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1 DECEMBER 2010
Written Answers
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Specific information about all of the Departments
grant awards for 2009-10 and 2010-11 has been placed
in the Library. In 2009-10 the total value of grants
awarded to voluntary organisations was £104,942,584.
In 2010-11 the total value of grants awarded to voluntary
organisations was £109,843,051.
The monetary value of the Department’s grants to
third sector organisations in 2011-12 will not be agreed
until primary care trust allocations have been decided.
However, the Government are committed to ensuring
that appropriate support is available to voluntary
organisations to enable them to contribute to improving
health and well-being, building strong and resilient
communities as part of the Big Society.
Departmental Postal Services
Brandon Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for
Health what steps his Department has taken to identify
those of its services that could be provided through the
Post Office network. [24931]
Mr Simon Burns: “Securing the Post Office Network
in the Digital Age” published on 9 November 2010 set
out the Government’s policy for the Post Office and the
provision of government services. The Department is
currently consulting on an information revolution for
health and social care. One of the key challenges will be
to ensure that information can reach all sections of
society. We want to hear from people as to how that can
happen and very much welcome responses and ideas,
including any views on how or whether making specific
services available through Post Offices can play a role
within that broader strategy.
A copy of the consultation document, “Liberating
the NHS: An Information Revolution” has already
been placed in the Library and is available on the
Department’s website at
www.dh.gov.uk/en/Consultations/Liveconsultations/
DH_120080
Diabetes
Lisa Nandy: To ask the Secretary of State for Health
how many people have been diagnosed with diabetes
through the NHS vascular screening programme; and
what steps the NHS is taking to inform members of the
public of their entitlement to screening. [26918]
Paul Burstow: The primary purpose of the programme
is risk assessment and risk management rather than
diagnosis. However, the modelling undertaken by the
Department indicates that, at full roll out, as well as
preventing over 4,000 people a year developing diabetes,
the programme will detect a significant amount of
hitherto undiagnosed disease.
Primary care trusts (PCTs) began phased implementation
of the programme from April 2009 and it is for them to
decide how to inform local eligible populations about it.
Most PCTs have been inviting people individually and
informing them of their entitlement to an NHS health
check by letter of invitation. As they become more
experienced in managing demand for the risk assessment
element of the check and confident about their capacity
to deliver the risk management, PCTs are increasingly
running awareness campaigns.
Disability: Children
Bridget Phillipson: To ask the Secretary of State for
Health what plans he has for his Department’s funding
of disabled children’s services (a) after March 2011
and (b) in Sunderland from 2010 to 2015; and if he
will make a statement. [26376]
Anne Milton: Primary care trust (PCT) revenue
allocations are not broken down by policy or service
area. Once allocated, it is for PCTs to commission the
services they require to meet the health care needs of
their local populations, taking account of both local
and national priorities.
PCTs have been informed of their revenue allocations
up to 2010-11. Sunderland Teaching PCT received revenue
allocations of £510 million in 2009-10 and £538 million
in 2010-11.
PCT revenue allocations post 2010-11 will be announced
in December 2010.
Freedom of Information
Mr Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health
with reference to the answers of 1 July 2008, Official
Report, column 862W, and 1 September 2008, Official
Report, column 1675W, on departmental freedom of
information, if he will place in the Library a copy of the
information provided on each topic in respect of which
the request was (a) agreed to and answered in full and
(b) agreed to and answered in part since November
2009; and if he will make a statement. [26412]
Anne Milton: Copies of the information requested by
my hon. Friend have been placed in the Library.
General Practitioners
Derek Twigg: To ask the Secretary of State for Health
which private health providers (a) he, (b) Ministers in
his Department and (c) officials in his Department
have met to discuss the proposed GP consortia since 6
May 2010. [26521]
Mr Simon Burns: There have been several meetings
with private health providers specifically to discuss general
practitioner (GP) consortiums and issues such as
commissioning support for them.
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and my
noble Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
held a meeting with a group of companies who provide
commissioning support to GP consortiums. The companies
represented were UnitedHealth UK, Tribal UK, Humana
Europe, Aetna UK and Ingenix.
Departmental officials have met with The Practice,
Aetna UK, Tribal, Dr Foster Intelligence, PPP-Axa
Healthcare, NHS Shared Business Services, UnitedHealth
UK, and GE Healthcare.
Derek Twigg: To ask the Secretary of State for Health
whether the provisions of the Transfer of Undertakings
(Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 will apply
in respect of the transfer of staff from primary care
trusts to GP consortia. [26524]