ordering of vaccines. [46712]
Anne Milton: From 1 April 2011, ImmForm will become the default process for ordering childhood immunisations. General practitioners may be able to make alternative arrangements with their local primary care trust (PCT) where the PCT is in agreement.
Business continuity plans are in place in the event of an Information Technology failure, but these will be invoked to handle exceptional situations only and will not be available as a normal vaccine ordering route.
Justice
Corruption
Catherine McKinnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what work he has undertaken in his role as the UK’s international anti-corruption champion; and if he will make a statement. [46248]
Mr Kenneth Clarke: As international anti-corruption champion, I hold a key co-ordination role for Government in their international anti-corruption efforts. In this capacity I have consulted with colleagues in other Departments, with NGOs, and with other national and international stakeholders to ensure a coherent and joined-up approach to combat international corruption.
I have already visited Slovakia and Romania to discuss transparency issues and strengthening the independence and integrity of justice systems. I will continue to discuss these important matters with my colleagues in EU member states and countries applying for EU membership.
My priority is the implementation of the Bribery Act 2010. The UK stands alongside our partners in the OECD, the UN, the EU and the Council of Europe, in recognising that bribery needs to be met with robust criminal offences.
Criminal Injuries Compensation
Mr Nuttall: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many claimants to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme were awarded the maximum award of compensation available in each of the last five years for which figures are available; [46536]
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(2) how many cases the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority concluded in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [46621]
Mr Kenneth Clarke: The number of cases CICA has resolved and the number of maximum awards (£500,000) they have paid in each of the last five complete financial years is as follows:
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Sadiq Khan: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how much compensation was paid out by the criminal injuries compensation scheme for each type of injury in each financial year since 1997; [46903]
(2) which injuries are covered by the criminal injuries compensation scheme; and what level of compensation is attached to each such injury. [46905]
Mr Djanogly: I have placed the information answering the right hon. Member’s questions in the Libraries of the House.
Sadiq Khan: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much funding his Department allocated to the criminal injuries compensation scheme in each financial year since 1997. [46904]
Mr Kenneth Clarke: As part of a Machinery of Government change, the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority, which manages the criminal injuries compensation scheme, became the responsibility of the Ministry of Justice from 9 May 2007. Prior to 9 May 2007, the responsibility for the CICA rested with the Home Office.
The Ministry of Justice pays cash grants each year to the CICA for scheme payments and administrative costs. The following table shows the total compensation payments made by the authority from 2007-08 to 2010-11 for cases in England and Wales, funded by the Ministry of Justice.
| Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority | |
| £000 | |