| Dorset | ||||||
| Pupils with SEN without statements | Pupils with statements of SEN | Total (4) | ||||
| Age as at 31 August 2009: | No. | % (5) | No. | % (5) | No. | % (5) |
| (1) Includes maintained and direct grant nursery schools, maintained primary schools, maintained secondary schools, academies, city technology colleges, pupil referral units, maintained and non-maintained special schools. (2) Includes sole registrations. In pupil referral units, includes pupils registered with other providers and at further education colleges. (3) Age as at 31 August 2009. (4) Totals have been rounded to the nearest five. (5) The number of pupils by type of SEN expressed as a percentage of all pupils of the same age. (6) One or two pupils, or a percentage based on one or two pupils. Source: School Census. | ||||||
Third Sector
Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department are participating in volunteering activities as part of his Department’s involvement in the big society initiative. [42661]
Sarah Teather: The Secretary of State for Education and Ministers within the Department participate in a range of volunteering activities.
Truancy
Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment he has made of the position of England in international comparator rates for truancy. [48485]
Mr Gibb: The Department for Education has not assessed the position of England in international comparator rates for truancy.
Written Questions: Government Responses
Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Education when he plans to answer question (a) (i) 28050 and (ii) 28051, tabled on 29 November 2010 and (b) 28761, tabled on 1 December 2010, on school sports partnerships. [32362]
Tim Loughton: Responses to the hon. Member’s questions were printed as follows:
PQ 28050: 12 January 2011, Official Report, column 344W
PQ 28051: 22 March 2011, Official Report, column 1046W
PQ 28761: 13 January 2011, Official Report, column 449W
Women and Equalities
Civil Partnerships
Guto Bebb: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities what plans she has to bring forward legislative proposals to enable civil partnerships to take place in religious settings; whether she plans to undertake a consultation on this issue; and if she will make a statement. [43156]
Lynne Featherstone: We announced on 17 February 2011 our intention to remove the ban in England and Wales on civil partnership registrations being held on religious premises by implementing section 202 of the Equality Act 2010. As section 202 is a permissive provision, religious organisations that do not wish to host civil partnership registrations will not be required to do so as a result of this change.
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In the spring we will launch a consultation on proposals for how civil partnership registrations may be held on religious premises.
Work-based Stress
Chris Ruane: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities what arrangements are in place in her Department to (a) reduce levels of work-based stress and (b) provide assistance to staff diagnosed with such stress. [48193]
Lynne Featherstone: The Government Equalities Office (GEO) has sought to find efficient ways of working and to allocate work fairly so that stress is minimised. Care is taken to set realistic deadlines for work and staff capability is assessed before allocating work. GEO has also developed a Well Being at Work policy. This policy recognises the Health and Safety Commission’s stress management risk factors and includes self help tools designed to help alleviate stress. It also shows what formal support is available, through an Employee Assistance Programme. GEO staff may also seek advice and guidance through the Occupational Health Service.
Women
Fiona Mactaggart: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities who attended the pre-Commission on the Status of Women briefing organised by the Government Equalities Office in January 2011; and which organisations they represented. [48531]
Lynne Featherstone: There were 40 attendees at the pre-UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) 55th Session briefing organised by the Government Equalities Office. The following list gives the UK non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and the other Government Departments (OGDs) represented.
National Alliance of Women's Organisations (NAWO)
Widows for Peace through Democracy
Soroptimist International
Widows Rights International
UN Women UK
International Council of Jewish Women
National Council of Women Great Britain
Baha’i International
Northern Ireland Women
European Platform
Engender
Scottish Women's Convention
UK Resource Centre for Science, Engineering and Technology
International Federation of University Women
World Association of Girl Guides and Girls Scouts
International Federation of Business and Professional Women
UNAMINA
Gender Users Statistics Group
The Haven, Wolverhampton
Womankind International
Trades Union Congress
UNA UK
Department for International Development
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Department of Education
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Home Office.
Energy and Climate Change
Departmental Plants
Luciana Berger: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much his Department has spent on indoor and outdoor plants and trees since his appointment. [48431]
Gregory Barker: The Department has not spent any money on indoor or outdoor plants since the appointment of the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change.
Plants in my own office are grown by myself and purchased at my own expense.
Departmental Public Bodies
Tessa Jowell: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate his Department has made of the level of savings which will accrue from the abolition of the UK Chemical Weapons Convention National Authority Advisory Committee. [48706]
Charles Hendry: It is estimated by the Department that the abolition of the UK Chemical Weapons Convention National Authority Advisory Committee (NAAC) will result in an annual saving of approximately £1,800.
