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That this House notes with grave concern the assessment made by the Chair of the Greater Manchester Police Authority in his letter of 21st January to the Home Secretary that, without additional police grant, the authority will be forced to move operational police officers from front line service into essential...

Primary sponsor

Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat)

Type

Early day motions

Date

10 February 2005

Reference

724

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what public scrutiny takes place of the spending of primary care trusts top-sliced for private operations; what percentage of primary care trust funds in each strategic health authority area are top-sliced for private operations.

Asked by

Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

13 December 2004

Reference

428 c979W; 202579;202580

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to fund the establishment and maintenance of the Central Point of Expertise on Timber.

Asked by

Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 December 2004

Reference

201260; 428 c507W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the benefits of liquid cytology testing for cervical cancer since the roll-out of the technique started; how many women in each strategic health authority have been enrolled on human papilloma virus testing pilots; how many have...

Asked by

Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

12 November 2004

For answer on

18 November 2004

Answered on

18 November 2004

Mrs. Calton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment he has made of the benefits of liquid cytology testing for cervical cancer since the roll-out of the technique started; [198917] (2) how many women in each strategic health authority have been enrolled on human papilloma virus testing pilots; how many have taken up liquid cytology testing for cervical cancer; and if he will make a statement; [198828] (3) what progress has been made with the introduction of human papilloma virus testing and liquid cytology testing; and what plans he has for future roll-out. [198862] Miss Melanie Johnson :[holding answers 17 November 2004]: Following the evaluation of a Government- funded pilot study of liquid based cytology (LBC), the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) concluded in October 2003 that this new technology should be rolled out across the national health service cervical screening programme. It will take five years to implement LBC across England, as all staff who read the tests or take the tests will have to be retrained. The Department is providing £7.2 million over the next two years to kick-start this process. We are starting by converting the 10 regional cytology training schools, which will then be able to train the rest of the programme. As at November 2004, nine out of the 10 training schools had been trained or had a specific date to begin their retraining. The tenth is awaiting a local decision on which system they will use. As LBC is rolled out, it will be subject to the same rigorous quality assurance procedures as the current programme, along with an annual statistical return. The NICE decision followed successful piloting of LBC for a 12 month period between 2001 and 2002 at three sites: North Bristol, Newcastle, and Norfolk and Norwich. The pilot sites have continued to use LBC, and latest figures for 2002-03 are shown in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Pilot site Eligible population Number of women screened using Coverage for 2002-03 1 LBC in 2002-03 (percentage) North Bristol Avon, Gloucestershire and 54,100 10,300 75.8 Wiltshire Strategic Health Authority (SHA) Newcastle Northumberland, Tyne and Wear SHA 62,800 16,800 81.6 Norfolk and Norwich Norfolk, Suffolk and 31,500 7,100 78.7 Cambridgeshire SHA _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Coverage for 2002-03 is defined as the percentage of eligible women in a population who have a screening test recorded in the last five years. In England, women aged 20 to 64 are invited for cervical screening every three to five years. Source: Statistical bulletin--cervical screening programme, England: 2002-03. As part of the LBC pilot, we also piloted the use of HPV testing as triage for women with mild or borderline test results. According to the official evaluation of the pilot, a total of 3,681 women received HPV tests across the three pilot sites. The advisory committee on cervical screening is now considering how best to take forward HPV testing in England, following consideration of the draft final report of the evaluation of the pilot.

Date

18 November 2004

Reference

426 c1951-2W;426 c1956-7W; 198917;198828;198862

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the money that has been made available to primary care trusts (PCTs) to assist in the additional costs of moving to payment by results for foundation trusts from 1st April has been allocated to each (a) PCT and (b)...

Asked by

Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

30 June 2004

For answer on

12 July 2004

Answered on

12 July 2004

Mrs. Calton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much of the money that has been made available to primary care trusts (PCTs) to assist in the additional costs of moving to payment by results for foundation trusts from 1 April has been allocated to each (a) PCT and (b) foundation trust; and by what formula these allocations were calculated. [182237] Mr. Hutton: All of the additional funding made available to primary care trusts (PCTs), to support their contracting with Wave 1 national health service foundation trusts, was designed to compensate them for the price difference that they were to face in 2004-05 following the move to a national tariff. The funding was made available as non-recurring adjustments to PCT allocations. No allocations were made directly to NHS foundation trusts. The overall impact on NHS foundation trusts income will be dependent on the activity they deliver, in line with the payment by results system. The three elements to the adjustment were calculated as follows: PCT purchasing power adjustment This was calculated as the difference between local and national price for an agreed set of activity. Under the payment by results transition arrangements three quarters of this adjustment was returned by NHS foundation trusts to their host PCTs, whose allocation was adjusted, in turn, by the same amount. PCT growth support This was calculated as 1.2 per cent., of the value of the agreed baseline for each NHS foundation trust. Specialist supplement This was calculated based on the average impact that the move to a national tariff had those Wave 1 NHS Foundation Trusts who were classified as general hospitals. This funding was made available to the host PCTs of those Wave 1 NHS Foundation Trusts classified as teaching or providing specialist services. Information on the allocation adjustment by PCT has been placed in the Library.

