Ambulance Services: North West
Derek Twigg: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many ambulances there were in the North West Ambulance service area in (a) 1 April 1998, (b) 1 April 2010 and (c) 1 April 2012. [163492]
Dr Poulter: The information requested is not centrally collected. The configuration of ambulance services in the North West is a matter for the local national health service. The hon. Member may wish to approach the chief executive of North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust, which may hold some relevant information.
Ancillary Staff: Halton
Derek Twigg: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many care assistants in Halton constituency are on zero hours contracts. [163491]
Norman Lamb: The Department does not collect this information centrally.
Skills for Care, the partner in the sector skills council for social care, in England, has provided the following estimates on adult social care workers in Cheshire.
| Estimated number of adult social care workers on zero-hours contracts in Cheshire | |
| Number | |
| Source: Skills for Care workforce estimates 2011, NMDS SC May 2013 | |
Cancer
Nic Dakin: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 13 May 2013, Official Report, column 39W, on cancer, what the terms of reference and timetable of the review on the National Cancer Patient Experience Survey are. [164109]
Anna Soubry: NHS England is intending to carry out a review of the entire survey programme they have gained responsibility for, including the National Cancer Patient Experience Survey, as part of their wider programme of insight work.
NHS England has not yet finalised the scope, timeframe or terms of reference of the review, but is keen to look at where the survey programme, or any part of it might, be improved.
Cancer: Drugs
Pauline Latham: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of patients who will have to pay for cancer drugs previously considered but not recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence after the closure of the Cancer Drugs Fund; and if he will make a statement. [164105]
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Norman Lamb: We have made no such estimate.
Where a drug is not recommended in a National Institute for Health and Care Excellence technology appraisal, it is for the relevant national health service commissioner to make a decision on its funding. Where a drug is not routinely funded, NHS commissioners are required to have in place clear and transparent arrangements for considering applications for funding, including on an exceptional basis.
Dental Services: Halton
Derek Twigg: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dentists there were in Halton constituency in (a) April 1998, (b) April 2010 and (c) April 2012. [163493]
Dr Poulter: The data are not available in the format requested. The number of dentists in the former Halton primary care trust (PCT) St Helens PCT and Halton and St Helens PCT areas in 1998, 2010 and 2012 (years ending 31 March) are shown in the following table:
| Organisation | 1998 | 2010 | 2012 |
| Notes: 1. The data for 1998 are based on NHS dentists on PCT lists. These details were passed on to the Business Services Authority who paid dentists based on activity undertaken, which could be as little or as much NHS treatment as he or she chose or was agreed with the PCT. In some cases the 1998 data may include dentists on PCT lists who did not perform any NHS work in that period. 2. 1998 data are based on the PCT boundaries as at March 2006. As dentists could have a contract in more than one PCT, aggregating the data for the two PCTs may introduce some duplication. 3. From 2007 onwards dentists are defined as performers who have recorded NHS activity on FP17 forms during that financial year and so are not directly comparable with pre-2007 data. Source: Information Centre for Health and Social Care and NHS Dental Services of the NHS Business Services Authority. | |||
Devolution
Margaret Curran: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will place in the Library any concordats which his Department or the public bodies for which he is responsible have with the devolved Administrations. [163152]
Dr Poulter: The Memorandum of Understanding and Supplementary Agreements, agreed in September 2012, set out principles which underlie the relationship between the UK Government and the devolved Administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. These documents are available in the Library.
In addition, the Department has agreed concordats with the devolved Administrations and a statement of cross-border principles with Welsh Ministers. Of the Department's public bodies, NHS England has agreed a protocol on cross-border health care with Welsh Ministers; the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has an agreement with the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Northern Ireland, with respect to licensing and inspection under UK legislation relating to medicines for human use; and the Health Research Authority has published a concordat to support the career development of researchers, to which the Scottish Government Health Directorates
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and the Department (among others) are signatories. Copies of these documents have been placed in the Library.
In providing this information, we have aimed to identify documents specifically called “concordats” or dealing with broad principles about relationships between the Department, or its public bodies, and the devolved Administrations. There are likely to be further agreements under different names.
Drugs: Prices
Pauline Latham: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he plans to publish the new pricing arrangements for branded medicines; and if he will make a statement. [164104]
Norman Lamb: The negotiations are currently on going with the pharmaceutical industry. We remain confident that the new arrangements will be ready to be implemented in January 2014.
General Practitioners
Fiona Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the role of Health Education England in ensuring that GPs are trained and supported to ask patients about bowel function. [164112]
Dr Poulter: The Government have mandated Health Education England (HEE) to provide national leadership on education, training and work force development in the national health service. This mandate includes a commitment that HEE will ensure that general practitioner (GP) training produces GPs with the required competencies to practise in the new NHS. Consequently HEE will, work with stakeholders to influence training curricula as appropriate.
The Secretary of State for Health, my right hon. Friend the Member for South West Surrey (Mr Hunt), has not made any assessment in specific relation to the role of HEE in ensuring that GPs are trained and supported to ask patients about bowel function.