Departmental Stationary
Luciana Berger: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what proportion of his departmental stationery comes from recycled or sustainable sources. [48329]
Gregory Barker: For the period January to December 2010 the Department of Energy and Climate Change purchased 35% of its total stationery requirements (paper and non-paper) from recycled or sustainable sources. In addition 100% of paper supplied to the Department is either recycled or sourced from managed forests.
Electricity: Meters
Kate Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what criteria his Department plans to use to assess the costs and benefits of the roll-out of smart meters. [47634]
Charles Hendry: The Department has published impact assessments setting out the expected costs and benefits of the roll-out of smart meters. Costs and benefits have been assessed in line with the HMT Green Book, which sets out the core principles on which all public sector economic assessment should be appraised.
Costs and benefits are quantified where possible and assessed against a base case scenario which assumes that there is no substantive roll-out of smart meters. Costs and benefits are also adjusted to account for the timing of their incidence by discounting them, and for
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any risk and optimism bias. The impacts of changes in key variables such as energy prices are also considered.
The latest impact assessments were published in July 2010 and may be accessed via the DECC smart meters website at:
http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/consultations/smart_mtr_imp/smart_mtr_imp.aspx
Renewable Energy: British Overseas Territories
Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much his Department has spent on (a) solar energy and (b) tidal energy projects in British Overseas Territories in each of the last three years. [48037]
Gregory Barker: DECC has not spent any money on solar energy or tidal energy projects in British Overseas Territories in any of the last three years.
Renewable Energy: Heating
Mr Robin Walker: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate his Department made of the number of properties which would be affected by roll-out of the planned Renewable Heat Incentive before the recent announcement of its revision; and what estimate it has made of the number of households which will be affected by the new scheme. [48245]
Gregory Barker: The Renewable Heat Premium Payment will provide support of £15 million in 2011-12 for up to 25,000 domestic renewable heat installations. This will be followed by the introduction of RHI tariffs for domestic installations in 2012. However, while we expect this number to grow substantially, we cannot yet give estimates for numbers of domestic installations supported under the RHI tariffs as we have not determined tariff levels and other issues around its operation. A consultation on these details is planned for later in 2011.
Renewable Energy: South West
Dr Wollaston: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment his Department has made of the potential for (a) tidal power, (b) wind power and (c) solar power in renewable energy projects in (i) Totnes constituency, (ii) South Devon and (iii) the South West. [47598]
Gregory Barker: The Department assessed the potential development of marine energy projects in England and Wales as part of the development of the Second Offshore Energy Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) scoping report. The SEA Environmental report has just been published and is now open for consultation. The SEA should pave the way for future leasing rounds for marine (wave and tidal) energy in English waters.
The Department has funded renewable and low carbon energy opportunity assessment studies covering some onshore renewable technologies in England, including for the south-west. We believe that the studies will be helpful to local planning authorities and local communities in drawing up local and neighbourhood plans. It will be for local planning authorities and communities to decide how best to use the findings of the studies to inform
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their development plans and to maximise opportunities for the deployment of renewable and low carbon energy in their areas.
DECC has not made an assessment of offshore wind potential in the south-west. However, in January 2010, the Crown Estate leased the Bristol Channel Round 3 offshore wind Zone 8 to RWE Npower Renewables, the UK subsidiary of RWE Innogy. The target capacity for this zone is 1.5 GW. The total Bristol Channel zone area is 950 km(2).
Following the award of the zone, RWE Npower Renewables announced their intention to develop a 1.5 GW wind farm called ‘Atlantic Array’ within the zone. The site extends over 492 km(2) and is 14 km from the north Devon coast and 18 km from the south Wales coast at its closest point.
The Element Energy report on ‘The Growth Potential for Microgeneration in England, Wales and Scotland’ provides an overall picture of the current and potential future level of demand for microgeneration, including solar power. It includes regional specific information. Further information is available at:
http://www.decc.gov.uk/publications/Default. aspx?term=potential%20of%20microgeneration%20 teclinolsies&tags=&urn=&fromDate=&toDate=&alpha
Third Sector
Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much his Department provided to each charity it funds in each year since its inception; and how much he has allocated for funding to each such charity in each of the next five years. [48291]
Gregory Barker: The Department of Energy and Climate Change does not set aside a specific amount for charities and voluntary organisations. However, charities and voluntary organisations have been and continue to be able to apply, via our delivery partners, for grant funding under certain DECC low carbon schemes.
