Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bovine Tuberculosis

Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much has been spent on (a) badger injectable vaccine research, (b) badger oral vaccine research and (c) cattle vaccines and associated research in each of the last three years; what such spending is planned for the future; and if he will make a statement. [175985]

George Eustice: Past and projected DEFRA research funding on oral badger vaccines, injectable badger vaccines and cattle vaccines and associated diagnostics is set out in the following table:

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£
 2010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-16

Oral badger vaccine research

2,476,273

2,127,448

1,684,948

2,027,956

2,008,748

2,427,390

Injectable badger vaccine research

301,943

136,178

87,959

66,387

40,000

Cattle vaccine and associated diagnostics research

2,683,843

2,210,441

2,709,163

3,994,677

2,041,706

1,916,714

Please note that the figures for FY 2013-14 onwards are estimates and subject to change. The figures exclude the costs of cattle vaccine field trials, which may commence within this timeframe.

Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what (a) active and (b) planned Government research programmes his Department is undertaking involving the use of live badgers; what the purpose of each programme is; which organisation is carrying out this research; and if he will make a statement. [175991]

George Eustice: DEFRA currently funds research on live badgers in four research areas:

1. Oral TB vaccines for badgers; the purpose of this programme is to look at the efficacy and safety of different oral TB vaccines and determining optimal strategies for bait deployment in wild badgers.

2. Badger Immunocontraceptives; the purpose of this programme is to determine whether an injectable contraceptive can reduce badger reproduction. In an urban setting this is associated with reducing sett expansion thereby reducing damage to property. Application in a rural setting may contribute to disease control/eradication.

3. Field approaches to identifying Mycobacterium bovis infection in badger populations; the purpose of this programme is to gather test data and samples for diagnostic test development from a well-studied wild badger population.

4. A study to examine the interactions between cattle and badgers; the purpose of this project is to look at where and when badgers and cattle come in contact with each other on farms.

The first three research programmes are carried out by the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratory Agency, while the cattle-badger contact work is carried out by the Zoological Society of London

DEFRA currently has no plans for research on live badgers outside of the four areas mentioned above.

David Morris: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps his Department is taking to introduce a programme of badger vaccinations; and in what locations that programme is being carried out. [176748]

George Eustice: DEFRA resourced the research leading to the licensing of the injectable badger vaccine (BadgerBCG) in 2010. It has funded the five-year research project in Gloucestershire (the Badger Vaccination Deployment Project) aimed at testing farmer acceptability of badger vaccination and learning practical lessons on vaccination.

Since 2012 DEFRA has offered start-up grant funding for those who want to undertake badger vaccination or train as a lay badger vaccinator. Grants have been made for vaccination in Gloucestershire, Cheshire, Leicestershire and Cornwall.

Because of the low uptake of this grant to date, we are considering what more can be done to encourage vaccination and deliver a more coordinated approach especially in the ‘edge’ of the high risk area.

David Morris: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much it costs to vaccinate a badger against tuberculosis; and what estimate he has made of the cost of vaccinating all badgers in England. [176843]

George Eustice: The cost of vaccinating individual badgers is susceptible to a range of local variables including topography, weather conditions and the number of badgers in the designated area.. We have estimated the average cost of vaccinating badgers by area, the figures for which can be found in the impact assessment published at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/182452/bovine-tb-impact-assessment.pdf

There is no current estimate of the cost of vaccinating all badgers in England. We are keen to learn from others' experiences on badger vaccination and have taken note of the Welsh Government's report on the first year of vaccination in the Intensive Action Area, which measures around 288km2. The report quotes a delivery cost of around £943,000 in year one, with 1,424 badgers having been vaccinated.

Bovine Tuberculosis: Durham

Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of whether (a) legal and (b) illegal cattle movements were a cause of the recent tuberculosis outbreak in cattle in County Durham; and if he will make a statement. [175992]

George Eustice: Investigations into the cause of the recent bovine TB breakdown in County Durham are continuing. However, the evidence so far strongly suggests that this incident was caused by the lawful movement of undetected infected cattle from the high TB risk area. In line with the new policy for TB breakdowns in the low risk areas of England, introduced by DEFRA in January, all cattle herds within a 3km radius of the TB infected herd are now being tested for the disease.

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Cattle

Huw Irranca-Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) how many cattle in the English and Welsh beef industry were slaughtered due to (a) fertility issues, (b) mastitis, (c) infectious bovine rhinotracheities, (d) bovine viral diarrhoea, (e) Johne's disease, (f) liver fluke, (g) nutrition, (h) calf pneumonia, (i) calf scour, (j) parasitic gastroenteritis or lungworm and (k) bovine tuberculosis in each of the last five years; [176840]

(2) how many cattle in the English and Welsh dairy industry were slaughtered due to (a) fertility issues, (b) mastitis, (c) lameness, (d) bovine viral diarrhoea, (e) Johne's disease, (f) genetic issues, (g) nutrition, (h) calf pneumonia, (i) calf scour, (j) parasitic gastroenteritis or lungworm and (k) bovine tuberculosis in each of the last five years. [176841]

George Eustice: Neither DEFRA nor its agencies collect data on the number of cattle slaughtered due to diseases which are not notifiable or under statutory control. Scanning surveillance intelligence and partnership working with industry and the veterinary profession enable us to understand new and re-emerging animal disease threats that may meet one of the four Government reasons for intervention.

For cattle slaughtered because of bovine tuberculosis, the figures are publicly available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/incidence-of-tuberculosis-tb-in-cattle-in-great-britain

These figures are not available off-the-shelf for the individual sectors. However, for England and Wales, the total numbers of cattle slaughtered since 2008 are:

 EnglandWalesTotal

2008

27,816

11,401

39,217

2009

26,669

11,671

38,340

2010

24,601

7,619

32,220

2011

26,469

8,068

34,537

2012

28,286

9,287

37,573

20131

18,113

4,482

22,595

Total

204,482

1 Data until 31 August.

Horses

George Freeman: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans she has to bring forward legislative proposals on the control of fly grazing. [176443]

George Eustice: There are no plans to introduce further legislation to tackle fly grazing. The Government consider that a combination of existing legislation, joined-up working and the new measures, currently before Parliament in the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill, can be used to tackle fly grazing.