General Practitioners: Halton
Derek Twigg: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many GPs there were in Halton constituency in (a) April 1998, (b) April 2010 and (c) April 2012. [163494]
Dr Poulter: The data are not available in the format requested. The number of general practitioners (GPs) in the former North Cheshire Health Authority area in 1998 and former Halton and St Helens primary care trust (PCT) in 2010 and 2012 is shown in the following table:
| Organisation | 1998 | 2010 | 2012 |
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| Notes: 1. The table shows data as at 1 October for 1998 and 30 September for 2010 and 2012. 2. GP workforce data are not available at constituency level. Prior to April 2013, Halton constituency was contained within and serviced by the former Halton and St Helens PCT. Prior to the existence of PCTs the area was covered by North Cheshire Health Authority, which will not be comparable to the PCT boundary. 3. The new headcount methodology from 2010 onwards means these data are not fully comparable with previous years, due to improvements that make it a more stringent count of absolute staff numbers. Further information on the headcount methodology is available in the census publication. Headcount totals are unlikely to equal the sum of components. 4. The Health and Social Care Information Centre seeks to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data, but responsibility for data accuracy lies with the organisations providing the data. Methods are continually being updated to improve data quality where changes impact on figures already published. This is assessed but unless it is significant at national level figures are not changed. Impact at detailed or local level is footnoted in relevant analyses. Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre—General and Personal Medical Services Statistics. | |||
Health Services
Mr Meacher: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of GDP is spent on health care in each EU country; and what proportion of those figures was spent on (a) private health care providers and (b) public health care providers. [163363]
Anna Soubry: The following table sets out the proportion of gross domestic product (GDP) spent on health care in European Union countries. It also gives the proportion of GDP spent on public health care and private health care.
| Percentage | ||||
| Proportion of GDP spend on health care spent in: | ||||
| Country | GDP spent on health care | public sector | private sector | |
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| Notes: 1. Netherlands: It is not possible to clearly distinguish the public and private share related to investments. 2. Belgium: Public and private expenditure are current expenditures (excluding investments). 3. Luxembourg: Health expenditure is for the insured population rather than the resident population. Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Health at a Glance 2012. Copyright OECD 2012. www.oecd.org/els/health-systems/HealthAtAGlanceEurope2012.pdf | ||||
Health Services: Disability
Frank Dobson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what recent assessment his Department has made of the standard of care reviews conducted on in-patients with learning disabilities and autism; [164090]
(2) what steps he has taken to ensure the independence of those professionals who conduct care reviews of the in-patients with learning disabilities and autism; [164091]
(3) what proportion of the in-patients with learning disabilities and autism whose care has recently been reviewed have been recommended to (a) move into the community and (b) remain as in-patients; [164092]
(4) how many former patients of Winterbourne View Hospital have been moved to community-based settings within 20 miles of their original family homes. [164093]
Norman Lamb: NHS England is working with partners to ensure that reviews for all people in learning disability or autism in-patient assessment and treatment services have been completed in line with the commitments made in the Concordat: Programme of Action. 1,317 patients in in-patient assessment and treatment services have been identified for review by clinical commissioning groups and 97% of these reviews have been completed. The outstanding reviews will be completed by 31 July 2013. Further work is under way to ensure all reviews have been completed of patients in secure Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service services funded by NHS England and to ensure that reviews have been conducted satisfactorily. People who use services, their families and the organisations that represent them will be involved in the governance of the assurance process to ensure transparency and independence.
We do not hold information centrally on the proportion of in-patients with learning disabilities and autism for whom a move has been recommended into the community and those who will remain in in-patient settings. Government policy is clear that hospitals are not homes and that all individuals receive personalised care and support in appropriate community settings no later than 1 June 2014. NHS England and the Local Government Association, through the Joint Improvement Programme set up under ‘Transforming Care’, are working with local areas to make sure everyone gets the individual care that they need. The Winterbourne View Joint Improvement Programme is currently undertaking a
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stocktake; information gathered by NHS England alongside other data from partners will be triangulated to support the monitoring of progress so that individuals move into the community and do not remain in hospital inappropriately.
NHS England collects anonymised reports provided by commissioners relating to the 48 former patients of Winterbourne View. The last data collection identified that of the 48 former patients, 34 were in social care settings and 14 in health settings (a further data collection has recently been completed, and is awaiting analysis). The current information collected does not include distance from original family homes; however, of the 14 patients in health settings as of the 1 March 2013, 13 were in placements defined as out of area. As part of the assurance process NHS England, working with the Winterbourne View Joint Improvement Programme and key stakeholders, will be looking at the reviews undertaken for these individuals to ensure they are robust.
Hospices
Mr Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much non-capital funding he provided in England for hospices in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13; and if he will make a statement. [164120]
Norman Lamb: The Department does not provide funding directly to adult hospices for palliative care. Services from hospices are commissioned by local commissioners, and decisions on how much money is allocated to hospices remain with them.
The Government made £19 million available in 2010-11 to the children's hospice sector to support more than 342 projects to develop local children's palliative care services. This money helped to fund a range of innovative projects.
The Government also provided £10 million revenue funding annually to children’s hospices in 2011-12 and 2012-13, with an extra £721,000 in 2012-13 for new hospices or hospice at home services. 40 children's hospices currently benefit from the grant.
In 2012-13 the Department provided non-capital funding to support the palliative care funding pilots, which are collecting the data needed to help us develop the new per-patient funding system for palliative care, a system we want in place by 2015.
The figures for this were £102,335 St Christophers, £78,147 Heart of Kent and £50,000 for Acorns Children's hospice. This money was to support data collection, rather than being spent on direct patient care.
In addition to the above, other funding has been provided to hospices under the Social Enterprise Investment Fund (SEIF) and also under the Innovation, Excellence and Strategic Development Fund (IESD) for specific projects. The funding received by hospices from the SEIF is set out in Table 1.
