Overseas Students
Mr Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what legal advice he has received on the eligibility of EU students (a) to the National Scholarship Programme and (b) for fee waivers; and if he will make a statement. [69053]
Mr Willetts: Legal advice obtained by the Department is confidential and the subject of legal professional privilege.
EU students are only eligible for National Scholarship Programme awards that are related to fees.
Regional Growth Fund
Mr Marsden: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the value of bids which were successful in Round 2 of the Regional Growth Fund was for each administrative English region. [70913]
Mr Prisk: Decisions on Round 2 bids have not yet been made as bids are being assessed. We expect to make announcements on successful bids in the autumn.
Mr Marsden: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on what date he will complete the process of validation of successful bids for the Regional Growth Fund. [70914]
Mr Prisk: We do not have dates yet for the completion of validation process of successful bids for the Regional Growth Fund. Over 490 bids have been received in Round 2 of the Regional Growth Fund. Bids are being assessed and will be forwarded to the Ministerial Panel before decisions can be announced in the autumn.
Mr Marsden: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many officials in his Department are working primarily on validation of successful bids for the Regional Growth Fund. [70917]
Mr Prisk: There are 11 (full-time equivalent) officials drawn from Government Departments who are based in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and working primarily on the assessment of bids received in Round 2 of the Regional Growth Fund.
Students: Lone Parents
Mr Marsden: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what discussions he has had with (a) the Minister for Women and Equalities and (b) the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the eligibility of lone parents for fee waiver or remission following the Government's proposed changes to fees for courses. [70915]
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Cabinet Office
Mortality Rates
Dr Poulter: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the (a) life expectancy, (b) cancer survival rate and (c) infant mortality rate was for the five (i) most and (ii) least prosperous primary care trust areas in England in each year since 1997. [68222]
Mr Hurd: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated July 2011;
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking what the (a) life expectancy, (b) cancer survival rate and (c) infant mortality rate was for (i) the five wealthiest primary care trust areas in England and (ii) the five poorest primary care trust areas in England in each year since 1997. [68222]
There is currently no indicator available for the wealth of the population of primary care organisations in England, and an individual's wealth is not recorded at either death or cancer registration. However, there is an income deprivation indicator available for primary care organisations, based on the percentage of the population of each area living in low income families reliant on means tested benefits(1). This indicator has been used as a proxy for defining wealthy and poor areas in this answer, although it should be noted that populations and families could be wealthy but have a low income and vice versa.
Life expectancy figures are calculated as three-year rolling averages and are available for primary care organisations, from 2001-03 to 2007-09, for males and females separately. Table 1 provides the period life expectancy at birth for (a) males and (b) females living in (i) the five primary care organisations with the lowest percentage of the population living in low income families, and (ii) the five primary care organisations with the highest percentage of the population living in low income families.
One-year cancer survival index figures are available for individual years 1996 to 2006, all cancers combined, persons resident in each primary care organisation, for patients diagnosed during 1996-2006 and followed up to the end of 2007. Table 2 provides one-year survival index figures for all cancers combined for persons living in (i) the five primary care organisations with the lowest percentage of the population living in low income families, and (ii) the five primary care organisations with the highest percentage of the population living in low income families.
Table 3 provides infant mortality rates for each year from 1997 to 2009 (the latest year available), for (i) the five primary care organisations with the lowest percentage of the population living in low income families, and (ii) the five primary care organisations with the highest percentage of the population living in low income families.
Copies of Tables 1 to 3 have been placed in the House of Commons Library.
(1) This small area indicator was developed by the Association of Public Health Observatories, on behalf of the Department of Health, for Joint Strategic Needs Assessment. The indicator is based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation (2010) income domain score.
BBC Monitoring
John McDonnell: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office when his Department will issue a response to the Intelligence and Security Committee Annual Report 2010-11 in respect of BBC Monitoring. [68253]
Mr Maude: The Cabinet Office plans to issue a response to the ISC’s Annual Report on 14 September.
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John McDonnell: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what recent meetings have taken place between members of his ministerial team and officials working in his Department and representatives of the BBC regarding funding for BBC Monitoring. [68254]
Mr Maude: There was intensive consultation on funding between Cabinet Office and BBC Monitoring (BBCM) teams up to the beginning of April when the funding profile for BBCM over its transition (2011-12, 2012-13) to BBC Main from 2013-14 was finalised. Since funding has now been settled the focus of ongoing consultations is now on making the transition work for BBCM and for its customers in Government.
John McDonnell: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what assessment his Department has made of the effects on local economies of the implementation of the outcomes of the 2010 spending review in respect of funding for BBC Monitoring. [68255]
Mr Maude: The outcome of the 2010 spending review was that BBC Monitoring (BBGM) would transition to BBC Main from 2013-14. The BBC will become responsible for how and from where agreed services are delivered.
Civil Contingencies Secretariat
Mark Pritchard: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will review the effectiveness and efficiency of the Civil Contingencies Secretariat. [70165]
Mr Maude: The effectiveness and efficiency of all teams in the Cabinet Office is monitored through the Cabinet Office’s annual business planning and performance process. There are no plans to conduct a specific review into the work of the Civil Contingencies Secretariat.
Civil Service Live Conference
Priti Patel: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the cost to the public purse was of Civil Service Live on 5-7 July 2011. [69112]
Mr Maude: Civil Service Live events are owned and managed by the private company Dods (the publisher of Civil Service World).
The events are free for civil servants to attend. There will have been some travel and subsistence costs for delegates. These will have followed the travel and subsistence guidelines set by Departments.
Common Good Communications Council
Mr Ivan Lewis: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what progress he has made on implementing the proposal for a Common Good Communications Council; and if he will make a statement. [68282]
Mr Maude: Preparatory meetings have been held between officials and public sector broadcasters.