Moths

Sir Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps he is taking to protect moths; and if he will make a statement. [176411]

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George Eustice: The UK Government's approach to wildlife conservation is set out in Biodiversity 2020, our strategy for England's wildlife and ecosystem services. As part of this strategy we are implementing a range of measures and initiatives that will benefit moths:

Two ‘candidate’ Special Areas of Conservation supporting Fisher's estuarine moth, a European Protected Species, have recently been submitted to the European Commission.

142 moth species are listed on section 41 (s.41) of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act (2006) as species of principal importance. Natural England is funding work on 36 of these species through its Species Recovery Programme.

6.1 million hectares of England's farmland is currently managed under Entry Level Environmental Stewardship (and 1.4 m ha under the Higher Level), providing habitat for an estimated one third of all s.41 moth species.

We have made £7.5 million available for 12 new Nature Improvement Areas to deliver landscape scale habitat restoration, several of which include specific measures to help moths and events to record them.

Finally, the proposed national pollinator strategy will consider the requirements of all pollinating insects.

Natural England

Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps he takes to ensure that licensees meet their financial obligations once they have formally advised Natural England that sufficient funds are in place to complete control operation. [175931]

George Eustice: It is for Natural England, under condition 1a of the original licences issued in respect of the pilot areas, to be satisfied with the details of the funding arrangements provided by the licensees. Natural England confirmed in February 2013 that this condition had been met when authorisation letters were issued to each pilot area.

Business, Innovation and Skills

Apprentices

Gloria De Piero: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the gender breakdown is of Government sponsored apprenticeships in England and Wales in each of the last five years. [176403]

Matthew Hancock [holding answer 21 November 2013]: Information on apprenticeship starts in England by gender is published in Supplementary Tables to a Statistical First Release:

http://www.thedataservice.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/5EB06887-64FE-41A6-8275-9B652B50EB63/0/Oct2013_Apprenticeship_Starts_REVISED.xls

http://www.thedataservice.org.uk/Statistics/fe_data_library/Apprenticeships/

The Department does not collect further education information relating to the devolved Administrations.

Business: Billing

Mr Umunna: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answers of 12 September 2013, Official Report, column 853W and 11 September 2013, Official Report, column 738W, on business: billing, what progress his Department has made in considering a range of options to tackle ongoing

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late payment problems; what work and consultation his Department has carried out to date as part of this process; and what legislative and non-legislative options his Department is considering. [176354]

Matthew Hancock: As the Prime Minister announced on 14 October, we will shortly be publishing a consultation paper on late payment.

The Government appreciate that late payment is a complex issue. That is why we are keen to hear views from right across the business community on what measures should be taken to tackle late payment.

The consultation paper will look at a range of options, both legislative and non-legislative. Any future measures will need to be proportionate and effective for the business community as a whole.

Business: Government Assistance

Mr Umunna: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he plans to commission an independent assessment of the GrowthAccelerator scheme. [176243]

Matthew Hancock: Work to evaluate the GrowthAccelerator scheme is under way. The client, stakeholder and investor surveys have been conducted by an independent market research firm RMG: Clarity. Grant Thornton's first annual report on GrowthAccelerator, published in July 2013 included insights from these surveys and a copy is available in the Libraries of the House.

The Department expects that the full economic impact of the GrowthAccelerator scheme will only be realised in the longer term (over five years or more). The first full economic assessment of the scheme is planned for 2016/17; an independent researcher would be commissioned to undertake this work.

Mr Umunna: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will provide an update on the Growth Vouchers programme; and by what date he expects the scheme to be operational. [176336]

Matthew Hancock: We have recently completed an EU procurement process to appoint private sector partners to manage the randomised controlled trials in five areas across England. They will deliver help to those seeking advice for the first time and gather evidence on the impact of external advice. The Growth Voucher programme is due to launch in January 2014.

The programme will also be supported by a new online marketplace that will make it easier for businesses to identify the right type of private sector support to meet their needs and redeem their vouchers. This is being developed independently by a company already operating in this area.

Business: Loans

Mr Umunna: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will provide an update on plans to make available business lending data for each region on a weekly basis. [176334]

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Matthew Hancock: The main high street banks (Royal Bank of Scotland, HSBC, Barclays, Santander, Yorkshire and Clydesdale, and Lloyds Banking Group), as well as Nationwide building society agreed to publish bank by bank lending data in up to 10,000 postcode areas following negotiations with Government during the progress of the Banking Reform Bill. This was announced by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, the right hon. Member for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey (Danny Alexander), in July and the process will begin from late December.

The data will be published by the British Bankers Association (BBA) and the Council of Mortgage Lenders on a quarterly basis and show the outstanding stock of lending that has been committed to customers across three categories:

loans and overdrafts to SMEs;

mortgages;

unsecured personal loans (excluding credit cards).

Each postcode will be broken down by category to show the exact lending being made to each.

This publication of UK lending data will provide significantly more detailed disclosure than in the USA, which is often cited as the best example of disclosure of lending data.

Mr Umunna: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent assessment he has made of the progress made by banks in relation to each of the 17 commitments they made under the Business Finance Taskforce; and what steps his Department is taking to monitor the delivery of those commitments. [176353]

Matthew Hancock: The Better Business Finance Taskforce commitments were made voluntarily by the main high street banks and the British Bankers Association (BBA) in October 2010.

Government are supportive of the aims of the Taskforce commitments and believe that useful progress had been made across the commitments, in particular since the establishment of an appeals process for small business with independent oversight, a nationwide business mentoring programme with over 1,000 bank mentors and the establishment of the BDRC SME Finance Monitor which is the most robust publicly available survey of business attitudes to financial conditions.

Ministers and officials regularly liaise with the BBA and individual banks on where they can build on progress so far, and improve and expand their support for smaller businesses seeking finance.

The banks and the BBA also provide regular updates to the industry led Business Finance roundtable and Small Business Economic Forum on their progress to date.

Company Accounts

Mr Umunna: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 11 September 2013, Official Report, column 739W, on company accounts, how many firms which have received letters from Companies House regarding the disclosure of overseas subsidiaries (a) have and (b) have not acted to bring their records up to date. [176352]

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Michael Fallon: Companies House wrote to 124 companies regarding their disclosure of overseas subsidiaries. All 124 companies have acted to bring their records up to date.

Conditions of Employment

Andrew George: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent assessment he has made of the effect of (a) zero-hours contracts, (b) sub-contracting work previously provided by directly-employed staff and (c) the activities of employment agencies on (i) the integrity of the national minimum wage and (ii) demand for wage supplements to workers through the benefits system. [175836]

Jo Swinson: The Government are committed to the national minimum wage (NMW) and its effective enforcement. We are absolutely clear that anyone entitled to be paid the minimum wage should receive it.