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| Table 1: Organisations receiving from the Social Enterprise Investment Fund (SEIF) | |||
| £ | |||
| Organisation | 2010-11 SEIF | 2011-12 SEIF | 2012-13 SEIF |
The IESD provides funding for proposals in the health and care field, supporting projects with the potential for national impact in line the Department's objectives of better health and wellbeing and better care for all.
The following sums were awarded to hospices to deliver specific projects:
Hospitals: Waiting Lists
Dan Jarvis: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time for an operation in (a) Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust area and (b) England was in each of the last four (i) quarters and (ii) years. [163962]
Dr Poulter: Data on average waiting times for an operation on a quarterly and annual basis is not readily available as they are not collected in this way. They are collected on a monthly basis. Information on the average time waited, in weeks, for patients that started treatment that required admission during the month for Barnsley hospital NHS Foundation Trust area and England in each of the last four years is in the following tables:
| Referral to Treatment (RTT) Waiting Times, average (median) time waited (in weeks) for patients that started admitted treatment during the month (admitted adjusted RTT pathways) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 2010 | |||||||||||
| April | May | June | July | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | |
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| April | May | June | July | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | |
| 2011 | 2012 | |||||||||||
| April | May | June | July | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | |
| 2012 | 2013 | ||||||||||||||
| April | May | June | July | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | ||||
| April 2013 | |
| Note: Data is collected monthly, quarterly data is not available. Admitted pathways are those completed (patients who started treatment) in the month. Source. NHS England Referral to Treatment Waiting times return: www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/rtt-waiting-times/ | |
Jimmy Savile
Rosie Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the Kirkup investigation into the involvement of Jimmy Savile at Broadmoor hospital will report; and who will receive this report. [163770]
Norman Lamb: The Department and West London Mental Health Trust's joint investigation into Jimmy Savile's activities at Broadmoor hospital is being led by Bill Kirkup.
In October 2012, the Secretary of State for Health, the right hon. Member for South West Surrey (Mr Hunt), appointed Kate Lampard—a former practising barrister and former deputy chair of the Financial Ombudsman Service—to oversee the three investigations of Jimmy Savile's involvement with the national health service to ensure a robust process is followed.
It is anticipated that the investigations will be completed and the final report published by the end of the year. The Department will receive the final report.
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
Mr Nuttall: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of the income of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency was provided by the Government in each of the last three years. [164024]
Norman Lamb: The sums provided to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) by the Department are disclosed in the MHRA’s report and accounts for the relevant years which were laid before Parliament.
The proportions of revenue from the Department as a percentage of MHRA total revenue in each of the last three years for which published information is available are shown in the following table.
| Revenue from Department of Health | |
| Percentage | |
The agency has not yet published its report and accounts for 2012-13.
Neurofibromatosis
Richard Burden: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his policy is on future levels of funding for research into neurofibromatosis. [163296]
Dr Poulter: Total spend in future years by the Department's National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) on research relating to neurofibromatosis depends on the volume and quality of scientific activity. The usual practice of the NIHR is not to ring-fence funds for expenditure on particular topics: research proposals in all areas compete for the funding available. The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including neurofibromatosis. These applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the scientific quality of the proposals made.
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In 2012-13, the NIHR spent £0.1 million on research on neurofibromatosis type 1 through its biomedical research centres. Total spend by the NIHR on research on neurofibromatosis is higher than this because expenditure by the NIHR Clinical Research Network (CRN) on this topic cannot be disaggregated from total CRN expenditure.
NHS: Innovation
Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the progress made by Sir David Nicholson in encouraging a culture change towards innovation within the NHS. [163958]
Dr Poulter: NHS England has put a number of measures in place to ensure that the national health service moves towards a culture change regarding innovation.
The 2013 NHS Mandate sets out the objective of NHS England's Board to ensure that the new commissioning system promotes and supports the participation of the NHS in innovation and research.
In 2012 the NHS identified 108 innovations as having high impact potential. Many of these innovations now feature in requirements for trusts to focus on as part of their Commissioning for Quality and Innovation incentives for 2014-15.
The NHS is also increasing transparency of uptake of National Institute for Care Excellence technology appraisals through publication of a new innovation scorecard. The new scorecard provides patients and the public with information on the treatments available within their local hospitals and NHS services.
The Specialised Services Commissioning Innovation Fund will be launched in summer 2013, inviting organisations and industry partners to bid for funding to identify innovations with the potential to deliver high impact change (based on patient outcomes and cost/efficiency savings) within specialised services and then funding evaluation projects within the NHS that will assess whether the full potential can be realised.
NHS England is also collaborating with the Centre for Integrating Medicine and Innovative Technologies (CIMIT) in Boston with a view to adopting their innovation platform CIMIT Co-LAB as the primary web portal for sharing ideas and innovations across England.
NHS: Negligence
Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment his Department has made of the effects of medical litigation on medical innovation. [163955]
Dr Poulter: No assessment has been made. It is the Department's view that no assessment is required as no changes are required in this area. The current legal arrangements allow for doctors to initiate novel treatments as long as they are done in the best interest of the patient and with patient consent. What the law does impose is a requirement for new forms of treatment to be vigorously tested before being introduced.
Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance his Department gives to doctors on the risks of prosecution for medical negligence if they deviate from standard procedures. [163956]
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Dr Poulter: The Government are not in a position to give legal guidance to doctors. The law allows doctors to initiate novel treatments which may require them to deviate from standard procedure, as long as they are done in the best interests of the patient and with patient consent.
Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment his Department has made of the effects of current laws on medical negligence on scientific discoveries in cancer. [163957]
Dr Poulter: The Government have not made any assessment into the impact of the current law on medical negligence on scientific discovery in cancer. It is the Department's view that no additional legislation is required in this area. The current legal arrangements allow for doctors to initiate novel treatments as long as they are done in the best interests of the patient and with patient consent.
Organs: Donors
Glyn Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what (a) assessment he has made and (b) reports he has received on whether a change to a presumed consent system of organ donation will increase levels of donation. [163744]
Anna Soubry: The independent Organ Donation Taskforce was asked in 2006 to identify barriers to organ donation and to recommend what action needed to be taken to increase organ donation and procurement, within the current legal framework. In January 2008, the Taskforce published its first report 'Organs for Transplants' and also looked at the potential for the introduction of a presumed consent system in the United Kingdom. They recognised, after extensive public dialogue, that this is a sensitive issue that generates strong feelings both for and against. They recommended against the introduction of opt-out, concluding that while such a system might have the potential to deliver benefits, it would present significant challenges, which might not be necessary to deliver the desired increase in organ donation rates. On balance the Taskforce recommended that effort and resources be focused on the implementation of their 14 recommendations.
Public Health England
John Glen: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much Public Health England has spent to date on Project Chrysalis, now the Public Health England Science hub; what the breakdown of those costs is; and how much was paid to secure the GSK site in Harlow to retain the option of future purchase. [164030]
Anna Soubry: Public Health England has taken over the programme from 1 April 2013 and so the majority of the costs incurred on the Chrysalis Project was by the Health Protection Agency. A total of £17 million (excluding VAT) has been incurred on the programme since its inception.
This Department-funded expenditure dates back to 2008-09 when the programme was formed. It has covered programme core team/due diligence/programme wide costs (£10 million) and the specialist external professional
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services required for project level design and business case development (£7 million). Since 1 April 2013, when Public Health England (PHE) inherited the programme, a total of £300,000 has been spent, with the residue incurred during Health Protection Agency ownership.
The terms under which the land would be required from GlaxoSmithKline remain under discussion with the site's owner although agreement is expected imminently.
The release of the detailed financial arrangements would prejudice commercial interests. The associated discussions and contract are explicitly covered by a requirement for confidentiality on both parties.
Social Networking
Andrew Gwynne: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list all Twitter accounts for which officials of his Department (a) have had and (b) currently have responsibility for (i) monitoring and (ii) updating. [163553]
Dr Poulter: The Department has two official corporate Twitter accounts which are monitored and updated on a daily basis:
@DHgovuk
@depthealthpress
The Department also has guidance for officials and Ministers who tweet in an official capacity. This guidance is in line with the Civil Service Code, and is published on the Department's website:
http://digitalhealth.dh.gov.uk/twitter-guidance/
Officials who use Twitter in an official capacity have responsibility for monitoring and updating their own Twitter accounts.
A list of currently active official Twitter accounts is available publicly online:
https://twitter.com/hmshale/dh-official-tweets/members
Social Services
Mr Jamie Reed: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will estimate the number of people in the care sector employed on zero hours contracts in each English region in each of the last five years. [164123]
Norman Lamb: The Department does not collect this information centrally.
Skills for Care, the partner in the sector skills council for social care, in England, has provided the following estimates on adult social care workers in each English region for the last three years. The number of workers in the national minimum data set for social care pre-2011 was not large enough to make robust estimates given the timescales, however initial exploration of the data suggests that, for these years, the proportion on zero-hours contracts was lower than in 2011.
| Estimated number of adult social care workers on zero-hours contracts, by each English region between 2011-13 | |||
| Estimated total number of workers on zero-hours contracts | |||
| Region | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
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| Sources: Skills for Care workforce estimates 2011, NMDS-SC May 2013, 2012 and 2011. | |||
Surgery: Older People
Paul Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many (a) colorectal excision, (b) breast excision, (c) hip replacement, (d) knee replacement, (e) inguinal hernia repair, (f) cholecystectomy and (g) open excision of the prostate procedures were carried out in England among people aged 65 and over in (i) 2001-02 and (ii) 2011-12 by (A) primary care trust area of responsibility and (B) current clinical commissioning group area of responsibility; [163848]
(2) how many (a) colorectal excision, (b) breast excision, (c) hip replacement, (d) knee replacement, (e) inguinal hernia repair, (f) cholecystectomy and (g) open excision of the prostate procedures were carried out in England among people aged 75 and over in (i) 2001-02 and (ii) 2011-12 by (A) primary care trust area of responsibility and (B) current clinical commissioning group area of responsibility. [163849]
Dr Poulter: Information on the numbers of (a) colorectal excision, (b) breast excision, (c) hip replacement, (d) knee replacement, (e) inguinal hernia repair, (f) cholecystectomy and (g)open excision of the prostate procedures carried out in England among people aged 75 and over and people aged 65 and over in (i) 2001-02 and (ii) 2011-12 by primary care trust area of responsibility has been placed in the Library. This information by current clinical commissioning group area of responsibility is not available.
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
Rosie Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the terms of reference are for the investigation by Dr Bill Kirkup into the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust; and when he expects the investigation to commence. [163845]
Dr Poulter: Dr Bill Kirkup CBE has agreed to chair the independent investigation into Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust. The terms of reference for the investigation will be published once they are finalised. Commencement will follow the finalisation of the terms of reference.