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Corruption
Philip Davies: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office whether account is taken of (a) convictions for corruption and (b) breaches of rules in (i) the UK and (ii) the EU when deciding on the award of Government contracts. [69736]
Mr Maude: Much public procurement is governed by European Union Procurement Directives, implemented in UK legislation. These rules explicitly require bidders to be excluded if they or their directors have been convicted of certain offences, including corruption. Exclusion is permitted for other wrong doing, including other criminal offences or gross professional misconduct.
Creative Industries
Mr Ivan Lewis: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office whether the creative industries are included in the Office for National Statistics economic indicators. [68532]
Mr Hurd: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated July 2011:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking whether creative industries are captured in any economic indicators produced by the ONS. [68532]
Economic indicators are routinely published according to the Standard Industrial Classification 2003. The concept of the creative industries is not easily constructed from the SIC and so economic indicators are not regularly published as an aggregate. However, an article was published on the ONS website in early 2011 which detailed the nine main industries that form the UK's creative sector, as identified by the Department for Culture, Media and Sports (DCMS).
This article can be found at:
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/search/index.html?page Size=50&newquery=creative+industries
Consultants
John McDonnell: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many times officials in the Office of Government Commerce met representatives of (a) Siemens Project Ventures GmbH, (b) Innisfree Ltd and (c) 3i Infrastructure plc between 1 January 2008 and 16 June 2011. [68705]
Mr Maude: There are no records of meetings between officials in the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) and representatives of (a) Siemens Project Ventures GmbH, (b) Innisfree Ltd and (c) 3i Infrastructure plc between January 2008 and June 2010, when OGC was absorbed into the Efficiency and Reform Group.
UKTI/Business Link: Manpower
Alan Johnson: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office whether his Department has issued directions to staff in (a) UK Trade & Investment and (b) Business Links on communications with hon. Members about potential (i) job losses and (ii) organisational changes within each organisation. [69607]
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Mr Maude [holding answer 7 September 2011]: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by the Minister for Business and Enterprise, my hon. Friend the Member for Hertford and Stortford (Mr Prisk), on 6 September 2011, Official Report, columns 609-10W.
Procurement
Owen Smith: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what methodology (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible used to estimate savings to the public purse made in respect of its procurement and purchasing since May 2010. [69273]
Mr Maude: The Cabinet Office and its NDPBs calculate savings on their procurement expenditure by comparing (a) the total annual spend for each category of goods and services with the equivalent expenditure for 2009-10 and (b) current prices with previous prices paid for commodities where existing contracts have been renegotiated or new contracts put in place since May 2010.
Director of Public Prosecutions
Helen Goodman: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answer of 12 July 2011, Official Report, column 262W, on Director of Public Prosecutions, whether Lord Macdonald of River Glaven cleared his contract with News Corporation with the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments. [68787]
Mr Maude: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 19 July 2011, Official Report, column 891W.
Financial Services: Foreign Workers
David Wright: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office whether he has undertaken an impact assessment of jobs being offshored by private companies holding public sector contracts in the next five years. [68601]
Mr Maude: The Government have not undertaken any impact assessment of the number of jobs delivering public sector contracts likely to be offshored in the next five years. It is for suppliers to determine the number and location of jobs required to enable them to fulfil any given contract.
David Wright: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office whether he has estimated how many jobs are likely to be offshored by companies holding Government contracts over the next five years. [68602]
Mr Maude: The Government do not hold this information as it is for suppliers to determine the number and location of jobs required to enable them to fulfil any given contract.
Freedom of Information
Andrew Rosindell:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office with reference to (a) the publication by the Prime Minister of his meetings with media executives and (b) paragraph 74 of the Third Report of the Procedure Committee, Session 2008-09, on written parliamentary questions, HC 952, if he will publish a
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list of each meeting the Rt. hon. Member for Doncaster North (Ed Miliband) held with newspaper and media proprietors, editors and senior media executives, while he was Minister in the Cabinet Office, disclosing the same information as if a request had been submitted under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 provisions and using the same criteria and methodology as the Prime Minister in compiling his list. [69017]
Mr Maude: It is not for this Government to account for the actions of the previous Administration.
Mr Watson: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) what recent discussions he has had with the Information Commissioner's office on steps to improve his Department's performance in responding to requests made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000; [69792]
(2) how many subject access requests his Department has received in the last 12 months for which figures are available; [69780]
(3) how many requests his Department has received to conduct internal reviews of requests made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in the last 12 months for which figures are available; [69779]
(4) how many requests under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 his Department has received in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and what proportion of such requests were answered within 20 working days; [69778]
(5) how many people are employed by his Department to monitor and respond to requests made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000; what level of training each such member of staff has received; and if he will make a statement. [69777]
Mr Maude [holding answer 7 September 2011]:Officials from the Cabinet Office met with the Deputy Commissioner on 11 May to discuss the improvements necessary when responding to requests made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and, following the undertaking agreed with the Information Commissioner on 22 June, on 4 August to discuss the steps being taken to put these measures in place and the progress made in improving the handling of requests.
Requests for information held by the Cabinet Office are dealt with by the most appropriate area within the Department. The Cabinet Office operates a centralised system for managing cases and for authorising disclosure of information involving a team of five staff. All people in the team receive training in dealing with handling information requests
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/training_ of_foi_staff_in_cabinet
Guidance on the handling of requests for information is available to all staff on the departmental intranet and is supplemented by advice by the central team as necessary.
Statistics on the implementation of FOI in central Government, including the Cabinet Office are available on the Ministry of Justice website
www.justice.gov.uk/publications/statistics-and-data/foi/implementation.htm
The Cabinet Office received 44 subject access requests for information under the Data Protection Act in the period 1 July 2010-31 July 2011.
