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905W
Written Answers
1 DECEMBER 2010
Written Answers
906W
Paul Burstow: The Autism Act 2009 requires that the
Government produce statutory guidance for health and
social care bodies to support delivery of the autism
strategy. The strategy highlights the need to improve
transition planning to give people with autism the right
start as adults and the guidance will include advice on
the transition from child to adult services. I will launch
this guidance at a meeting hosted by the National
Autistic Society on 17 December 2010.
Answers received for publication on
Wednesday 1 December 2010.
Cancer: Drugs
Derek Twigg: To ask the Secretary of State for Health
how much his Department has allocated to each strategic
health authority from the NHS funding for cancer
drugs announced on 10 November 2010. [27395]
Paul Burstow: With regard to the additional funding
for national health service cancer drugs in 2010-11, I
refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave the hon.
Member for Ealing, Southall (Mr Sharma) on 26 October
2010, Official Report, column 297W.
We are currently consulting on our proposals for the
Cancer Drugs Fund to be introduced from April 2011,
including on the most appropriate allocation of the
£200 million per annum funding.
Child Birth: Greater London
Mr Evennett: To ask the Secretary of State for Health
how many (a) hospital and (b) home births took place
in the London borough of Bexley in each of the last
five years. [26269]
Mr Hurd: I have been asked to reply.
The information requested falls within the responsibility
of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority
to reply.
Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated November 2010:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I
have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many
(a) hospital and (b) home births took place in the London
Borough of Bexley in each of the last five years. (26269)
The table below shows the numbers of live births occurring to
mothers usually resident in the London Borough of Bexley in
each year 2005 to 2009. These are presented by place of birth:
NHS hospital, at home or other.
Place of birth 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
NHS hospital 2,977 2,894 2,882 2,707 2,635
At home 46 74 61 73 43
Other 1 6 7 4 8 8
Total live births 3,029 2,975 2,947 2,788 2,686
1
‘Other’ live births include those taking place in non-NHS establishments
such as private maternity units, military hospitals, and private hospitals.
They also include births occurring ‘elsewhere’, for example in private
residences that are not the mother’s own, or those occurring on the
way to the hospital.
Departmental Sponsorship
Priti Patel: To ask the Secretary of State for Health
what expenditure (a) his Department and (b) its nondepartmental
public bodies incurred on sponsorship in
each year since 1997 for which figures are available.
[27515]
Paul Burstow: The Department does not account for
sponsorship separately within its accounting system. It
would take disproportionate time and incur a
disproportionate cost to collect the information requested.
The Department does not collect sponsorship information
from its non-departmental public bodies and this would
also take a disproportionate time to commission the
request.
Football: South Africa
Graham Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for
Health how much his Department spent on entertainment
activities related to the 2010 FIFA World cup. [27361]
Mr Simon Burns: The Department has not funded
entertainment related to the activities of the 2010 FIFA
World cup.
General Practitioners
Mr Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State
for Health whether GP consortia commissioning healthcare
services by tender will be able to accept tenders from
other NHS organisations; and if he will make a statement.
[27093]
Paul Burstow: It is essential that general practitioner
(GP) consortia have the freedom to make commissioning
decisions that they judge will achieve the best outcomes
within the financial resources available to them. At the
same time, the economic regulator and NHS
Commissioning Board will need to develop and maintain
a framework that ensures transparency, fairness and
patient choice. We propose that, wherever possible,
services should be commissioned that enable patients to
choose from any willing provider.
The NHS Commissioning Board will be responsible
for providing a framework to support GP consortia in
commissioning services. This will include setting standards
for the quality of NHS commissioning and procurement.
Health Services
Mr Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for Health
whether the proposals in respect of commissioning of
health services in the Health White Paper will lead to
(a) podiatry and (b) similar services being commissioned
as single services. [27158]
Paul Burstow: The White Paper ‘Equity and Excellence:
Liberating the NHS’ set out our proposals to devolve
power and responsibility for commissioning services to
local consortiums of general practitioner (GP) practices.