David Morris: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations (a) he and (b) his Department received regarding University Hospitals Morecambe Bay NHS Trust prior to May 2010. [163959]
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Dr Poulter: Records are available from August 2005. A search of the Department’s ministerial correspondence database has identified 386 items of correspondence received before May 2010 about University Hospitals Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust covering a range of issues. This is a minimum figure which represents correspondence received by the Department’s ministerial correspondence unit only. The following table shows the 386 items of correspondence split by year due for answer.
| Year due | Items of correspondence |
Cabinet Office
British Nationals Abroad: EU Countries
Dr Huppert: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many British citizens reside in other EU countries (a) by country and (b) by status of their residence (working, studying or retired). [163538]
Mr Hurd: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Glen Watson, dated July 2013:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many British citizens reside in other EU countries (a) by country and (b) by status of their residence (working, studying or retired) (163538).
The ONS does not collect information regarding British citizens resident in other EU countries, or on the status of their residence. However, Eurostat publishes figures on population by citizenship for EU countries, these are available at:
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/population/data/database
ONS produces estimates of Long-Term International Migration flows which are primarily based on the International Passenger Survey (IPS). Detailed information on countries of next residence of emigrants from the UK is available for 1975 to 2011 using the IPS component of these estimates. Published estimates on the Top 10 countries of next residence for emigrants who are British citizens can be found in our Series 3 tables (3.20b) on the ONS website at:
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/migration1/long-term-international-migration/2011/3-20abc-ips-top-countries-of-last-or-next-residence-by-citizenship--1975-2011.xls
Buildings
Mr Thomas: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) how many times Northcote House, Sunningdale Park was used by (a) ministers, (b) officials and (c) staff of non-departmental public bodies in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13; and if he will make a statement; [163392]
(2) what plans he has for the disposal of Northcote House, Sunningdale Park; and if he will make a statement; [163393]
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(3) how much maintenance of Northcote House, Sunningdale Park cost in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13; and if he will make a statement. [163377]
Miss Chloe Smith: The previous Government entered into a 30-year PFI agreement in May 2002, which provided capital investment into the Sunningdale Park site. The Civil Service College, later the National School of Government, used the site and paid an annual sum for the space used on the site. The charge for Northcote House was not assessed separately.
Data are not held centrally on which individuals used Northcote House.
The Cabinet Office is currently undertaking a review of the Sunningdale Park site, including Northcote House, as there is an opportunity to dispose of the site in 2017. The Cabinet Office is holding a Public Consultation Event with the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead and the local community on 19 and 20 July to discuss the site and options for the future use. Cabinet Office will announce any decisions in the usual way.
Business: Staff
Mr Jim Cunningham: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will estimate the number of staff employed by small businesses in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012. [163285]
Mr Hurd: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Glen Watson, dated July 2013:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question concerning the number of staff employed by small businesses in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012. [163285]
Annual employment statistics from 2008 onwards are available from the Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES). Table 1 contains an estimate of the number employed in small enterprises (less than 50 employment) for 2010 and 2011. The figures for 2012 will be available from the end of September 2013.
National and local area estimates for many labour market statistics, including employment, unemployment and claimant count are available on the NOMIS website at
http://www.nomisweb.co.uk
| Table 1: Number employed in small enterprises; UK; 2010 and 2011 | |
| Employment | |
| Note: Small enterprises are defined as those with employment of less than 50 | |
Business: York
Hugh Bayley: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many businesses there were in (a) York Central constituency and (b) City of York local authority area in each year since 1995-96. [163895]
Mr Hurd: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
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Letter from Glen Watson, dated July 2013:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills asking how many businesses there were in (a) York central constituency and (b) City of York local authority in each year since 1995-96.(163895]
Annual statistics on the number of businesses (enterprises) are available from the ONS release—UK Business: Activity, Size and Location at
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http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/bus-register/uk-business/index.html
Data on the number of enterprises broken down by districts, counties and unitary authorities can be found in table B1.2 of the publication and data on constituencies can be found in table B6.2.
Data are available only from 2001 to 2012. Data for 2013 will be available in October 2013.
The table shows the number of enterprises in York Central Constituency/City of York Constituency and York Unitary Authority from 2001 to 2012.
| Count of Enterprises in York Central Constituency (City of York Constituency prior to 2010) and York Unitary Authority from 2001 to 2012 | ||||||||||||
| 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | |
| Notes: 1. The above table has been produced using an extract from the Inter Departmental Business Register. 2. Figures have been rounded to protect confidentiality. 3. These numbers do not include very small businesses, typically those below the threshold far VAT and PAYE. | ||||||||||||
Charity Commission
Mark Garnier: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will take steps to clarify and reinforce the objectives of the Charity Commission. [163245]
Mr Hurd: I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for North West Leicestershire (Andrew Bridgen) on 17 June 2013, Official Report, column 511W.
Childbirth
Andrew George: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many (a) male and (b) female live births there have been in (i) England as a whole and (ii) each region of England in each month since January 2001. [164256]
Mr Hurd: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many (a) male and (b) female live births there were in i) England as a whole and ii) each region of England in each month since January 2001 (164256)
The table shows the number of live births to mothers usually resident in England and regions of England, by month of occurrence for 2001-2011.
A copy of the table has been placed in the Library of the House.