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Government Departments: Procurement
Tom Greatrex: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what progress he has made on eliminating pre-qualification questionnaires for central Government procurements under £100,000. [70080]
Mr Maude: 14 out of 17 Departments have confirmed that they have eliminated the use of pre-qualification questionnaires for procurements below £100,000. A further Department will have eliminated their use by the end of September 2011. Work is under way with the two remaining Departments, which have additional security requirements to consider, to implement necessary changes to their pre-qualification processes.
Licensing
Mike Weatherley: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office whether his Department has considered the merits of fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) licensing obligations in respect of procurement policy Action Note 3/11, issued on 31 January 2011. [70111]
Mr Maude: The Government require that their ICT should be built on open standards, wherever possible, to improve competition and avoid lock-in to a particular technology or supplier.
Fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) specifications may present some difficulties for the open source software development model in terms of patents and royalties. To deliver a level playing field for both open source and proprietary software, open standards are needed.
Public Bodies
Mr Watson: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will place in the Library an updated list of non-departmental public bodies and their parent Departments. [69791]
Mr Maude [holding answer 7 September 2011]:The Cabinet Office publishes a list of non-departmental public bodies and their parent Departments in its publication “Public Bodies”. The latest version will be published in due course taking into account any changes that may occur as a result of the Public Bodies Review and proposed legislation.
Andrew Jones: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what estimate he has made of savings to the public purse from the abolition of public bodies since May 2010; and what estimate he has made of savings to be realised in the next year. [70093]
Mr Maude: We estimate that cumulative administrative savings of £2.6 billion will flow from public bodies over the spending review period. When reductions in programme and capital spend are taken into account, we estimate that total spending through public bodies will be reduced by at least £11 billion per year by 2014-15, a cumulative amount of £30 billion over the spending review period.
Departments are currently refining their estimates, as implementation plans develop.
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Public Sector: Pensions
Mr Anderson: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office whether he has had recent discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the timetable for negotiations on changes to public service pension schemes. [70562]
Mr Maude: I meet regularly with my ministerial colleagues including those in the Treasury to discuss a range of issues, including various aspects of the reform of public service pension schemes.
Public Sector: Procurement
Tom Greatrex: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what progress has been made on requiring small and medium-sized enterprises to provide pre-qualification data only once for Government procurements in common commodities. [70043]
Mr Maude: The Government Dynamic Marketplace pilot, launched on 19 July provides a single, simple registration process for suppliers:
https://register4ukgov.procserveonline.com
Tom Greatrex: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what progress his Department has made regarding use of the open procedure for large central Government procurements. [70065]
Mr Maude: Departments are currently piloting the use of the open procurement procedure in 12 procurements, in order to assess the impact of a broader range of suppliers submitting tenders for Government business.
We will collate emerging findings from these procurements to assess the impact of using this procurement procedure on both buyers and suppliers.
Tom Greatrex: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) which (a) products and (b) services have been pitched successfully as a result of an SME Product Surgery; [70069]
(2) how many products and services have been pitched successfully at an SME Product Surgery organised by his Department since the scheme's inception; [70070]
(3) what the monetary value has been of central Government contracts with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that were a direct result of a product or service pitched at an SME Product Surgery. [70071]
Mr Maude: The Product Surgeries are intended to promote an opportunity for constructive dialogue between innovative SMEs and Government Departments.
From over 350 submissions, the following nine SMEs were invited to present their products or services to the Innovation Launch Pad Product Surgery on 19 July:
Adinfa
Becrypt
CatN
Cambridge Temperature Concepts
Health Analytics
HotDocs
Learning Pool
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MyWorkSearch
Software Europe
However, it is not possible to say that any new contracts have been or will be awarded as a direct result of any Product Surgery, as public sector contracts can only be awarded after an appropriate competitive procurement.
Tom Greatrex: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many small and medium-sized enterprises have participated in the mystery shopper scheme. [70075]
Mr Maude: Between 11 February and 6 September, 69 small and medium-sized enterprises have participated in the mystery shopper scheme. The results for the first three months (February to May) can be seen at:
www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/resource-library/mystery-shopper
Tom Greatrex: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office when the Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Panel last met; and on what date it will next meet. [70079]
Mr Maude: The SME Panel last met on 29 June 2011. The next meeting is planned for 26 September.
Tom Greatrex: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) when he last met the SME Panel to discuss the Government's progress in increasing the level of business with small and medium-sized enterprises; [70311]
(2) when he last met representatives of his Department's SME Panel to discuss progress in increasing government contracts with small and medium-sized enterprises. [70041]
Mr Maude [holding answer 7 September 2011]: I attended the first meeting of the SME Panel, held on 29 June 2011 where this was discussed.
Royalties
Mike Weatherley: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what assessment he has made of the effect of procurement policy Action Note 3/11 on industries that depend on royalties. [70112]
Mr Maude: Through specifying open standards in Government ICT procurement, the Government are looking to improve interoperability, maximise efficiency and reduce cost to the taxpayer.
No formal assessment has been carried out on the effects of policy Action Note 3/11 on industries that depend on royalties or on industry that requires royalty free standards to operate. We are about to commence a review of this note and the Government are actively engaged with industry on the impact of Action Note 3/11 which is being considered alongside feedback from the UK Government Open Standards Survey and other consultations.
Mike Weatherley: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office whether his Department carried out a cost-benefit analysis of the procurement policy Action Note 3/11 on the use of open standards when specifying ICT requirements issued on 31 January 2011; and if he will make a statement. [70115]
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Mr Maude: The Cabinet Office did not carry out a generic cost-benefit analysis on the policy procurement note. Cost-benefit analysis should be carried out by Departments as part of the procurement process for each specific implementation.
