Obesity: Children
Keith Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many primary school leavers were (a) obese and (b) overweight in each region in England and Wales in each of the last three years. [141810]
Anna Soubry: This information is not available in the format requested.
Data on the prevalence of obese and overweight children by strategic health authority in England is available from the Health and Social Care Information Centre ‘National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP): England’. Information is available for children in year 6 (10 to 11 years old). This information is available on the NHS Information Centre website.
This information has already been placed in the Library.
Information for Wales is a matter for the devolved Administration.
Organs: Donors
Rehman Chishti: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) deceased organ donors and (b) recipients of organs were aged between (i) 0 and 10, (ii) 11 and 20, (iii) 21 and 30, (iv) 31 and 40, (v) 41 and 50, (vi) 51 and 60, (vii) 61 and 70, (viii) 71 and 80 and (ix) over 81 in each of the last five years. [140847]
Anna Soubry: The information requested is shown in the following tables:
| Table 1: Deceased organ donors in the United Kingdom, 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2012, by year and age group | ||||||||||
| Donor age group | ||||||||||
| 0 to 10 | 11 to 20 | 21 to 30 | 31 to 40 | 41 to 50 | 51 to 60 | 61 to 70 | 71 to 80 | 81 to 90 | Total | |
| Source: NHS Blood and Transplant | ||||||||||
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| Table 2: Transplant recipients in the UK, 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2012, by year and age group | ||||||||||
| Recipient age group | ||||||||||
| 0 to 10 | 11 to 20 | 21 to 30 | 31 to 40 | 41 to 50 | 51 to 60 | 61 to 70 | 71 to 80 | 81 to 90 | Total | |
| Note: No transplant recipient in the period was aged over 90 years old. Organs refers to solid organs and does not cover corneas or tissues. There have been no solid organ donors that are over 90, though people over the age of 90 can and do donate corneas. Source: NHS Blood and Transplant | ||||||||||
Rehman Chishti: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what proportion of people on the organ donor register are aged (a) 0 to 10, (b) 11 to 20, (c) 21 to 30, (d) 31 to 40, (e) 41 to 50, (f) 51 to 60, (g) 61 to 70, (h) 71 to 80 and (i) more than 81 years old. [140925]
Anna Soubry: The information requested is shown in the following table:
| Age of people on the organ donor register as at 30 January2013 | ||
| Age group | Number | Percentage |
| Source: NHS Blood and Transplant | ||
Rehman Chishti: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many deceased organ donors who gave (a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four, (e) five, (f) six, (g) seven, (h) eight, (j) nine and (k) 10 or more organs in each of the last five years were aged (i) 0 to 10, (ii) 11 to 20, (iii) 21 to 30, (iv) 31 to 40, (v) 41 to 50, (vi) 51 to 60, (vii) 61 to 70, (viii) 71 to 80 and (ix) more than 81 years old. [140926]
Anna Soubry: The information requested is shown in the following table.
| Deceased organ donors in the United Kingdom, 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2012, by year, number of organs donated and age group | |||||||||||
| Organs donated | 0-10 | 11-20 | 21-30 | 31-40 | 41-50 | 51-60 | 61-70 | 71-80 | 81-90 | Total | |
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| Note: No donor donated more than seven organs in the period. Source: NHS Blood and Transplant. | |||||||||||
Rehman Chishti: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) male and (b) female recipients of organs in each of the last five years were aged (i) 0 to 10, (ii) 11 to 20, (iii) 21 to 30, (iv) 31 to 40, (v) 41 to 50, (vi) 50 to 60, (vii) 61 to 70, (viii) 71 to 80 and (ix) more than 81 years old. [140927]
Anna Soubry: The information requested is shown in the following table.
| Transplant recipients in the United Kingdom, 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2012, by year, sex and age group | |||||||||||
| Sex | 0-10 | 11-20 | 21-30 | 31-40 | 41-50 | 51-60 | 61-70 | 71-80 | 81-90 | Total | |
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| Note: No transplant recipient in the period was aged over 90-years-old. Source: NHS Blood and Transplant. | |||||||||||
Rehman Chishti: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the budget was for promoting awareness of organ donor registration in each of the last five years. [140928]
Anna Soubry: Promotion of awareness of organ donation registration by NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is primarily funded through grant in aid from the Department. NHSBT also receives funding for this activity from the Welsh and Scottish Governments and the Northern Ireland Executive.
Campaign activity is focused on making best use of no and low cost channels such as free media coverage and online including social media. NHSBT works with a range of partners to promote donation and support local initiatives.