If an individual is a worker and aged 16 or over they are entitled to the NMW. People who are on zero-hours contracts, are employed through an employment agency or perform sub-contracted work previously provided by directly-employed staff are workers and therefore entitled to the NMW.

The Government are taking a multi-faceted approach to NMW compliance which includes targeted communications to raise awareness and help employers to comply, as well as targeted enforcement action in sectors or areas where there is a higher risk of workers not getting paid the legal minimum wage.

Earlier this year Government were made aware of, and took note of, anecdotal evidence that raised concerns of abuse of zero hour contracts. As a result officials undertook, over the summer, a fact-finding exercise to explore how these contracts work and what the issues were.

In September the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, my right hon. Friend the Member for Twickenham (Vince Cable), said he would publish a consultation seeking views on zero-hours contracts and how to address the concerns raised in the summer fact-finding exercise. We intend to publish this consultation shortly.

The Department has made no assessment on the demand for wage supplements to workers through the benefits system.

Industrial Disputes Independent Review

Ian Murray: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) whether the remit of the announced Independent Review into Industrial Disputes, chaired by Bruce Carr QC, will include the issue of employee blacklisting; [176848]

(2) whether the announced Independent Review into Industrial Disputes, chaired by Bruce Carr QC, will be taking evidence in public and accepting written submissions. [176854]

Jo Swinson: The proposed review will be a UK-wide review of workforce relations in critical industrial sectors. The intention is to have a balanced review involving a range of stakeholders, including employers and employee representatives. The full details of the review will be announced in due course, once they have been finalised.

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Ian Murray: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether any of his Department's (a) budget and (b) staff will be allocated to the announced Independent Review into Industrial Disputes, chaired by Bruce Carr QC. [176855]

Jo Swinson: A secretariat of civil servants will be necessary to assist the review with its work. The team will be resourced jointly from BIS and Cabinet Office and draw on resource and expertise from elsewhere in Government.

Ian Murray: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to the announced Independent Review into Industrial Disputes, chaired by Bruce Carr QC, when the review's terms of reference and membership will be issued; when its work will (a) start and (b) end; and whether a final report of its findings will be produced. [176856]

Jo Swinson: The review will start once the full details have been finalised. It is expected that the review will last six months. The review will report to jointly to the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, the right hon. Member for Horsham (Mr Maude), and the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, my right hon. Friend the Member for Twickenham (Vince Cable).

Low Pay

Mr Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if his Department will fund an independent research unit to analyse the costs and benefits of implementing a living wage in each economic sector and region of the United Kingdom. [176493]

Jo Swinson: We continue to keep our research plans under review and allocate resources on the basis of best value for money for the taxpayer. This Department is keen to be as open and transparent as possible and my officials are happy to meet with the right hon. Gentleman to share analysis and talk through these important issues. In addition we intend to release the advice and guidance, from officials to ministers, on the living wage by spring next year.

The Government support businesses that choose to pay the living wage when it is affordable and not at the expense of jobs.

Our primary policy for the low paid is the national minimum wage which is independently set by the Low Pay Commission (LPC) at a level that maximises the wages of the low paid without damaging their employment prospects.

The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, my right hon. Friend the Member for Twickenham (Vince Cable), wants to see faster rises in the minimum wage and has asked the LPC to look into what conditions are necessary to allow this to happen faster than current conditions allow, taking employment into consideration. As part of the NMW cycle the Government provide evidence to the LPC on what we would like them to consider when setting the rate and, on top of that, will provide evidence on the additional assessment by January 2014.

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New Businesses: Buildings

Mr Umunna: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 4 June 2013, Official Report, column 1067W, how many pilot spaces for start-ups are currently open to businesses; where each location is based; what the capacity is of each in the number of businesses they are able to accommodate; how many businesses are currently using premises at each; and when each began providing premises to businesses under the Government's scheme. [174548]

Matthew Hancock [holding answer 7 November 2013]: To date 78 Space for Growth locations offering around 1,600 workstation spaces are available to registered users of the scheme or organisations prepared to take over whole spaces. The number of users registering with the scheme to date has been modest, reflecting the low key marketing and soft launch. Marketing and publicity is being gradually increased as the number of workspaces, case study stories, and users grow to the level where it reaches a critical mass and can be talked about and promoted nationally.

Third-party locations have developed as hubs for supporting local businesses, with external organisations using the locations for meetings, events, and business advice sessions.

It is not possible to give an exact figure for the capacity of each location because the private sector providers running them are operating in a flexible way, in order to best meet the needs of the business users.

Mr Umunna: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to his answer of 1 March 2013, Official Report, column 742W, how many staff from his Department have been allocated to the Start Up Spaces scheme and its delivery. [174549]

Matthew Hancock [holding answer 7 November 2013]: Further to the reply of the Minister of State for Business and Energy, my right hon. Friend the Member for Sevenoaks (Michael Fallon), to the hon. Member on 1 March 2013, Official Report, column 742W, officials from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Government Property Unit have worked together with other Departments on the pilot scheme to provide space for start-ups and the Cabinet Office ‘Government Space for Growth’ initiative, contributing 3.5 full-time-equivalent members of staff.

BIS now has allocated the equivalent of 0.5 full-time-equivalent member of staff to oversee the day to day running of the four pilot scheme spaces opened in Bristol, Wimbledon, and Peterborough and supporting Cabinet Office on ‘Government Space for Growth’.

Regional Growth Fund

Mr Umunna: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 11 November 2013, Official Report, column 479, on Regional Growth Fund, what the monetary value was of the award made on 23 August 2013. [176320]

Michael Fallon: £2.658 million.

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Mr Umunna: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 25 October 2013, Official Report, column 306, on Regional Growth Fund, what the monetary value was of the award made on 19 April 2013. [176321]

Michael Fallon: £4 million.

Mr Umunna: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many winning bidders under round three of the Regional Growth Fund have not received a final agreed offer. [176323]

Michael Fallon: One.

Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics Network

Rebecca Harris: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what discussions he has had with STEMnet on the evaluation of the higher education careers awareness pilot. [176839]

Mr Willetts: The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, my right hon. Friend the Member for Twickenham (Vince Cable), has not had any discussions with STEMNET about their programmes including the higher education careers awareness pilot.