Health
Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards
Mr Bradshaw: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospital accident and emergency departments in each strategic health authority did not meet the target of treating 98%. of patients within four hours in each of the last six quarters in which the target was applied. [48295]
Mr Simon Burns: The information shown in the following table is the number of organisations in each strategic health authority (SHA) that did not meet the target of treating 98% of patients within four hours in each of the last six quarters for which the target applied.
| SHA name |
|
Quarter | Number of organisations | Number of organisations not meeting the 98% target |
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| Notes: 1. From Q1 2010-11, the calculation of accident and emergency (A and E) performance changed. Prior to 2010-11, the calculation identified the proportion of breaches with respect to all A and E attendances, irrespective of whether the time spent in A and E was known. The new calculation uses the breaches as a proportion of total attendances for which the time spent in A and E is known. Any attendances for which the time spent in A and E is unknown are excluded from the total attendances for the purpose of this calculation. 2. Figures shown include all acute trusts in England. Percentage figures calculated including activity at partner primary care trusts or independent sector providers. Source: Unify2 data collection: QMAE. | ||||
Mr Bradshaw: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospital accident and emergency departments in each strategic health authority have met the target to treat 95%. of patients within four hours in each quarter since the target was reduced from 98%. [48298]
Mr Simon Burns: The information shown in the following table is the number of organisations in each strategic health authority (SHA) that met the target to treat 95% of patients within four hours in each quarter since the target was reduced from 98%.
| SHA name | Year | Quarter | Number of organisations | Number of organisations meeting the 95% target |
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| Notes: 1. From Q1 2010-11, the calculation of accident and emergency (A&E) performance changed. Prior to 2010-11 the calculation identified the proportion of breaches with respect to all A&E attendances, irrespective of whether the time spent in A&E was known. The new calculation uses the breaches as a proportion of total attendances for which the time spent in A&E is known. Any attendances for which the time spent in A&E is unknown are excluded from the total attendances for the purpose of this calculation. 2. Figures shown include all acute trusts in England. Percentage figures calculated including activity at partner primary care trust or independent sector providers. Source: Unify2 data collection—QMAE | ||||
Departmental Hospitality
Luciana Berger: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department has spent on the contents of ministerial drinks cabinets since 12 May 2010. [48401]
Ambulance Services
Fiona Mactaggart: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues on arrangements to improve liaison between ambulance services and other emergency responders; what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of cooperation between blue-light services; and if he will make a statement. [48149]
Mr Simon Burns: The Department of Health, along with the Home Office and the Department of Communities and Local Government, continues to encourage and support regular communication across all emergency services. While the police, fire and rescue, and NHS ambulance services will continue to offer vital, but very different and separate services, there are continuous discussions to identify areas where the emergency services could work more closely and effectively together.
Departmental Contracts
Tessa Jowell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the change in the (a) volume and (b) monetary value of services provided by his Department which have been contracted out to (i) the third sector and (ii) the private sector between January 2005 and December 2010. [48163]
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Mr Simon Burns: From the Department’s Central Procurement’s Database it is not possible to accurately distinguish between services being provided by the Department and to the Department. To accurately identify services being provided by the Department, and then whether the provider is classified as third sector or private sector, would involve an inquiry to and search for every Directorate within the Department which could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Drugs: Misuse
Nicola Blackwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funding will be available for drug and alcohol services after April 2011; and what bodies will be responsible for such services. [47953]
Anne Milton: Central funding for drug treatment is currently provided to primary care trusts (PCTs) in the form of the pooled treatment budget. £406.7 million is being made available for 2011-12. In addition funding for the Drug Intervention Programme of £60 million and funding of £69 million is available to national health service trusts for drug treatment and interventions in adult and children and young people’s secure settings.
Alcohol interventions and services are funded by the general allocation that PCTs receive from the Department. It is the responsibility of PCTs to assess the needs of their communities, to agree what to prioritise and to commission services.
From April 2013, drug and alcohol services will fall within the services that it is proposed will be funded by Public Health England and commissioned by local authorities as part of their new public health functions and funded from their ring-fenced public health budget.
The Department is carrying out an exercise to determine how much is currently spent on those activities that would be funded from the public health budget, including drug and alcohol services. This work will take account of the outcome of the on-going consultation around the public health White Paper, which ends on 31 March.