Social Enterprises
Zac Goldsmith: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office whether he has any plans to review (a) procurement policies in relation to and (b) the effects of procurement decisions on social enterprises. [69377]
Mr Maude: We continue to look at new approaches to delivering public services. In the Open Public Services White Paper we have made a commitment to regularly assess the barriers to entry and exit that may prevent innovation from being achieved and hamper diversity of supply, which includes from social enterprises.
We believe public services should be open to a range of providers, including social enterprises (and SMEs) and have consulted on how this can be achieved. On 11 February we announced a set of measures to tackle barriers to SMEs in Government procurement, which will also help social enterprises. As with all Government procurement, value for money for the public purse is the over-riding imperative.
Voluntary Work
Steve Rotheram: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what recent assessment he has made of progress with the big society initiative. [70814]
Mr Hurd: The Government have taken significant steps towards changing the relationship between the citizen and the state by pushing down power to individuals and communities, encouraging people to take action to make the changes they want to see, and challenging public service providers to deliver better and more localised services. For example:
24 free schools are now up and running, creating choice for parents, enabling communities to set up schools that meet their needs.
National Citizen Service is delivering to thousands of young people in England; and aspires to deliver opportunities for up to 30,000 young people by next year.
The Giving White paper has set out a number of announcements to support the giving of time and money—such as AMT and payroll giving.
The Localism Bill—currently in the Lords—will devolve greater powers to councils and neighbourhoods and give local communities more control over housing and planning decisions.
45,000 public sector workers are now in mutuals, with the aspiration to have 1 million public sector workers in mutuals by 2015.
The Open Public Services White Paper has set out plans to create greater diversity in the delivery of public services by opening up the market to a greater number of providers.
Voluntary Work: Young People
Mr Hollobone: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what recent assessment he has made of the National Citizens Service pilots. [70058]
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Mr Hurd: NCS is providing 16-year-olds across England with the opportunity to take part in challenging outdoor activities and to give something back to their communities. I have visited a number of the pilot programmes this summer and the feedback I have heard from the young people taking part has been overwhelmingly positive.
An independent evaluation of the NCS pilots is currently taking place and I will be able to update the House on the outcomes of that evaluation once it has concluded.
Home Department
Civil Disorder
Mr Slaughter: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether budgets for criminal justice agencies in 2011-12 and subsequent financial years will be reviewed in light of the public disorder in August 2011. [70127]
Mr Djanogly: I have been asked to reply.
The Ministry of Justice has responsibility for the criminal justice system and my Department works closely with the Home Office and Attorney-General's Office.
As part of its regular financial and operational management, the Ministry of Justice monitors sentencing trends and prison population against the financial and capacity plans. The Department is closely monitoring the impact on its services, but the full scale of the financial implications will not be known until all offenders have been sentenced by the courts.
In relation to the police, there is no plan to review the funding settlement. The Home Office believes that although challenging the settlement they have reached for the police is both fair and manageable. There is no question that the police will have the resources to do their important work.
The CPS is currently assessing the additional costs which will be incurred as a result of the recent public disorder. Investigations and prosecutions will continue over the next two years at least and the full impact will not be known until all investigations and prosecutions are concluded.
The Ministry of Justice and CPS will continue to keep the Treasury informed about the implications for their financial position.
Women and Equalities
Departmental Correspondence
Austin Mitchell: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities how many letters the Government Equalities Office received from hon. Members in June 2011. [68766]
Mrs May: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 5 September 2011, Official Report, columns 243-44W.
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Justice
Birmingham Prison
Mr Iain Wright: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the period of protection is for prison staff working in HMP Birmingham under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations. [70249]
Mr Blunt: The Transfer of Undertakings Protection of Employment (TUPE) Regulations do not specify a time limit. Therefore the protection afforded by TUPE is not time limited. Contractual terms and conditions are protected indefinitely against changes that are directly connected to the transfer, unless there is a valid economic, technical or organisational reason entailing changes in the workforce.
Civil Disorder
Mr Slaughter: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what effect the public disorder in August 2011 will have on the funding of (a) probation, (b) court and (c) prison services in (i) the current financial year and (ii) subsequent financial years. [70121]
Mr Djanogly: The recent civil disorder will potentially impact the operational costs of the Ministry of Justice, including courts, probation, and prison services. As part of our regular financial and operational management we are monitoring sentencing trends and prison population against our financial and capacity plans. The full impact of the public disorder will not be known until all offenders have been sentenced by the courts.
Mr Slaughter: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many court reports were prepared on people in connection with the public disorder in August 2011 in England and Wales; [70122]
(2) how many people convicted of an offence in connection with the public disorder in August 2011 have been imprisoned; [70123]
(3) how many people arrested in connection with the public disorder in August 2011 were remanded into custody following a first hearing. [70124]
Mr Blunt: The Ministry of Justice is currently publishing frequent updates on people being dealt with by the court system in relation to the disturbances on 6-9 August. These reports can be found on the Ministry of Justice website at:
http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/statistics-and-data/ad-hoc/index.htm
As the publication notes the Chief Statistician will review the quality of data and release further breakdowns as reliable data become available. A more detailed release will be published on 15 September containing detailed information on age, gender, offence committed, sentence given and previous criminal history.
Mike Weatherley: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether he plans to review sentencing terms as part of the Government's response to the recent disturbances in London and other English cities. [70270]
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Mr Blunt: ( )Sentencing decisions are entirely a matter for the courts;( )magistrates and judges are independent of the Government and their( )sentencing decisions are based on the individual circumstances of each case( )and offender, and the relevant sentencing guidelines. Early cases are( )providing a clear indication of the seriousness being attached to these( )particular cases by the courts.
We have established the Communities and Victims Panel to explore what( )lessons can be learned, both from the riots and the civic action to clear up( )the damage caused.