Officials from BIS regularly meet with STEMNET to monitor and discuss the progress of their outreach programmes including the pilot extension of the STEM Ambassador scheme into higher education institutions.

Women and Equalities

Carbon Emissions

David T. C. Davies: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities how much has been spent by the Government Equalities Office on offsetting costs for energy-related carbon dioxide in the last year for which figures are available. [169507]

Mrs Grant: The Government Equalities Office has not spent any money towards offsetting costs for energy-related carbon dioxide.

Work and Pensions

Employment Schemes: Young People

Stephen Timms: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of the Minister of State of 18 November 2013, Official Report, column 942, on Youth Contract wage incentives, how many jobs starts supported by wage incentives there have been in each month since its inception. [176726]

Esther McVey: The first wage incentive statistics for the period April 2012 up to May 2013 were published on 22 July 2013. The statistics can be accessed by the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/224572/Wage_Incentive_job _starts_adhoc_released.pdf

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Health and Safety Executive

Stephen Timms: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many inspectors are employed in the Health and Safety Executive's (a) Field Operations Directorate, (b) Hazardous Industries Directorate and (c) Office for Nuclear Regulation; and how many of the inspectors in each such category currently carry out site inspections and accident investigations. [176724]

Mike Penning: The information is not available in the format requested. However the following table provides the information in respect of total inspectors and inspectors employed in front-line work.

At 30 September 2013:Field operations directorateHazardous installations directorateOffice for nuclear regulation

Total inspectors of health and safety

616

361

268

Of which:

   

Are front-line

595

342

236

Notes: 1. The figures are for substantive full-time equivalents rounded to the nearest whole number. 2. The figures include regulatory and discipline specialist inspectors. 3. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) front-line inspectors carry out a range of roles including inspection and accident investigation, but also other significant regulatory activities such as the assessment of major hazard site safety cases; asbestos licensing; working with dutyholders and stakeholders in targeted sectors to identify, develop and evaluate alternative intervention strategies etc.

Stephen Timms: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many Health and Safety Executive inspectors currently carry out front-line site inspections and accident investigations; and how many such inspectors there were in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010, (d) 2011 and (e) 2012. [176725]

Mike Penning: The answer is provided in the table:

 Frontline inspectors of health and safety

1 April 2008

1,238

2009

1,323

2010

1,342

2011

1,316

31 March 2012

1,302

30 September 2013

1,215

Notes: 1. The figures are for substantive full-time equivalents, rounded to the nearest whole number and provide a snapshot of the staff in post as at the dates shown. 2. The figures include regulatory and discipline specialist inspectors. 3. The Health and Safety Executive(HSE) front-line inspectors carry out a range of roles including inspection and accident investigation, but also other significant regulatory activities such as the assessment of major hazard site safety cases; asbestos licensing; working with dutyholders and stakeholders in targeted sectors to identify, develop and evaluate alternative intervention strategies etc.

Housing Benefit: Lancaster

David Morris: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people are eligible under the disability living allowance to claim from the discretionary housing payment fund in the Lancaster district council region. [176764]

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Esther McVey: The Department does not hold data about the number of people in receipt of disability living allowance in the Lancaster district council region who are eligible to claim discretionary housing payments (DHP).

This year, the Government have made available £180 million in discretionary housing payment funding. £25 million of this is aimed specifically at helping disabled people who live in significantly adapted accommodation.

David Morris: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) households and (b) individuals have claimed from the discretionary housing payment fund in the Lancaster district council region. [176767]

Esther McVey: The Department is collecting six-monthly returns detailing DHP awards in each local authority. This includes the number of awards granted, but not the number of households and individuals that have claimed from the DHP fund. We are currently gathering this information and performing the necessary quality assurance checks.

This year, in addition to the original Government contribution, local authorities are able to bid for funding from a £20 million discretionary housing payment reserve fund. The scheme is open to bids until 3 February 2014.

Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing

Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many tenants affected by the under-occupancy penalty are subject to eviction; [175840]

(2) what assessment he has made of the change in the number of empty properties in (a) South Shields and (b) the UK as a result of the implementation of the under-occupancy penalty; [175854]

(3) how many people have moved into emergency accommodation as a result of the implementation of the under-occupancy penalty; and what was the cost of such accommodation. [175884]

Kris Hopkins: I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government.

The Government do not collect these statistics.

An independent evaluation of the removal of the spare room subsidy has been commissioned and is expected to publish interim findings in spring 2014.

I also refer the hon. Member to the recent Opposition Day debate motion, passed by the House, which observed that the House

“notes the substantial structural deficit which was inherited from the previous Government and the need to get the nation's finances back into shape; further notes the need to bring expenditure on housing benefit under control; further notes that the proposed reversal of this policy would cost the Exchequer around half a billion pounds a year; regrets any exaggeration and misrepresentation of the effects of the policy; recognises the inequality of allowing social tenants to receive benefit for a spare bedroom whilst denying this opportunity to private tenants; supports the Government's action to deal with this unfairness whilst protecting vulnerable groups such as pensioners and providing substantial funding through Discretionary Housing Payments to local authorities to support other tenants who would otherwise be adversely affected;

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further notes the Government's continuing commitment to monitor the effects of the policy and the use of Discretionary Housing Payments; and welcomes the potential beneficial impact of this policy on those living in overcrowded accommodation and the 2.1 million families on waiting lists.”

Jobcentre Plus

Mr Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the average duration of incoming calls to Jobcentre Plus centres using 0845 numbers. [176530]

Esther McVey: The average duration of inbound calls to the Department's 0845 working age service lines between 1 November 2012 and 31 October 2013 was six minutes and 27 seconds.

Mr Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate the number of calls made to Jobcentre Plus offices in (a) Birkenhead constituency and (b) the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral using an 0845 number in each year since 2003. [176762]

Esther McVey: Figures for specific locations cannot be provided in isolation. The Department does not record the geographic location of individual calls made to its centres and to do so would be a disproportionate cost.

Jobseekers Allowance

Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average number of jobseeker's allowance claimants who were sanctioned per Jobcentre Plus adviser was in each region of the UK in each of the last 12 months. [176218]

Esther McVey: The information requested is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

New Enterprise Allowance

Bill Esterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many businesses started under the national enterprise allowance scheme have since ceased trading. [176473]

Esther McVey: The Department does not track how many businesses that started under the new enterprise allowance scheme have since ceased trading. However, as an indication of sustainment, the Department has produced analysis showing that 78% of people who started drawing the new enterprise allowance remained off benefit continuously for 12 months.