Specific campaigns and activities have included:
‘Be A Superhero!’ in 2007-08 to encourage awareness of organ donation among young people;
‘Prove It’ in 2009-10, the first national campaign to raise awareness of the need for donation in response to recommendations made by the Organ Donation taskforce;
Taking on coordination of activity for Transplant Week in 2010 and leading it in 2011 and 2012;
Supporting partnership work (Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, Boots, local authorities) including developing an approach to prompt people to sign up to the Organ Donor Register; and
Supporting local marketing and education initiatives.
The following table shows NHSBT Organ Donation Campaign Expenditure 2007-08 to 2011-12.
| Financial year | Expenditure (£) |
| (1) The 2009-10 financial year saw the launch of the ‘Prove It’ campaign. Additional support was allocated from the Department of Health to fund this campaign. Source: NHS Blood and Transplant | |
Rehman Chishti: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people living in (a) Gillingham and Rainham constituency, (b) Medway and (c) Kent have received organ donations in each of the last 10 years. [140929]
Anna Soubry: The information requested is shown in the following tables.
| Organ transplants performed in the United Kingdom, 1 January 2003 to 31 December 2012, by transplant type and year | ||||||||||
| (a) Gillingham and Rainham constituency residents | ||||||||||
| Transplant type | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
| (b) Medway borough residents | ||||||||||
| Transplant type | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
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| (c) Kent county residents | ||||||||||
| Transplant type | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
| Note: A domino donor transplant is a transplant that occurs when a viable liver from a patient receiving a liver transplant is transplanted into another patient. Source: NHS Blood and Transplant | ||||||||||
Rehman Chishti: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people living in Gillingham and Rainham constituency (a) were on the transplant waiting list and (b) died waiting for a transplant in each of the last 10 years. [140932]
Anna Soubry: The information requested is shown in the following tables. NHS Blood and Transplant only holds waiting list figures going back to the end of 2005 and is not able to provide the full 10 years of data requested.
| Table 1: Patients on the United Kingdom active(1) transplant list, 31 December 2005 to 2012, by organ listed for transplant and year—Gillingham and Rainham constituency residents | ||||||||
| December each year: | ||||||||
| Organ listed for transplant | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
| (1)Active means not suspended. Patients can be suspended from the waiting list for a variety of reasons including being too ill for the procedure and by going on holiday. Source: NHS Blood and Transplant | ||||||||
| Table 2: Patients who died on the transplant waiting list in the UK, 1 January 2003 to 31 December 2012, by organ listed for transplant and year—Gillingham and Rainham constituency residents | ||||||||||
| Organ listed for transplant | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
| Source: NHS Blood and Transplant | ||||||||||
Rehman Chishti: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what proportion of people on the organ donor register who are aged 30 years and under are (a) white, (b) Asian and Asian-British, (c) Black and Black British, (d) Chinese and Oriental, (e) mixed, (f) other and (g) not recorded. [141055]
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Anna Soubry: The information requested is shown in the following table:
| Ethnicity of people on the organ donor register aged 30 or under as at 30 January 2013 | |||
| Ethnicity | Number | Percentage of total | Percentage where ethnicity reported |
| Source: NHS Blood and Transplant | |||
Prescriptions
Luciana Berger: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many of the prescriptions dispersed in England in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012 had the standard prescription charge applied; and how many of those prescriptions had been issued by the NHS. [141800]
Norman Lamb: The numbers of prescriptions items dispensed, in the community, in England, with the standard prescription charge applied for 2010 and 2011 are given in the following table. All of these prescriptions were issued by the national health service. Figures for 2012 are currently not available.
| Calendar year | Items dispensed, charge applied (million) | All items dispensed (million) | Percentage of all items dispensed with charge applied |
| Notes: 1. Figures may include prescriptions written in Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man but dispensed in England. 2. Prescriptions dispensed where the patient holds a valid prescription pre-payment certificate, purchased in advance from the NHS Business Services Authority, so that no charge is paid at the point of dispensing, are classed as non-charged prescriptions. Source: Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) system. The Health and Social Care Information Centre, Prescribing and Primary Care Services. | |||
Primary Care Trusts
Lorely Burt: To ask the Secretary of State for Health on how many occasions primary care trusts have failed to meet the service level agreements in the last five years; and on how many occasions in that period the Solihull Primary Care Trust has failed to meet its service level agreement. [140877]
Anna Soubry: The information requested is not held centrally.
Solihull Primary Care Trust (PCT) may hold information in respect of service level agreements into which it has entered. The hon. Lady may wish to approach the PCT directly on this matter.