Civil Servants: York
Hugh Bayley: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) how many full-time equivalent civil servants were employed in the City of York (a) in total and (b) by each Government Department or agency in each year since 1995-96; [163887]
(2) what estimate the UK Statistics Authority has made of the number of full-time equivalent civil servants employed in (a) the City of York and (b) the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs central science laboratory at Sand Hutton on 31 March in each year since 1997. [163888]
Mr Hurd: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Glen Watson, dated July 2013:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your two recent Parliamentary Questions, asking the Minister for the Cabinet Office,
how many full-time equivalent civil servants were employed in the City of York (a) in total and (b) by each government department or agency in each year since 1995-96 (163887), and
what estimate the UK Statistics Authority has made of the number of full-time equivalent civil servants employed in (a) the City of York and (b) the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs central science laboratory at Sand Hutton on 31 March in each year since 1997 (163888)
Both of these have been answered together and the data requested are in the table.
For the purpose of this information, York is defined by the Nomenclature of Units for Territorial Standards (NUTs) Level 3, and may differ from the City of York. However, data are not available for York prior to 2008, as they were then only collected at regional level. Therefore the information has just been provided for the years 2008-2012 inclusive.
| Civil Service employment in York 2008-2012(1, 2, 3, 4). All employees | |||||
| Full time equivalent | |||||
| Department(5) | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
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Data Protection
Dr Huppert: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what happens to information held by private companies undertaking government contracts at the point of termination. [162919]
Miss Chloe Smith: Under Government contract standard terms and conditions, suppliers are required, as part of exit obligations, to return all Government data and erase them from their systems on termination.
Death
Mr Amess: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many deaths (a) in Southend, (b) in Essex and (c) nationally were attributed to an individual being (i) overweight and (ii) underweight in each year since 2011. [164209]
Mr Hurd: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Glen Watson, dated July 2013:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many deaths (a) in Southend, (b) in Essex and (c) nationally were attributed to an individual being (i) overweight and (ii) underweight in each year since 2011. (164209)
The terms “overweight” and “underweight” are not normally used in the registration of deaths. Consequently, figures can only be provided for deaths recorded using the medically recognised terms “obesity” and “malnutrition” or “effects of hunger”. The number of deaths so recorded is unlikely to be a complete or accurate reflection of the actual numbers of deaths which result, directly or indirectly, from being overweight or underweight.
The tables attached provide the number of deaths where obesity or malnutrition were the underlying cause of death (Table 1), and where obesity or malnutrition or effects of hunger were mentioned on the death certificate, either as the underlying cause or as a contributory factor (Table 2), for (a) Southend-on-Sea unitary authority, (b) Essex county and (c) England and Wales, for 2011 (the latest year available). Data for deaths registered in 2012 will be available after 10 July 2013.
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Malnutrition is rarely the underlying cause of death, as people with malnutrition or effects of hunger mentioned on their death certificate often have another serious illness, and it is this illness that is the underlying cause of death. For example they may have cancer of the digestive tract, which means they can't eat properly or can't absorb nutrients; they may have suffered from a stroke or have advanced dementia which can cause difficulties chewing and swallowing; or they may abuse alcohol and so not eat properly.
The number of deaths registered in England and Wales each year by sex, age and cause are published annually on the ONS website at:
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/vsob1/mortality-statistics--deaths-registered-in-england-and-wales--series-dr-/index.html
| Table 1: Number of deaths where obesity or malnutrition was the underlying cause of death, Southend-on-Sea unitary authority, Essex county, and England and Wales, 2011(1,2,3,4) | |||
| Deaths (persons) | |||
| Cause | Southend-on-Sea | Essex | England and Wales |
| (1 )Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases. Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes E66 (obesity) and E40-E46 (malnutrition). (2) Based on boundaries as of 2013. (3) Figures for England and Wales include deaths of non-residents. (4) Figures are for deaths registered 2011. | |||
| Table 2: Number of deaths where obesity, malnutrition or effects of hunger were mentioned on the death certificate, Southend-on-Sea unitary authority, Essex county, and England and Wales, 2011(1,2,3,4) | |||
| Deaths (persons) | |||
| Cause | Southend-on-Sea | Essex | England arid Wales |
| (1 )Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes E66 (obesity), E40-E46 (malnutrition) and T73.0 (effects of hunger). Deaths were included where these causes was mentioned anywhere on the death certificate, cither as the underlying cause or as a contributory factor. Effects of hunger can only ever be recorded as a contributory factor. Figures in Table 1 are therefore included in the figures in Table 2. (2) Based on boundaries as of 2013. (3) Figures for England and Wales include deaths of non-residents. (4) Figures are for deaths registered in 2011. | |||
Death: Drugs
Hugh Bayley: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many deaths there were from (a) drug poisoning and (b) drug misuse in (i) York local authority area, (ii) North Yorkshire and York Primary Care Trust, (iii) Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group area and (iv) England in each year since 2009. [163924]
Mr Hurd: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Glen Watson, dated July 2013:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your recent question to the Minister for the Cabinet Office asking how many deaths there were from (a) drug poisoning and (b) drug misuse in (i) York local authority area, (ii) North Yorkshire and York Primary Care Trust, (iii) Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group area and (iv) England in each year since 2009. (163924)
The tables provide the information requested, for deaths registered between 2009 and 2011 (the latest year available).