Source:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/225167/NEA_benefit_status_ad-hoc_v3.pdf

Bill Esterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) referrals, (b) clients engaged, (c) approved business plans and (d) business starts there have been under the national enterprise allowance scheme in (i) Sefton and (ii) the UK since the start of that scheme. [176474]

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Esther McVey: The Department routinely publishes official statistics on the new enterprise allowance. These statistics show mentoring starts and allowance starts. NEA participants receive the weekly allowance after their business plan has been approved and their business begins trading. The Department does not publish information on referrals.

Get Britain Working August 2013 official statistics

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/230333/RESTRICTED_GBW_Official_Statistics_Release_Aug_2013_final.pdf

Geographical breakdowns of Get Britain Working official statistics

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/230306/gbw-geo-breakdown-_aug-13.xls

Between April 2011 and May 2013 in the UK, 54,410 people have begun working with a business mentor as part of new enterprise allowance, and 26,160 people have gone on to receive the weekly allowance.

Over this period, there have been 390 business mentor starts and 240 weekly allowance starts in Sefton.

Poverty: Children

Stephen Timms: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to his contribution of 18 November 2013, Official Report, column 955, what the evidential basis is for his statement that child poverty rose under the last Government. [176531]

Esther McVey: I am replying as the Minister responsible for this area.

The topical oral question from the hon. Member for Hyndburn (Graham Jones), on 18 November 2013, Official Report, column 955, was asking about in-work poverty. The response by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, my right hon. Friend the Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Mr Duncan Smith), also relates to in-work poverty.

While the number of children in families in relative poverty where at least one adult works was broadly flat between 1998-99 and 2009-10, this figure increased as a proportion of all children in relative poverty from 48% to 56%. In the year that the previous Government left office, the figure rose to 60%.

Trends in relative low income are published in the National Statistics Households Below Average Income (HBAI) series. HBAI uses household income adjusted (or ‘equivalised') for household size and composition, to provide a proxy for standard of living. This information is captured using the Family Resources Survey. The latest publication is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/households-below-average-income-hbai-199495-to-201112

(ISBN 978-1-78153-531-8).

Figures on children in relative poverty in families where at least one adult works can be found in Table 4.6ts (on page 125).

Staff

Mrs Hodgson: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what proportion of employees in his Department are (a) female and (b) male, by each Civil Service pay grade; [176598]

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(2) what proportion of employees in his Department is (a) white British and (b) black, Asian and from other minority ethnic groups, by each Civil Service pay grade; [176650]

(3) what proportion of employees in his Department have a physical or learning disability, by each Civil Service pay grade. [176668]

Mike Penning: The Department regularly publishes information on the diversity of its work force under the public sector equality duty regulations introduced by the Equality Act 2010. The information requested is included in this publication; the latest information can be found at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/212104/equality-info-report-2013.pdf

Universal Credit

Stephen Timms: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on what dates each universal credit pathfinder his Department planned to commence by April 2014 will begin. [176494]

Esther McVey: Our plans to rollout universal credit to an additional six jobcentres between October 2013 and spring 2014 are on track. Hammersmith jobcentre began to take claims for universal credit from 28 October 2013 and the Commencement Order is now in place for Rugby and Inverness to take claims from 25 November 2013. A further three jobcentres will begin to take claims to universal credit by spring 2014, as previously announced.

Health

Alcoholic Drinks: Health Education

Tracey Crouch: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to support Alcohol Awareness Week; and if he will make a statement. [176516]

Jane Ellison: The Department and Public Health England (PHE) support this week's Alcohol Awareness Week and Alcohol Concern's encouragement for wider discussion of the health risks and social issues associated with alcohol, including highlighting the importance of identification and brief advice in preventing and reducing risks from alcohol misuse.

Change4Life resources are available from PHE, including alcohol information, digital tools and social media promotion to support Alcohol Awareness Week. PHE's Director of Alcohol and Drugs has made two major speeches during Alcohol Awareness Week in support of the PHE ambitions around reducing the harms of alcohol use. PHE centres have been working with local partnerships to encourage their participation in local activity to support Alcohol Awareness Week.

Clinical Commissioning Groups

Liz Kendall: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many specialist commissioning hubs there are; and what the (a) budget, (b) number of staff employed and (c) budget for staff salaries is for each such hub. [176752]

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Dr Poulter: NHS England is responsible for directly commissioning specialised services, and has developed service specifications on a national basis, to ensure that patients can access the same high quality services regardless of where they live in England.

There are 10 area teams in England that hold contracts with providers for specialised services and ensure that specifications are met. These are staffed by teams who are expert in contracting for specialised services.

NHS England has provided detailed information about the budgets for the specialised commissioning teams, which sets out the associated staffing numbers and costs.

A copy of the table has been placed in the Library.

Domestic Accidents: Older People

Rosie Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research his Department has commissioned into potential links between bladder and bowel problems and falls and fractures in the elderly. [176462]

Dr Poulter: The Department's National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funds a wide range of research relating to bladder and bowel problems and relating to falls and fractures in the elderly.

The NIHR has not commissioned any specific research into potential links between these two areas.

Drugs and Alcoholic Drinks: Homelessness

Mr Burrowes: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people had a recorded diagnosis of a drug or alcohol dependency and were statutorily homeless in (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13. [175774]

Jane Ellison: The National Drug Treatment Monitoring System records the numbers of people who are receiving treatment for drug and alcohol problems. It does not record statutory homelessness, but it does record the self-reported housing situation of people in alcohol and drug treatment. The housing situations for people newly presenting to alcohol and drug treatment in 2011-12 and 2012-13 are as follows:

Self-reported housing status among adult drug treatment clients newly presenting to treatment
Primary drug
 2011-122012-13
Housing situationNumberPercentageNumberPercentage

Urgent problem

6,251

9

6,407

9

Housing problem

10,078

15

9,995

15

No problem

49,855

74

50,156

74

Other

1,135

2

1,254

2

Total

67,319

100

67,812

100

Not stated/ missing data

2,115

1,435

Total including missing data

69,434

69,247

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Self-reported housing status among adult alcohol treatment clients newly presenting to treatment
Primary alcohol
 2011-122012-13
Housing situationNumberPercentageNumberPercentage

Urgent problem

2,753

4

2,901

4

Housing problem

7,157

10

7,388

10

No problem

58,289

85

61,636

85

Other

550

1

443

1

Total

68,749

100

72,368

100

Not stated/ missing data

5,604

3,405

Total including missing data

74,353

75,773

General Practitioners

Mr Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to encourage more people to apply to be trained as GPs. [176760]

Dr Poulter: Health Education England (HEE) has been mandated to encourage more people to apply to be trained as general practitioners (GPs).