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Travel and Subsistence Payments
Chi Onwurah: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many senior officials in his Department's arm's length bodies (a) have and (b) have had during 2012-13 terms of employment that specify that their main place of employment is their home address and that they are entitled to claim travel and subsistence expenses for visiting the offices of the arm's length body; [141162]
(2) how many chairs in his Department's arm's length bodies are paid on the basis that they are exempt from personally meeting any tax liability in respect of travel and subsistence payments for attending meetings at the offices of the arm's-length body; [141176]
(3) how many senior officials of his Department's arm's length bodies are paid on the basis that they are exempt from personally meeting any tax liability in respect of travel and subsistence payments for attending meetings at the offices of the arm's length body. [141190]
Dr Poulter: The Department does not hold the information requested on senior officials centrally.
Arm's length bodies include a remuneration report in their Annual Reports that includes details of salaries, pension entitlements and any benefits in kind of the most senior staff at chair, non-executive director and executive director levels. Fees paid to non-executive board members are also included in the remuneration report. Accounts and the accompanying Annual Reports for the financial year 2012-13 will be published in due course after the end of the financial year.
Where senior officials are employed currently by the Department, I refer the hon. Lady to the response I gave her on 4 February 2013, Official Report, column 92W.
Tuberculosis
Mr Virendra Sharma: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the (a) Find and Treat Tuberculosis Project and (b) the mobile X-ray screening unit; and whether the service will be funded after April 2013. [141351]
Anna Soubry: The Health Protection Agency undertook a formal evaluation of the London Find and Treat mobile outreach service for tuberculosis (TB) in 2010, which demonstrated its clinical and cost effectiveness. Public health guidance from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence in 2011 subsequently recommended the use of the mobile chest X-ray services like Find and Treat to identify active pulmonary TB among people who use homeless or substance misuse services in areas of identified need, including major urban centres with a high incidence of TB. The NHS in London, which has funded the Find and Treat service since 1 April 2011, will continue to fund this service in 2013-14.
Warfarin
Steve McCabe: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department plans any change to the prescription charges that patients who are permanently on Warfarin are currently expected to pay; and if he will make a statement. [141816]
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Norman Lamb: Prescription charges and the cost of prescription prepayment certificates (PPCs) have historically been reviewed and announced towards the end of a financial year. PPCs are available for those who need a number of prescriptions in a limited time period, or frequent prescriptions over the course of a year and can reduce the cost of paying for medicines. A patient may be entitled to free prescriptions if they meet one of the exemption criteria identified in legislation, such as a qualifying medical condition.
Business, Innovation and Skills
British Antarctic Survey
Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will consider ring-fencing the budget of the British Antarctic Survey. [141298]
Mr Willetts: Yes, as I outlined in my written ministerial statement on 2 November 2012, Official Report, column reference 25WS, I consider that the Natural Environment Research Council should have a discrete funding line for Antarctic infrastructure and logistics from within the ring-fenced science budget to ensure a visible UK commitment to maintaining Antarctic science and presence. The exact mechanism for this will be developed as part of discussions on the next spending review.
Business: Loans
Mr Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether he plans to assist banks in training bank managers on the needs of small and medium-sized enterprises. [140402]
Greg Clark: I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Treasury.
The Government do not have any plans to assist banks in the training of their relationship managers.
The Government are committed to ensuring that small and medium-sized enterprises receive fair treatment from their banks and in 2010 this Government and the British Bankers Association established the Appeals Process. This process is independently chaired by Professor Russel Griggs. It allows any business with a turnover of less than £25 million to have a loan application which has been declined reviewed by a second person from within the bank who was not involved in the original decision. The results from the first year of the process show that in 40% of cases where a decline was appealed against, a lending agreement with which both parties were satisfied was reached.
Foreign Investment in UK: South West
Mr Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of foreign direct investment attracted to the UK by UK Trade and Investment was invested in the South West region in 2011-12; and what steps he is taking to increase the promotion of South West businesses through UK Trade and Investment's activities. [141595]
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Michael Fallon: In 2011-12 UKTI recorded a total of 50 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) projects in the South West. Of these UKTI was involved in 38 projects.
From April to December 2012 UKTI delivered 1,736 services to South West businesses. Within this period 108 South West businesses enrolled on UKTI's Passport to Export programme, 88 on the Gateway to Global Growth programme and more than 960 business delegates attended UKTI events. During November 2012 UKTI held ‘Export Week’ across the English regions and in the South West 15 events were held with more than 450 business delegates in attendance. The flagship event, ‘Explore Export’, attracted 232 business delegates with 406 one-to-one meetings taking place with 54 trade officers representing 42 overseas markets.
UKTI South West is now planning its activities for 2013-14 which will include two ‘Export Weeks’, the first concentrating on high growth markets in May 2013 and the second in November 2013. In addition trade missions are proposed to Vietnam, China, Brazil, South Africa, India, East Africa, Australia, Russia and Saudi Arabia. UKTI has also announced an extension to the Passport to Export programme which will allow for the recruitment of further South West businesses to the programme over the next two years.