Kerry McCarthy: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many and what proportion of (a) men and (b) women who have been (i) remanded in custody and (ii) given custodial sentences as a result of the public disorder of August 2011 are parents of dependent children; and how many children there are of each age group whose parents have been imprisoned. [70575]
Mr Blunt: The Ministry of Justice is currently publishing frequent updates on people being dealt with by the court system in relation to the disturbances on 6-9 August. These reports can be found on the Ministry of Justice website at:
http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/statistics-and-data/ad-hoc/index.htm
As the publication notes the Chief Statistician will review the quality of data and release further breakdowns as reliable data become available. A more detailed release will be published on 15 September containing detailed information on age, gender, offence committed, sentence given and previous criminal history.
Mr Hollobone: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) young people have been prosecuted and (b) parenting orders have been issued in connection with the public disorder of August 2011. [70813]
Mr Blunt: The Ministry of Justice is currently publishing frequent updates on people being dealt with by the court system in relation to the disturbances on 6-9 August. These reports can be found on the Ministry of Justice website at:
http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/statistics-and-data/ad-hoc/index.htm
As the publication notes the Chief Statistician will review the quality of data and release further breakdowns as reliable data become available. A more detailed release will be published on 15 September containing detailed information on age, gender, offence committed, sentence given and previous criminal history.
Ministerial Policy Advisers
John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) under which Minister's authority his special advisers communicated with the Office of the Information Commissioner about a complaint relating to a Minister in his Department in July 2011; [70708]
(2) on how many occasions and on what dates his special advisers communicated with the Office of the Information Commissioner with regard to complaints about a Minister in his Department in July 2011. [70709]
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Mr Kenneth Clarke: Special advisers serve the Government as a whole and not just their appointing Minister. Part of their role is organising responses to press inquiries. My Special Adviser spoke with a press officer at the Office of the Information Commissioner three times last July to alert them to a number of related inquiries from The Daily Telegraph newspaper, and to obtain the statements they had released to the paper. The calls were followed up by three e-mails.
Driving Offences: Insurance
Mr Ward: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prosecutions there have been of uninsured drivers in each police force area in each of the last 10 years; and what the average penalty was in each case of conviction in each such year. [69908]
Mr Blunt: Defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts, by sentence breakdown, the median and average fine amount and the average custodial sentence length for driving without insurance, by police force area in England and Wales, 2000 to 2010 (latest available), has been placed in the House Library.
Court proceedings data for 2011 are planned for publication in the spring, 2012.
European Court of Human Rights
Conor Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether he has received any interim findings from the Commission on a UK Bill of Rights on reform of the European Court of Human Rights. [70265]
Mr Kenneth Clarke: I refer my hon. Friend to my written ministerial statement, which I have issued today. I have placed in the Library of the House copies of two letters received from Sir Leigh Lewis, the Chair of the Commission on a Bill of Rights. One of those letters contains the Commission's interim advice on reform of the European Court of Human Rights.
HM Prisons Brockhill and Latchmere House
Kelvin Hopkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what the estimated market value is for HM Prison Brockhill; and if he will make a statement; [70856]
(2) what proportion of the capital receipts his Department expects to realise from the sale of HM Prison Latchmere House will be retained by (a) the National Offender Management Service and (b) his Department; and if he will make a statement; [70896]
(3) what capital receipts his Department expects to realise from the sale of HM Prison Latchmere House; and if he will make a statement. [70897]
Mr Blunt: The market value of HMP Latchmere House and part of( )HMP Hewell, formerly known as Brockhill, has not been formally assessed. The Ministry of Justice seeks to gain best value from the sale of surplus( )assets which will contribute to the Ministry’s capital expenditure budget.( )Ministry of Justice expenditure will be prioritised as appropriate and will( )include investment in the National Offender Management Service estate and( )services.
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Homicide: British Nationals Abroad
Priti Patel: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what (a) support and (b) assistance his Department provides to the families of victims of murder and manslaughter abroad. [70442]
Mr Kenneth Clarke: When a homicide occurs abroad the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) will provide an automatic referral to Victim Support's National Homicide Service for bereaved families resident in England and Wales which provides emotional support and practical assistance. Victim Support receives £2 million from the Ministry of Justice to fund the Homicide Service. In addition to this the FCO has recently agreed to provide Victim Support with £100,000 in this and the next financial year to help support families bereaved by homicide abroad.
Human Rights Act 1998
Zac Goldsmith: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will make it his policy to introduce legislation to repeal the Human Rights Act 1998. [70539]
Mr Kenneth Clarke: On 18 March, the Government announced the establishment of a Commission to investigate the case for a UK Bill of Rights. The Commission's terms of reference set out that it should aim to report no later than by the end of 2012. We cannot prejudge the findings of the Commission and it is too early to say what the next steps might be until the Commission has reported.
Legal Aid Scheme: Nationality
Mr Spellar: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 28 June 2011, Official Report, column 702W, on legal aid: nationality, what consideration he has given to restricting legal aid to British nationals. [70042]
Mr Djanogly: The Government published the White Paper “Proposals for the Reform of Legal Aid in England and Wales” on 15 November 2010, which set out proposals for the fundamental reform of the legal aid system and the rationale for those reforms. As set out in the White Paper, and the Consultation Response which followed in June 2011, our proposals have taken into account our domestic, European and international legal obligations, including the European convention on human rights, and a number of other factors. We have no plans to restrict the availability of legal aid based on the nationality of the claimant.
Legal Aid Scheme: West Midlands
Mr Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people in (a) Coventry, (b) Warwickshire and (c) the west midlands received legal aid in each of the last five years. [70342]
Mr Djanogly:
The Legal Services Commission (LSC) is responsible for administering the legal aid scheme in England and Wales. The LSC does not record the number of applications granted to individual people
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who apply for legal aid. Nor does it record data on the basis of the areas referred to in the question.