The Government have asked HEE to:

ensure progress should be made in each year of the mandate towards ensuring that 50% of medical students become GPs; and

ensuring that 50% of specialty trainees choose to enter GP specialty training.

HEE is supporting a GP taskforce which has been looking at the GP career pathway with a view to understanding what motivates trainees to become GPs; what barriers exist to that choice; what factors might boost interest and fill rates into GP training positions and looking at what more the system needs to do to achieve the target of increasing GP training numbers to 3,250 per year in England. The taskforce report is currently being prepared, for publication.

HEE actively promotes all health care careers, including medicine, through its careers services.

Hypothermia

Luciana Berger: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of hypothermia there have been (a) in total and (b) in each parliamentary constituency in each year since 2010. [176793]

Jane Ellison: The information available has been placed in the Library.

One possible factor in the increase in finished consultant episodes for hypothermia in 2013 is the longer than usual period of low temperatures of that year.

Incontinence

Rosie Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to improve the training of doctors, nurses and healthcare assistants in continence care. [176464]

Dr Poulter: The standard of training of doctors and nurses is the responsibility of the independent regulatory bodies. They are committed to ensuring high quality

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patient care delivered by health and health care professionals with the knowledge, skills and behaviours required to deal with the medical conditions they will encounter in practice.

Health care assistants (HCAs) are not a regulated profession and their training is the responsibility of employers. Health Education England (HEE) has responsibility for promoting high quality education and training that is responsive to the changing needs of patients and local communities and will work with stakeholders to influence training curricula as appropriate. HEE has been tasked with establishing minimum training standards for HCAs by the spring of 2014.

Rosie Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether NHS England is responsible for provision of guidance on continence care to clinical commissioning groups. [176465]

Norman Lamb: Responsibility for continence services sits with NHS England and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). CCGs are responsible for commissioning high quality continence service for their local populations and performance managing their providers in the delivery of high quality services. NHS England is responsible for ensuring this happens, and the Government hold it to account for this through the mandate.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has issued clinical guidelines on the management of urinary incontinence in women (2006) and faecal incontinence in adults (2007), which are supported by commissioning tools. NICE is also developing a quality standard on faecal incontinence for publication in February 2014. This guidance is there to support CCGs.

Mental Health Services

Luciana Berger: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment his Department has made of a potential link between increased social distress and changes in the number of mental health referrals. [176842]

Norman Lamb: The Department has not made an assessment of a potential link between increased social distress and changes to the number of mental health referrals.

Mental Illness: Drugs and Alcoholic Drinks

Mr Burrowes: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people had a recorded diagnosis of both a mental health condition and drug or alcohol dependency in (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13. [175770]

Jane Ellison: The National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS) records the numbers of people who are receiving treatment for drug and alcohol problems. It does not record mental health diagnoses, but it does record numbers of people in drug treatment who are receiving care from mental health services for reasons other than substance misuse. These are known as dual diagnosis clients who are being treated for more serious mental health problems. These figures (as shown in the following tables) may not include people suffering from all types of depression and anxiety, therefore do not

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provide a comprehensive representation of all the people in alcohol and drug treatment who have mental health problems.

Dual diagnosis is not a mandatory data item, and is not as well completed as the mandatory data items in NDTMS.

Table 1: Adult drug treatment clients also receiving care from mental health services
 2011-122012-13

No dual diagnosis

149,298

147,638

With dual diagnosis

29,911

32,059

Missing data

17,901

13,878

Total

197,110

193,575

Table 2: Adult alcohol treatment clients also receiving care from mental health services
 2011-122012-13

No dual diagnosis

73,960

75,925

With dual diagnosis

20,912

23,022

Missing data

14,034

10,736

Total

108,906

109,683

Midwives

Luciana Berger: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of midwives who are trained to offer expectant mothers mental health support. [176771]

Dr Poulter: The current pre-registration curricular for midwifery training identifies how to support women with mental health support requirements.

Health Education England is working with NHS England to ensure that sufficient midwives and other maternity staff are trained and available to provide every woman with personalised one-to-one care throughout pregnancy, childbirth and during the post natal period. This work will include recommendations on how women who have mental health support requirements or who have suffered a miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death of a baby may receive appropriate support from specialised trained midwives.

Monitor

Liz Kendall: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much Monitor spent on consultancy services (a) in 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13 and (d) 2013-14 to date. [175538]

Jane Ellison: The requested information is displayed in the following table:

 Consultancy spend £000

2010-11

1,168

2011-12

4,630

2012-13

12,533

2013-14 (the first six months)

8,504

The key reason for growth in consultancy spend in 2011-12 was the development of Monitor's new functions, for example pricing. A large part of the increase in consultancy spend for 2012-13 onwards are the costs relating to the Contingency Planning Team and trust

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special administration work. The spend on this work is, however, offset by the benefits to the system of finding sustainable solutions for these organisations.

NHS: Translation Services

Mr Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate his Department has made of the amount spent on translation services by (a) NHS trusts, (b) NHS foundation trusts and (c) clinical commissioning groups in each year since 2010. [176913]

Dr Poulter: The Department has made no such estimate. National health service organisations have a duty to follow equalities legislation. This includes making sure their communities can understand information about NHS services and that patients and clinicians can communicate with each other. However, the Department would encourage NHS organisations to be efficient and save money where possible by working together and sharing resources.

Out-patients: Attendance

Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will estimate the cost to the NHS of missed appointments. [176541]

Dr Poulter: No estimates have been made centrally of the cost to the national health service of missed appointments (did not attends).

Psychiatry

Diana Johnson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what his policy is on the commissioning by the NHS of psychotherapists who are not part of professional associations; [176158]

(2) what steps he is taking to ensure that psychotherapists in the UK comply with practitioner full disclosure. [176167]

Dr Poulter [holding answer 21 November 2013]: The commissioning of psychotherapy services is a matter for clinical commissioning groups, supported by NHS England.

Roaccutane

Mike Thornton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent research his Department has commissioned into the side effects of the Roaccutane form of isotretinoin. [176772]

Dr Poulter: The Department has not commissioned any recent research specifically into the side effects suspected to be associated with isotretinoin.