Epilepsy: Bexley
Mr Evennett: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in the London Borough of Bexley were diagnosed with epilepsy in each of the last 10 years. [47979]
Paul Burstow: The information requested has never been collected.
The national Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) records the number of people, aged 18 or over, recorded on practice disease registers who are receiving drug treatment for epilepsy. The register is not a count of patients newly diagnosed with the disease within each year but rather a count of patients receiving drug treatment for epilepsy on a specific day within the year. These data are available for the releases of QOF covering financial years 2005-06 through to 2009-10 at:
www.ic.nhs.uk/statistics-and-data-collections/audits-and-performance/the-quality-and-outcomes-framework
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Genito-urinary Medicine
Mr Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Brighton, Kemptown of 16 February 2011, Official Report, column 860W, on genito-urinary medicine, on what date he plans to publish a new sexual health strategy. [48175]
Anne Milton: No decisions have yet been taken on what date this year the document on sexual health will be published.
Health Services: Yorkshire and the Humber
Julian Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the level of spending per head of population was in the (a) North Yorkshire and York Primary Care Trust area, (b) Bradford and Airedale Primary Care Trust area and (c) area covered by the Yorkshire and the Humber Strategic Health Authority in the latest period for which figures are available. [47902]
Mr Simon Burns: The level of spending per head of population in 2009-10, the most recent financial year for which figures are available, by North Yorkshire and York Primary Care Trust (PCT), Bradford and Airedale PCT and the sum of the constituent PCTs in the Yorkshire and the Humber Strategic Health Authority (SHA) patch are shown in the following table:
| Organisation | 2009-10 (£) |
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| Note: “The level of spending” has been interpreted as the total revenue expenditure of the PCTs (the net operating costs). Source: The net operating cost is taken from the audited summarisation schedules of PCTs for 2009-10. This figure is divided by the PCTs' resident population to derive the spend per head figure. | |
Hospitals: Waiting Lists
Mr Bradshaw: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients (a) in each primary care trust area in the South West and (b) in each strategic health authority area were not treated within 18 weeks of referral in each quarter since January 2009. [48302]
Mr Simon Burns: The Department collects and publishes monthly referral to treatment data which are used to monitor national health service waiting times. These data include information on how many patients waited more than 18 weeks before starting treatment. The Department does not collect information on the reasons why patients waited longer than 18 weeks but these will include those patients who chose to wait longer for personal or social reasons, for example to work around family or work commitments, or where waiting longer was clinically appropriate. For these reasons, there will always be a number of patients who are not treated within 18 weeks of referral.
This information is contained in the following tables:
| Number of admitted (adjusted) patients in each primary care trust (PCT) area in the South West not treated within 18 weeks of referral per quarter since January 2009 | |||||||||
| PCT c ode | PCT name | Q4 2008-09 | Q1 2009-10 | Q2 2009-10 | Q3 2009-10 | Q4 2009-10 | Q1 2010-11 | Q2 2010-11 | Q3 2010-11 |
| Number of non-admitted patients in each primary care trust area in the South West not treated within 18 weeks of referral per quarter since January 2009 | |||||||||
| PCT code | PCT name | Q4 2008-09 | Q1 2009-10 | Q2 2009-10 | Q3 2009-10 | Q4 2009-10 | Q1 2010-11 | Q2 2010-11 | Q3 2010-11 |
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| Number of admitted (adjusted) patients in each strategic health authority (SHA) area not treated within 18 weeks of referral per quarter since January 2009 | ||||||||
| SHA name | Q4 2008-09 | Q1 2009-10 | Q2 2009-10 | Q3 2009-10 | Q4 2009-10 | Q1 2010-11 | Q2 2010-11 | Q3 2010-11 |
| Number of non-admitted patients in each strategic health authority (SHA) area not treated within 18 weeks of referral per quarter since January 2009 | ||||||||
| SHA name | Q4 2008-09 | Q1 2009-10 | Q2 2009-10 | Q3 2009-10 | Q4 2009-10 | Q1 2010-11 | Q2 2010-11 | Q3 2010-11 |
Lung Cancer
Charlotte Leslie: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to develop outcome measures for lung cancer treatment. [48052]
Paul Burstow:
On 20 December 2010, we published “The NHS Outcomes Framework 2011/12”, which will measure the overall progress of the national health service in delivering better health outcomes for patients.
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The first NHS Outcomes Framework contains outcomes for cancer including ‘one-year and five-year survival rates for lung cancer’.