The number of drug-related deaths registered in England and Wales from 1993 to 2011 are available on the ONS website:
www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/subnational-health3/deaths-related-to-drug-poisoning/index.html
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| Table 1: Number of deaths where the underlying cause was related to drug poisoning, selected areas in England, deaths registered 2009 to 2011(1,2,3) | |||
| Deaths (persons) | |||
| Area | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Notes: 1. Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes shown in Box 1. 2. Figures are based on boundaries as at May 2013 and exclude deaths of non-residents. 3. Figures are based on deaths registered rather than deaths occurring between 2009 and 2011. Due to the length of time it takes to hold an inquest, it can take months for a drug-related death to be registered. Additional information on registration delays for drug-related deaths can be found in the annual statistical bulletin: www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/subnational-health3/deaths-related-to-drug-poisoning/index.html | |||
| Table 2: Number of deaths related to drug misuse, selected areas in England, deaths registered 2009 to 2011(1,2,3) | |||
| Deaths (persons) | |||
| Area | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| 1. Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases. Tenth Revision (ICD-10). Deaths were included where the underlying cause was due to drug poisoning and where a drug controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 was mentioned on the death certificate. More details on the definition of a death related to drug misuse can be found in the background notes of the 'Deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales" statistical bulletin: http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/subnational-health3/deaths-related-to-drug-poisoning/index.html 2. Figures for drug misuse shown in Table 2 are included in the figures for all drug poisonings in Table 1. 3. Figures are based on boundaries as at May 2013 and exclude deaths of non-residents. 4. Figures are based on deaths registered, rather than deaths occurring between 2009 and 2011. Due to the length of time it takes to hold an inquest, it can take months for a drug-related death to be registered. Additional information on registration delays for drug-related deaths can be found in the annual statistical bulletin: http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/subnational-health3/deaths-related-to-drug-poisoning/index.html | |||
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Poisoning by drugs, medicaments and biological substances, undetermined intent |
Equality
Seema Malhotra: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office when he published his Diversity Action Plan for his Department; and what progress has been made since then on its implementation. [164012]
Mr Maude: The Cabinet Office Diversity and Inclusion Strategy is available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/cabinet-office/about/equality-and-diversity
Diversity information is also available at the same link.
Personal Income: York
Hugh Bayley: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what estimate the UK Statistics Authority has made of the average net weekly equivalised household income in (a) City of York Council area and (b) York Central constituency in each year since 2006-07 in (i) cash terms and (ii) at 2013 prices. [163890]
Mr Hurd: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Glen Watson, dated July 2013:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your recent question to the Minister for the Cabinet Office asking what estimate the UK Statistics Authority has made of the average net weekly equivalised household income in (a) City of York Council area and (b) York Central constituency in each year since 2006-07 in (i) cash terms and (ii) at 2013 prices. (163890)
Unfortunately these statistics are not produced annually. Table 1 shows the information requested for the year 2007/08, the latest period for which data are available, in cash terms and 2012 prices. These figures are based on small area income estimates published by the ONS. The data in the table have been adjusted to 2012 prices, the latest available, using the implied expenditure deflator for the household sector.
These estimates, as with any involving sample surveys, are subject to a margin of uncertainty.
The next year for which ONS small area income estimates will be available will be 2011/12. The release date for these statistics has not yet been finalised, but it is anticipated that they will be released in early 2014.
| Table 1: Average net weekly equivalised household income in the city of York council and York central parliamentary constituency areas, 2007/08(1, 2) | ||||
| £ per week | ||||
| City of York council | York central parliamentary constituency | |||
| Mean income | Mean income | |||
| Before housing costs(3) | After housing costs(3) | Before housing costs(3) | After housing costs(3) | |
| (1) Incomes are presented net of income tax payments, national insurance contributions and council tax. (2) Figures rounded to the nearest £10. (3) Housing costs include rent (gross of housing benefit), water charges, mortgage interest payments, structural insurance, ground rent and service charges. Source: Office for National Statistics. | ||||
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Public Expenditure
Caroline Lucas: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what assessment he has made of the equality impact of his Department's spending reductions since 2010; whether this assessment has been used to inform his planning ahead of the 2013 comprehensive spending review and with what result; what plans he has to publish the equality impact assessments undertaken by his Department as a result of the upcoming comprehensive spending review; and if he will make a statement. [161173]
Mr Maude: The Cabinet Office is a Department which primarily has an impact across Government and therefore, as was the case with previous spending reviews, equality impact assessments were not conducted.
The Office for Civil Society has completed an equality impact assessment for the National Citizen Service (covering the years 2011 to 2014). This has informed the design of the programme.
Sickness Absence
Mike Freer: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many days on average staff of his Department in each pay grade were absent from work as a result of ill health in each of the last 12 months. [162577]
Mr Maude: Information about sickness absence in the Cabinet Office and its agencies is published on the Cabinet Office website at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-absence-data
Aggregated figures for the whole civil service are published at:
http://www.civilservice.gov.uk/about/improving/health-and-wellbeing/sickness-absence
The most recent published figures show that for the year to 31 March 2013 the Cabinet Office has one of the lowest departmental sickness rates at 2.7 average working days lost when compared to the current civil service average of 7.7.
Across the civil service we use various techniques, for example early occupational health referrals and return to work interviews, to manage sickness absence and this has produced positive results.