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) continuously monitors the safety of all medicines on the market in the United Kingdom. The MHRA reviews regular updates of safety information for Roaccutane: these include all studies that have been published in the review period and all side effects suspected to be associated with isotretinoin that have been reported to the marketing authorisation holder or regulatory authorities worldwide. The latest review was completed in March 2013 and concluded that the overall balance of benefits and risks of isotretinoin in the treatment of severe forms of acne remains positive.

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Translation Services

Mr Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department and its agencies spent on interpreters and translation services in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012. [176912]

Dr Poulter: The Department's spend on interpreters and translation costs for calendar years 2010, 2011 and 2012 is contained in the following table:

Department of Health spend
Category Total (£ excluding VAT)

Interpretation and translation

2010

39,284

 

2011

3,653

 

2012

5,831

Interpretation and translation total

 

48,768

   

Grand total

 

48,768

Spend by the Department's agencies is only available from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency in the timeframe requested and is contained in

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the following table. Public Health England did not exist during the time specified in the question (2010-11 to 2012-13).

Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
Category Total (£ excluding VAT)

Interpretation and translation

2010

27,485

 

2011

31,863

 

2012

30,219

Interpretation and translation total

 

89,567

   

Grand total

 

89,567

Transplant Surgery

Mr Woodward: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) lung, (b) liver, (c) heart and (d) kidney transplants have been carried out by the national health service in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. [175734]

Jane Ellison: The information requested can be found in the following table:

Table: Lung, liver, heart and kidney transplants performed in the United Kingdom, 1 April 2003 to 31 March 2013, by year and transplant type.
Transplant type2003-042004-052005-062006-072007-082008-092009-102010-112011-122012-13

Lung:

          

Single lung

42

42

37

34

33

31

36

23

37

33

Double lung

105

78

79

94

82

112

109

146

138

155

Living Donor lung

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

Liver:

          

Liver

597

543

487

508

521

521

569

544

610

655

Domino Liver1

3

0

1

4

4

7

3

4

5

2

Liver lobe

72

81

93

112

99

123

94

119

111

118

Living donor liver lobe

7

6

9

8

20

27

20

21

38

31

Heart:

          

Heart

164

154

138

155

127

129

120

131

138

142

Domino Heart2

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

3

0

Kidney:

          

Kidney

1,330

1,217

1,204

1,257

1,249

1,403

1,481

1,502

1,599

1,750

Living donor kidney

461

475

589

690

831

927

1,038

1,021

1,009

1,068

Multi-organ transplants:

          

Kidney/pancreas

47

79

107

164

188

151

159

155

173

166

Heart/lung

9

15

7

6

7

3

5

3

5

3

Kidney and heart

1

0

3

1

1

1

0

0

0

3

Kidney and liver

10

12

12

18

13

13

15

9

18

11

Liver and pancreas

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

0

0

Liver and lung

0

0

0

2

0

0

1

0

0

0

Total

2,848

2,703

2,766

3,053

3,176

3,448

3,651

3,681

3,884

4,137

1 Domino liver: liver transplants may be performed when the liver being removed has a genetic defect in a single enzyme, but is otherwise normal. In some circumstances that liver can be transplanted into another recipient. This is known as domino liver transplantation and the liver donor will also need a transplant. 2 Domino heart: transplants may occur where a patient receiving a heart and lung transplant donates their healthy heart to another recipient. Note: Kidney only transplants include circumstances where two kidneys are transplanted to the same recipient at the same time, but only one transplant procedure is counted. Source: NHS Blood and Transplant

Travel

Chris Leslie: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost of travel within the UK was for his Department in each year since 2010; and how much of this was spent on (a) hire cars, (b) helicopter hire, (c) hotel accommodation and (d) subsistence. [176857]

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Dr Poulter: The total cost of United Kingdom travel and that relating to hire cars, hotel accommodation and subsistence for each financial year from 1 April, 2010 is given in the following table. No costs were incurred on helicopter hire.

£
 Total UK travelHire carsHotel accommodationSubsistence

2010-11

16,486,316.36

37,851.82

1,299,312

214,642.08

2011-12

9,205,098.93

23,190.59

696,631

134,900.60

2012-13

8,292,404.88

11,748.48

561,687

128,887.14

Note: Costs are inclusive of value added tax.

Urinary System: Infectious Diseases

Rosie Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospital admissions there were for urinary tract infections in 2012; and what the estimated cost to the NHS was of treating such admissions. [176463]

Dr Poulter: There were 174,863 finished admission episodes1 where the primary diagnosis2 was urinary tract infection3 in 2011-12 and 184,943 in 2012-13.

The cost of treating hospital admissions for urinary tract infections is not collected centrally. However estimates of NHS spend relating to problems of the genito-urinary system are available from the programme budgeting data and are set out in the following table.

1 A finished admission episode (FAE) is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FAEs are counted against the year or month in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the period.

2 The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 20 (14 from 2002-03 to 2006-07 and seven prior to 2002-03) diagnosis fields in the

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Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data set and provides the main reason why the patient was admitted to hospital.

3 The following ICD-10 codes classify urinary tract infections.

N39.0 Urinary tract infection site not specified.

O23.4 Unspecified infection of urinary tract in pregnancy.

O86.2 Urinary tract infection following delivery.

P39.3 Neonatal urinary tract infection.

A18.1 Tuberculosis of genitourinary system.

This code includes, but is not limited to tuberculosis of the urinary tract.

Expenditure data on the cost of hospital admissions for urinary tract infections are not available centrally at this level of detail, although estimates of NHS spend relating to ‘Problems of the genito urinary system’ are available from the programme budgeting data. The programme budgeting data collection requires primary care trusts (PCTs) to analyse their expenditure by specific healthcare conditions.