In addition, we have published “Improving Outcomes —A Strategy for Cancer”, which sets out a range of measures to improve outcomes for all cancer patients, including those with lung cancer. Backed by more than £750 million over the next four years, the strategy sets out our plans to improve earlier diagnosis, access to screening and treatment, and patients’ experience of care.
Copies of both publications have been placed in the Library.
NHS: Manpower
Simon Hart: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many non-medical staff in each (a) salary range and (b) category of employment the NHS employed in each year since 2008. [47812]
Mr Simon Burns: The full-time equivalent (FTE) number of non-medical staff employed by the national health service in England in each £5,000 basic pay band for the period April to June for the years 2008, 2009 and 2010 is shown in table 1.
The numbers of non-medical staff in each staff group employed by the NHS in England for 2008 and 2009 are shown in table 2. The figures are taken from the annual NHS work force census of NHS staff in England at 30 September each year.
The data in the two tables are not comparable because pay band data are extracted from the payroll dimension of the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and include only staff who are on Agenda for Change terms and conditions so, for example, 114,000 general practitioner (GP) practice staff are not included. As such, staff numbers in this report will not match those in the NHS work force census which covers all staff employed by the NHS in England. Data on staff groups in table 2 are extracted from the annual NHS work force census. As noted above these figures will not match those derived from the earnings process.
| Table 1: Basic pay and total earnings for non medical staff groups, English NHS, 2008-10 | |||
| Full-time equivalent (2) | |||
| Basic salary (1) | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
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| (1) Mean basic salary is calculated by dividing the total amount of annualised basic pay earned by staff by the total worked FTE for those staff m the period specified. (2) Calculated as mean basic salary, but for all earnings. This includes basic salary, plus hours related pay, overtime, occupation payments, location payments and other payments including redundancy pay or payment of notice periods. (3) Indicates that the number is less than 10 so the data are obscured in line with the Data Protection Act. Notes: 1. These figures represent payments made using the Electronic Staff Record to NHS staff who are on Agenda for Change pay scales. 2. Figures based on data from all NHS organisations who are using ESR (two foundation trusts have not taken up ESR). 3. Earnings data are extracted from the payroll dimension of ESR and undergoes a different data manipulation process to NHS census data. As such, staff numbers in this report will not match those in the NHS Census. Source: Information Centre for Health and Social Care NHS Staff Earnings Estimates. April to July 2008, 2009 and 2010—processed using data taken from the Electronic Staff Record Data Warehouse. | |||
| Table 2: NHS hospital and community health service (HCHS) and general practice work force England | ||
| Headcount | ||
| As at 30 September | 2008 | 2009 |
|
Total qualified scientific, therapeutic and technical staff(4) |
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Obesity
Jason McCartney: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the proportion of NHS funding to treat morbid obesity which is provided for (a) medical solutions and (b) holistic approaches. [47962]
Anne Milton: None. It is up to primary care trusts to commission a range of health care services for their population, based on clinical need and effectiveness.
Jason McCartney: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps the NHS is taking to enable obese individuals to take control of their own weight loss management. [47963]
Anne Milton: It is up to primary care trusts to commission a range of health care services for their population, based on clinical need and effectiveness.
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has set ‘Guidance on the prevention, identification, assessment and management of overweight and obesity in adults and children’, available at:
www.nice.org.uk/CG43
This guidance sets out clinical and public health recommendations for the prevention and management of overweight and obesity, including different services that can help individuals to manage their weight.
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Jason McCartney: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what arrangements are in place in the NHS to support charities concerned with childhood obesity. [47964]
Anne Milton: It is for primary care trusts to commission services to meet the health care needs of their local populations, taking account of local and national priorities.
The Department administers the Innovation, Excellence and Service Development Fund. This scheme provides charities with funding to support projects in the health and social care field. Organisations are asked to align their proposals with one or more of the cross cutting themes set out by the Department.
Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of (a) men and (b) women in each socio-economic decile who are (i) overweight and (ii) obese. [48191]
Anne Milton: Information is not available in the format requested. We do not hold information on socio-economic deciles.
Information on the percentage of overweight and obese men and women, aged 16 and over, by equivalised household income quintiles in England in 2009, is included in table 7.3 of the ‘Health Survey for England—2009: Health and lifestyles’ report. This information is available on the NHS Information Centre's website at:
www.ic.nhs.uk/pubs/hse09report
This publication has been placed in the Library.