Social Networking
Andrew Gwynne: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will list all Twitter accounts for which officials of his Department (a) have had and (b) currently have responsibility for (i) monitoring and (ii) updating. [163545]
Mr Hurd: The official Twitter accounts that officials across Cabinet Office have responsibility for monitoring and updating since May 2010 are as follows:
@CabinetOfficeUK
@Number10gov
@Number10press
@dpmoffice
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@G8
@UKtransparency
@socimpactbonds
@uktransparency
@ukcivilservice
@CommissioningAc
@UKResilience
@odugUK
@mutualsgovuk
@SMECrownRep
@gdsteam
@DataGovUK
@GOVUK
@UKgovcomms
@G_Cloud_UK
@Jobs_at_GDS
@SirBobKerslake
Universal Credit
Mr Byrne: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will publish the grounds on which the Major Projects Authority gave universal credit amber-red status. [159532]
Miss Chloe Smith [holding answer 13 June 2013]: The Government have published the Major Projects Authority Annual Report which, for the first time, sets out the delivery confidence ratings of its major projects, something that no previous Government has done before.
Details on specific projects will not be published, yet departmental specific data are available here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-major-projects-portfolio-data-for-dwp-2013
The report also contains reasons why the ratings have been applied, the status of each project and the definitions of the delivery confidence ratings. A copy of the report is available here:
http://engage.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/major-projects-authority/
Vending Machines
Debbie Abrahams: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many vending machines in his Department's premises contain snack foods that are high in calories and low in nutritional value. [163205]
Miss Chloe Smith [holding answer 4 July 2013]:There are seven vending machines on Cabinet Office premises. The machines offer a variety of drinks and snacks. Five of the machines, which are on the London estate, are owned and managed by our Facilities Management provider. The remaining two, in Roseberry Court, Norwich, are owned and managed by a local vending machine provider.
In both locations, the arrangements were signed under the previous Government.
I do not think asking civil servants to analyse the nutritional contents of the drinks and snacks on offer is an appropriate use of public funds.
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Youth Services
Tim Loughton: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) for what reasons he has not yet published the Positive for Youth, One Year On progress report due in December 2012; [163781]
(2) what responsibility his Department will retain for the UK Youth Parliament; and what projected grants payments there are from his or any successor Department; [163782]
(3) when the Youth Action Group last met; and if he will publish the minutes; [163783]
(4) what his plans are for the future of the inter-departmental Youth Action Group; and who will chair it; [163784]
Mr Hurd: The Prime Minister announced on 3 July 2013, Official Report, column 58WS, that the Cabinet Office is assuming cross-Government responsibility for youth strategy and policy. Alongside this announcement the Cabinet Office and the Department for Education jointly published the progress report on Positive for Youth. This can be found on Gov.uk at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/positive-for-youth-progress-since-december-2011
The Youth Voice programme, which is delivered by the British Youth Council with grant funding of £666,000 between 2013 and 2015 from the Department for Education, includes provision for the UK Youth Parliament, the National Scrutiny Group and the Youth Select Committee. The Cabinet Office will assume responsibility for the Youth Voice programme and grant.
The Youth Action Group last met on 20 March 2013 and the Department for Education published the minutes shortly afterwards. It will next meet on 9 July 2013 when I will assume the role of co-chair. Martina Milburn, chief executive of The Prince's Trust, will continue to co-chair the group.
Justice
Financial Services: Crime
Graeme Morrice: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent discussions he has had with the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Director of the Serious Fraud Office on the feasibility of introducing an offence of reckless management of a financial institution. [163044]
Greg Clark: I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Treasury.
The Government have today responded to the final report of the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards (Cm 8661). The report made a wide range of recommendations, many of which will be taken forward as part of the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Bill, which receives its Report stage in the Commons today and tomorrow.
I have written to the Chairman, my hon. Friend the Member for Chichester (Mr Tyrie), to thank him and the Commission for their work. The Government accept the Commission's recommendation for the introduction
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of a new criminal offence of reckless misconduct in the management of a bank, and the necessary provision will be made as the legislation progresses.
Treasury Ministers and officials engage with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors, as part of the process of policy development and delivery. As was the case with previous Administrations, it is not the Government's practice to release details of such meetings.
Human Trafficking
Mr Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) if he will request the Salvation Army, as part of its contract for support services to adult victims of human trafficking (a) to collect, from 1 August 2013, additional data each month on the countries in which those subject to trafficking are first identified and (b) to identify which police force, non-governmental organisation or other first responder made the initial referral; and if he will make a statement; [163335]
(2) if he will make it his policy to establish procedures to record counties in which those subject to human trafficking are discovered. [163336]
Mrs Grant: The Salvation Army is contracted to co-ordinate and oversee the provision of support and assistance to victims to help them start to recover from their terrible ordeal. Under the existing contractual arrangements, The Salvation Army already collects information on the organisation or agency that has made the referral and this is published. The safety of identified victims is of the utmost importance and publishing information as to the county or police force from where they were referred through to The Salvation Army for support could result in them being rediscovered by their trafficker.
Identification of potential victims of trafficking is a role undertaken by the National Referral Mechanism which is operated by the UK Human Trafficking Centre.
Judicial Review
Mr Lammy: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will publish all data recorded by the Legal Aid Agency on all certificate outcomes for judicial review cases funded in (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13. [159474]
Jeremy Wright: Legal aid providers report case outcomes for judicial review cases to the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) once the cases are closed. The following tables show, for each of the case outcome codes reported to the LAA, the volume of judicial review cases closed in 2011-12. Data for 2012-13 are not yet available.
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| Outcome Box 2—How did the case end? | ||
| Number of cases | ||