The LSC does record the number of “acts of assistance” provided to individuals, although one individual may receive a number of separate acts of assistance, and one act of assistance can help more than one person.
The information in the following tables sets out acts of assistance on the basis of parliamentary constituency areas and the LSC's regional offices, and represents the nearest matches of the LSC's data to the information requested. These figures are as at August 2011 and are unaudited so may not be directly comparable over time. Figures for 2010-11 are not yet available.
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| North Warwickshire constituency | ||
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| Nuneaton constituency | ||
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| Birmingham regional office (1) | ||
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| (1) Comprising the following local authority areas: Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall, City of Wolverhampton, County of Herefordshire, Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, City of Stoke-on-Trent, Cannock Chase, East Staffordshire, Lichfield, Newcastle-under-Lyme, South Staffordshire, Stafford, Staffordshire Moorlands, Tamworth, North Warwickshire, Nuneaton and Bedworth, Rugby, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwick, Bromsgrove, Malvern Hills, Redditch, Worcester, Wychavon, Wyre Forest. | ||
NHS: Negligence
Mr Buckland: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the effects of his plans for (a) legal aid and (b) conditional fee agreements on the level of costs payable by the Department of Health in respect of clinical negligence claims. [70267]
Mr Djanogly: An impact assessment was published alongside the response to consultation paper “Proposals for the reform of legal aid in England and Wales”. Annex B of the impact assessment on the reforms to conditional fee agreements sets out estimated savings of £50 million to the NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA) as a result of abolishing recoverability of success fees and after the event insurance premiums. This figure does not account for the NHSLA paying after the event premiums for policies covering the cost of expert reports in some cases; my officials are in ongoing discussions with the NHSLA and stakeholders about how the commissioning of expert reports can be improved so that, for example, joint reports can be commissioned wherever possible.
Mr Buckland: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many clinical negligence cases involving claimants aged under 18 years the Legal Services Commission provided support for in each of the last three years; what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of such cases in each such year; and how much the Commission disbursed in legal aid in respect of such cases. [70268]
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Mr Djanogly: The total number of legal aid certificates and the legal aid costs of clinical negligence cases relating to claimants under 18 whose final bills were paid in each of the three years 2008-09 to 2010-11 are shown in the following table:
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Additionally, the number of new matters started under legal help which includes initial advice and assistance where no certificate has been granted, together with the value of those legal help claims, is shown in the following table:
| Category | Claim volume | Claim value (£) |
Other costs to the public purse of clinical negligence claims relating to persons under 18, for example the costs to the national health service, are not held by the Ministry of Justice and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Prison Service: Manpower
Sadiq Khan: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the ratio of prison officers to prisoners was in the prison estate in each month of (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010 and (d) 2011 to date. [70084]
Mr Blunt: Information relating to the question is provided in the following table.
| NOMS Public sector prisons | |
| Month | Public sector prisons (officer to prisoner ratio) (1) |
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| (1) Officers include Prison Officers, Senior Officers and Principal Officers. Officers working within NOMS HQ are also included within the calculation. | |
Prison Service: Retirement
Mr Iain Wright: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will make it his policy to allow prison officers to retire at the age of 60 years; and if he will make a statement. [70272]
Mr Blunt: Prison officers are civil servants and, as such, are members of the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme (PCSPS). The scheme pension age of members is set out in the relevant PCSPS rules. With the limited exception of some prison officers who were in post prior to 30 September 1987 and retain a “reserved right” to retire at age 55 years, the majority of civil servants, including prison officers, have a scheme pension age of 60 years.
A change to the PCSPS rules raised the scheme pension age to 65 years for all civil servants, including prison officers, who joined the scheme after 30 July 2007.
Lord Hutton's final report on the proposed reform of public service pensions recommended that a pension age of 60 might be more appropriate for employees in uniformed services to recognise the unique nature of their job. Consultation will take place on what form this takes and whom it covers as part of the reform process.
Prisoners: Parents
Kerry McCarthy: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many and what proportion of (a) men and (b) women who have been (i) remanded in custody and (ii) given custodial sentences are parents of dependent children; and how many children there are of each age group whose parents have been imprisoned. [70576]
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Mr Blunt: Information on bail and remand held centrally by the Ministry of Justice on the Court Proceedings Database does not include all the circumstances relating to each case, and it is not possible to determine from this information if remanded defendants have dependent children. This information could be ascertained only by reference to individual court and prison files, which could be achieved only at disproportionate cost.
Remand in Custody
Kerry McCarthy: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on (a) steps to require that pre-sentence reports consider family circumstances and (b) the feasibility of introducing a statutory obligation on the judiciary to check whether arrangements have been made for children whose parents or carers are remanded in custody. [70573]
Mr Blunt: Officials from a range of Departments, including the Ministry of Justice, the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) and the Department for Education, are working together to contribute to the cross-Government work to support families with multiple problems, including the children and families of offenders.
The Children Act 2004 requires inter agency co-operation to safeguard and promote the well being of the child and NOMS specifications set out that Probation Staff have a responsibility to identify the safeguarding needs of children and promote the welfare of an offender's children when preparing pre-sentence reports.
A statutory obligation on the judiciary has been considered, and been discussed at official's level with the senior judiciary and voluntary and community sector groups. Raising awareness is our main focus and a statutory obligation is not being further considered at this time.
Kerry McCarthy: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will consider introducing a statutory obligation on the judiciary to inquire as to whether arrangements have been made for children whose parents or carers have been remanded in custody. [70574]
Mr Blunt: ( )A statutory obligation on the judiciary has been considered,( )and been discussed at official’s level with the senior judiciary and voluntary and( )community sector groups. Raising awareness is our main focus and a( )statutory obligation is not being further considered at this time.