The following table includes estimated aggregate PCT level expenditure on problems of the genito urinary system for financial year 2011-12:

  PCT aggregate expenditure (£ million) 2011-12

17

Problems of the genito urinary system

4,621.35

17a

Genital tract problems

1,149.60

17b

Renal problems

1,424.12

17c

Sexually transmitted infections

250.16

17x

Problems of genito urinary system (Other)

1,797.47

The following table provides estimated aggregate PCT level expenditure on problems of the genito urinary system by care setting for 2011-12:

  Aggregate expenditure (£million)
   Primary careSecondary care
 Programme budgeting categoryPrevention and health promotionPrimary carePrimary prescribingIn-patient: Elective and daycaseIn-patient: Non-electiveOut-patientOther secondary careTotal secondary Care

17

Problems of the genito urinary system

110.2

3.1

524.5

851.8

889.2

887.0

806.0

3,434.1

17a

Genital tract problems

0.7

1.0

120.9

420.6

106.5

385.4

29.2

941.7

17b

Renal problems

0.1

0.1

50.4

188.0

276.9

122.0

707.9

1,294.9

17c

Sexually transmitted infections

99.9

1.2

0.8

2.4

3.1

57.3

24.3

87.1

17x

Problems of genito urinary system (Other)

9.5

0.8

352.4

240.9

502.8

322.4

44.5

1,110.5

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  Aggregate expenditure (£million)
  Urgent/emergency care    
 Programme budgeting categoryAmbulanceA&ECommunity careCare provided in other settingNon-health/social careTotal expenditure

17

Problems of the genito urinary system

5.6

56.5

298.9

32.8

155.8

4,621.3

17a

Genital tract problems

0.4

41.6

5.2

38.3

1,149.6

17b

Renal problems

4.5

17.4

7.2

49.5

1,424.1

17c

Sexually transmitted infections

0.0

45.5

4.6

11.1

250.2

17x

Problems of genito urinary system (Other)

0.7

56.5

194.4

15.8

57.0

1,797.5

Notes: 1. Expenditure data are calculated from PCT programme budgeting returns. Programme budgeting returns are based on a subset of PCT accounts data and represent a subset of overall NHS expenditure data. 2. Calculating programme budgeting data is complex and not all health care activity or services can be classified directly to a programme budgeting category or care setting. When it is not possible to reasonably estimate a programme budgeting category, expenditure is classified as ‘Other’. Expenditure on General Medical Services and Personal Medical Services cannot be reasonably estimated at disease specific level, and is separately identified as a subcategory of ‘Other’ expenditure. 3. The allocation of expenditure to programme budgeting subcategories is not always straightforward, and subcategory level data should therefore be used with caution. 4. In order to improve data quality, continual refinements have been made to the programme budgeting data calculation methodology since the first collection in 2003-04.The underlying data which support programme budgeting data are also subject to yearly changes. Programme budgeting data cannot be used to analyse changes in investment in specific service areas between years. Users of the data should note that significant changes to the data calculation methodology were introduced in 2010-11. 5. Figures for years 2003-04 to 2009-10 are calculated using provider costs as a basis. Figures for 2010-11 and 2011-21 are calculated using price paid for specific activities and services purchased from health care providers. PCTs follow standard guidance, procedures and mappings when calculating programme budgeting data. 6. Aggregate PCT data supersede previously published England level programme budgeting data. England level data incorporated estimates of expenditure on healthcare conditions for the Department of Health, Strategic Health Authorities and Special Health Authorities. The Department of Health no longer publishes these data as aggregate PCT figures provide a more accurate and meaningful representation of the breakdown of NHS expenditure by healthcare condition. 7. The analysis of programme budgeting data by care setting was introduced for the first time in 2010-11. For this reason, programme budgeting data within individual care settings should be interpreted with caution. 8. Due to differences in the level of information available to PCTs on accident and emergency (A&E) attendances a national split has been applied to PCT total A&E expenditure to apportion it across programme budgeting categories.

Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband

Robert Flello: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will place in the Library a list showing when BT broadband will be rolled out within a 20-mile radius of (a) Exeter, (b) Oxford and (c) Stoke-on-Trent. [176545]

Mr Vaizey: BT Openreach publishes its forthcoming superfast broadband delivery plans on its website at:

http://www.superfast-openreach.co.uk/where-and-when/

Devon, Oxfordshire and Staffordshire county councils have published their own maps showing outline plans for delivery of their rural broadband projects on their respective project websites:

http://www.connectingdevonandsomerset.co.uk/where-and-when/

http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/cms/content/broadband-coverage-map

http://www.superfaststaffordshire.co.uk/where-and-when/where-and-when/

Television: Advertising

Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will estimate the number of television advertisements watched by children in each of the last 30 years. [174418]

Mr Vaizey: In July last year Ofcom published its ninth annual Communications Market report which outlines data about the television viewing habits of children and adults. The British Broadcasters Audience Research Board (BARB) provides the official viewing figures for UK Television audiences. The following table contains the information it has available in relation to children's viewing of advertisements.

Children aged 4-15
 Average number of ads seen per week

2007

201

2008

216

2009

217

2010

223

2011

227

Source: BARB

The following calculations have been derived by dividing the total child impacts figures by the total child universe, then divided by 52 to give approximate per week figures.

Treasury

Average Earnings

Mr McKenzie: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment he has made of the extent to which the rate of increase of average earnings has kept up with the rate of consumer price inflation; and if he will make a statement. [175755]

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Nicky Morgan [holding answer 18 November 2013]: The country has been through an unprecedented economic crisis and the only sustainable way to raise living standards is to stick to the Government's economic plan and deliver a recovery that works for all. Britain is back on the path to prosperity; the economy is growing, the deficit is falling and jobs are being created.

However, the Government appreciate that times are tough for families, and have taken continued action to help with the cost of living by increasing the personal allowance, freezing fuel duty and helping local authorities to freeze council tax.

Household disposable income has been higher over the last year than in the previous Government's last year in office and indeed higher than any year under the previous Government.

Children: Day Care

Lucy Powell: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) pursuant to the answer of 8 October 2013, Official Report, column 147W, on children: day care, if he will publish a list of all stakeholders consulted as part of his Department's consultation on tax-free childcare; [172118]

(2) how many (a) businesses, (b) parents and (c) other groups or organisations responded to his Department's consultation on tax-free childcare; what proportion of such respondents supported a tax-free childcare scheme; and if he will make a statement. [172121]

Nicky Morgan [holding answer 23 October 2013]: HM Treasury and HMRC contacted a wide range of organisations during the consultation on Tax-Free Childcare. Responses to the consultation will be published in the usual way and made available in the Libraries of the House.

As part of the consultation on Tax-Free Childcare the Government have to date received formal responses from 21 businesses, 54 parents and 61 other organisations. As well as the formal consultation, the Government also launched online surveys for parents, employers and child care providers. The Government received 35,643 responses to the parent survey, 684 responses to the child care provider survey and 211 responses to the employer survey.

The Government are currently considering these submissions and will respond in due course.