The Children Act 2004 requires inter agency co-operation to safeguard and( )promote the well being of the child. Probation staff working in court or( )preparing pre-sentence reports have a responsibility to consider the impact of( )custody on an offender’s children. If there is a likelihood of custody then( )children's services will be alerted to ensure arrangements are in place to( )safeguard the well being of any children.
Officials are currently working to ensure that this system of assessment and( )referral is as robust as possible by establishing minimum standard( )specifications for both pre-sentence report assessment and court practice.
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Road Traffic Offences: Sentencing
Mike Weatherley: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people (a) in total and (b) who were illegal immigrants have received a custodial sentence of 12 months or more following a conviction for a road traffic offence in each year since 2008. [70332]
Mr Blunt:
( )Persons found guilty and sentenced to immediate custody of( )12 months or more at all courts,
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for road traffic offences in England and
( )Wales in 2008 to 2010 (latest available) can be viewed in the table.
( )Information held centrally on the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings
( )Database does not identify a defendant’s immigration status.
Court proceedings data for 2011 are planned for publication in spring 2012.
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| (1) Includes: dangerous driving, fraud and forgery, driving after consuming drink and drugs, careless( )driving, accident offences, driving licence related offences, vehicle insurance offences, vehicle( )registration and excise offences, vehicle test offences, vehicle or part in dangerous condition, speed( )limit offences, neglect or traffic offences, obstruction waiting or parking offences, other summary( )motoring offences (2 )The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences( )for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is( )the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or( )more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the( )most severe. (3 )Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is( )important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems( )generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data( )collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. (4 )Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates court for April, July and August 2008. (5 )Post publication revisions have been made to 2009 figures to account for the late receipt of a small( )number of court records. Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services—Ministry of Justice. | |||
Health
Abortion
Mark Pritchard: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many abortions there were resulting from diagnosis of a club foot or cleft palate in 2010. [70061]
Anne Milton: In 2010, there were five abortions resulting from a primary fetal diagnosis of club foot and seven due to cleft lip and palate.
Community Nurses: Manpower
Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many district nurses are employed in the NHS. [71094]
Anne Milton: ( )The last NHS Information Centre annual census showed that there were 9,652 headcount( )(7,859 full-time equivalent) district nurses employed in the national health service in( )England.
Complementary Medicine
Mr Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his policy is on (a) the future of anthroposophic medicine and (b) the Medicine and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency's review of the field; and if he will make a statement. [70704]
Mr Simon Burns: In January 2011 the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency started an informal consultation and discussions with interested parties about the future regulatory position of longstanding product licences of right, including anthroposophic products falling in that category. These discussions and feedback have highlighted a need for additional information and analysis about the position of individual products in order to inform the further development of policy. The main factors informing further work will be the viability and clarity of regulatory arrangements, proportionate public health protection, and issues of consumer choice.
Contraceptives: Coventry
Mr Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many prescriptions for emergency contraceptives were issued in the Coventry primary care trust area in each year since 2005. [70363]
Anne Milton: The information requested is not available. The National Health Service Information Centre for health and social care provides data at sub-national level for complete calendar years from 2007. The following table shows the number of prescription items for emergency contraception (as defined by British National Formulary paragraph 7.3.5) written in Coventry primary care trust area and dispensed in the community in the United Kingdom for the available complete calendar years.
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These figures cover contraceptives issued on prescriptions in primary care only. Contraceptives can also be supplied without a prescription either through family planning clinics or by pharmacists under a Patient Group Direction. Emergency contraception may also be purchased by patients in pharmacies.
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Consultants
Austin Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many senior civil servants in his Department at each grade had worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst and Young, Deloitte or KPMG immediately prior to taking up their appointment in each of the last four years; what consultancy agreements his Department had with those firms in each such year; and how many consultants from those firms have advised his Department in each such year. [68953]
Mr Simon Burns: No senior civil servants were employed by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Ernst and Young, Deloitte or KPMG immediately prior to their taking up appointment by the Department in any of the last four years.
The Department does not hold records centrally about the identities or the number of consultants involved in the delivery of services from these consultancy companies but does have the numbers of the purchase orders involved. These figures are given in the following table.
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Departmental Manpower
Helen Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people working in his Department are on secondment from (a) KPMG and (b) private health care firms. [70823]
Mr Simon Burns: ( )As of 7 September 2011, the Department does not have anyone on secondment from( )KPMG nor from private health care firms.
Arrangements between the Department and consultancies such as KPMG or private health( )care firms would be considered as consultancy services. Any individual employed by such( )companies providing services to the Department, would do so in that capacity, and not by( )way of a secondment arrangement between the Department and their employing( )consultancy.
Helen Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people employed in his Department have previously worked for KPMG. [70824]
Mr Simon Burns: The Department's business management system does not hold information on employees' previous employment history.
Doctors: Foreign Workers
Shabana Mahmood: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made on the effect of Tier 2 visa changes on doctors undertaking specialty training. [70485]
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Mr Simon Burns: The Department has worked closely with the Home Office to mitigate the effects of changes to Tier 2 on speciality doctors and other health care professionals.
Currently, students completing the foundation programme switch to Tier 1 Post-Study work to undertake the required speciality training. Following the closure of this category in April 2012, students will be able to switch to Tier 2 and will not be subject to the Resident Labour Market Test.
East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust: Manpower
Stephen Barclay: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people are employed (a) full-time and (b) part-time in the Media and Communications Department of the East of England Ambulance Services Trust; at what cost; and if he will compare those costs with those of other NHS ambulance trusts. [70736]
Mr Simon Burns: ( )The information requested is not collected centrally. Local national health service( )organisations are responsible for the skill mix of their work force, as they are best placed to( )assess their needs. The hon. Member may therefore wish to contact East of England( )Ambulance Service NHS Trust and other ambulance trusts directly.
Health Services: West Midlands
Mr Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much each hospital trust in the west midlands region has paid in compensation arising from clinical negligence in each year since 2006. [70364]
Mr Simon Burns: ( )The information requested is not held by the Department. It is available on the national( )health service Litigation Authority’s website under NHSLA Factsheet 5—trust and health( )authority claims data, at the following address:
www.nhsla.com/Publications/
Heart Diseases: Children
Mr Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has for the future of emergency ambulance and hospital services for children with acquired heart defects following the outcome of the NHS Safe and Sustainable review. [70706]
Mr Simon Burns: The Safe and Sustainable review is being conducted by the NHS National Specialised Commissioning Team. However, we have been following its progress. The review focuses on improving care for children with congenital heart disease. While paediatric surgery in some centres may cease, these centres may continue to provide specialist, non-interventional services for their local population. The review wants to ensure that as much non-surgical care is delivered as close to a child's home as possible through the development of local congenital heart networks.
No decisions have yet been made on the proposed location of specialist surgical centres. The Joint Committee of Primary Care Trusts (JCPCT) is expected to make a decision by the end of the year. In making its decision, the JCPCT will consider the Ipsos MORI independent
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analysis of the consultation responses, reports from Overview and Scrutiny Committees, a health impact assessment and other relevant evidence.
Learning Disability
Naomi Long: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) his Department, (b) the NHS and (c) GP consortia plan for the future needs of people with profound and multiple learning disabilities; and if he will make a statement. [70039]
Paul Burstow: The Government are committed to improving outcomes for people with learning disabilities, including those with profound and complex needs.
The Operating Framework for the national health service in England for 2011-12 highlighted that health care for people with learning disabilities continues to be an area for improvement and that the NHS should ensure momentum is maintained in improving care and outcomes;
Our aim is to give general practitioners real responsibility through clinical commissioning groups to ensure that commissioning decisions are underpinned by clinical insight and knowledge of local health care needs.
The Department's contracts with the Norah Fry Research Centre to run the Confidential Inquiry into the premature and avoidable deaths of people with learning disabilities and to continue to support the Public Health Observatory in relation to people with learning disabilities currently hosted for North East Public Health Observatory have both been extended for a further two years to March 2013.
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Health is a devolved matter and decisions affecting the health of people with learning disabilities is a matter for the Northern Ireland Assembly.
MRSA
Zac Goldsmith: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he intends to bring forward legislative proposals to reduce the incidence of MRSA in milk. [70134]
Anne Milton: We are advised by the Food Standards Agency, which has responsibility for food hygiene( )matters, that there are no plans to introduce new legislative proposals to reduce the( )incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in milk.
Current evidence suggests that there is a negligible food safety risk from MRSA bacteria in( )milk. The vast majority of milk sold for human consumption is pasteurised and this( )process is effective in destroying bacteria present in the milk, including any MRSA.
NHS: Finance
Mr Hepburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much (a) funding was allocated and (b) was spent per capita by the NHS in (i) South Tyneside, (ii) the north-east and (iii) England and Wales in each year since 1997. [70094]
Mr Simon Burns: The amounts allocated per capita in South Tyneside, the north-east and England are shown in tables 1 and 2.
| Table 1: Recurrent revenue allocations per head 1996-97 to 2003-04 to health authorities | |||||||
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| Note: Allocations are not always comparable between years because of changes in baselines —that is changes in HAs' responsibilities to be funded from allocations. (1)Allocations between 1996-97 and 1999-2000 were made to 100 health authorities (HAs). Between 2000-01 and 2001-02 they were made to 99 HAs and in 2002-03 to 95 HAs. Gateshead and South Tyneside HA was not part of any merger that reduced the overall number of HAs over this period. (2) North-east strategic health authority (SHA) was formed on 1 July 2006. The figures here comprise an aggregation of previous HAs based on current north-east SHA boundaries. | |||||||
| Table 2: Recurrent revenue allocations per head 2003-04 to 2011-12 to primary care trusts | |||||||||
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| Note: Allocations are not always comparable between years because of changes in baselines—that is changes in PCTs' responsibilities to be funded from allocations. (1) Allocations for 2003-04, 2004-05 and 2005-06 were announced for 304 PCTs, the previous HA of Gateshead and South Tyneside split to form Gateshead PCT and South Tyneside PCT. (2 )North-east SHA was formed on 1 July 2006, having merged from Northumberland Tyne and Wear SHA and County Durham and Tees Valley SHA. The figures here comprise an aggregation of these two SHAs based on current north-east SHA boundaries. | |||||||||
The amounts spent per head in South Tyneside, the north-east and England are shown in table 3 for the financial years 2003-04 to 2009-10, which are the only years figures are available by individual organisation. Figures for Wales are not held centrally.
| Table 3: Spend per capita in South Tyneside, the north - east and England, 2003-04 to 2009-10 | |||||||
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| Notes: 1. Expenditure data used in the calculation of spend per capita value are taken from the audited summarisation schedules of NHS bodies, 2003-04 to 2009-10. 2. North-east SHA was formed on 1 July 2006, having merged from Northumberland Tyne and Wear SHA and County Durham and Tees Valley SHA. The figures here comprise an aggregation of these two SHAs based on current north-east SHA boundaries. | |||||||
The amount spent by the national health service in England per capita for 1997-98 to 2002-03 is separately shown in table 4. Expenditure figures for these years are only available at a consolidated national level, and are taken from the published NHS summarised accounts. It is not possible to disaggregate spend in specific constituencies or regions from these figures.
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