Date

12 July 2004

Reference

182237; 423 c940-2W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport

1st supplementary on the train control system masts on the west coast main line. - Inc figure. (Letter in Library Dep 04/1425).

Asked by

Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

22 June 2004

Reference

422 c1170

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps are being taken to reduce costs within the railway industry.

Asked by

Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

22 June 2004

Reference

422 c1170; 179614

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what formula has been used to decide how much of the money allocated to smooth the transition of hospitals to foundation status each Foundation Trust receives; and what amount has been given to each Foundation Trust hospital. - Inc figure.

Asked by

Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 June 2004

Reference

175452; 422 c152W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of the impact of changes to the levels of funding for vCJD surveillance in 2004-05. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

31 March 2004

Reference

419 c1521W;419 c1523W; 163895

House

House of Commons

Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether sufficient funds are available from the money committed by the G8 in Canada in 2002 for the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries fund for top-up debt relief to provide the sum required for Ethiopia to meet the sustainable debt to export ratio set...

Asked by

Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 March 2004

Reference

418 c1270W;418 c1271W; 158574

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will increase funding for contraceptive services to ensure that (a) all methods of contraception including new methods are made available and (b) medical practitioners are able to prescribe emergency contraception in advance where appropriate; how much was spent on contraceptive...

Asked by

Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

6 February 2004

For answer on

27 February 2004

Answered on

27 February 2004

Mrs. Calton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will increase funding for contraceptive services to ensure that (a) all methods of contraception including new methods are made available and (b) medical practitioners are able to prescribe emergency contraception in advance where appropriate; [154431] (2) how much was spent on contraceptive services in each of the last five financial years. [154432] Miss Melanie Johnson: "Shifting the Balance of Power" has allowed primary care trusts (PCTs) to have the necessary financial flexibility to provide services to best meet local needs. This includes ensuring access to the full range of methods of contraception, including emergency contraception, according to need. In addition, the Government has boosted these resources by providing an extra £1 million to help improve access to contraceptive services. The table contains family planning expenditure figures for National Health Service trusts and PCTs for the last four financial years. However, around three quarters of contraceptive care is provided by general practitioners in primary care for which expenditure figures are not available. £ _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Community based family planning NHS Trust expenditure Primary Care Trust expenditure Total expenditure 1998-99 65.9 n/a 65.9 1999-2000 70.5 n/a 70.5 2000-01 74.2 1.2 75.4 2001-02 57.8 19.9 77.6 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: Figures rounded to one decimal place. Sources: Annual Financial Returns of NHS Trusts, 1998-99 to 2002-03. Annual Financial Returns of Primary Care Trusts, 2000-01 to 2002-03.

Date

27 February 2004

Reference

418 c601-2W;418 c621-2W; 154431;154432

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of (a) Government and (b) non-Government spending on (i) all cancer research and (ii) breast cancer research in 2003-04; what proportion of the above is for cancer prevention; and if he will make a statement. - Inc...

Asked by

Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

29 January 2004

For answer on

6 February 2004

Answered on

6 February 2004

Mrs. Calton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of (a) Government and (b) non-Government spending on (i) all cancer research and (ii) breast cancer research in 2003-04; what proportion of the above is for cancer prevention; and if he will make a statement. [152513] Miss Melanie Johnson: In the NHS Cancer Plan, the government stated its commitment to increasing funds for cancer research so as to play a full part alongside its funding partners. We said that, by 2003, we would be investing an additional £20 million each year in the infrastructure for cancer research and an extra £4 million on prostate cancer research. This new funding would mean that, for the first time, Government (through the Department, the Higher Education Funding Council and the research councils) would match the current investment of the voluntary sector. In June 2002, we confirmed to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee that Government investment in cancer research had already reached the level of the charities. Nevertheless, we remain committed to investing the extra £24 million, as described in the Cancer Plan. The International Cancer Research Portfolio database at www.cancerportfolio.org contains details of projects supported by cancer research funding organisations in the United Kingdom and the United States. Data submitted by the National Cancer Research Institute includes the research portfolios of the 15 largest Government and charitable funders of cancer research in the UK where the research was active on 1 January 2003. The database can be searched by type of cancer, area of research (including prevention), and funding organisation.

Date

6 February 2004

Reference

417 c1123-4W; 152513

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if, before laying the statutory instrument relating to Cheadle Royal Hospital which is being prepared in his Department, he will take steps to satisfy himself that all the income received by the charity has been applied to the properly authorised...

Asked by

Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 January 2004

Reference

145328; 416 c501W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if, before laying the statutory instrument relating to Cheadle Royal Hospital which is being prepared in his Department, he will take steps to satisfy himself that all the assets of this charity have been sold or reassigned in accordance with...

Asked by

Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 January 2004

Reference

145773; 416 c501-2W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what funding is made available to Postwatch from (a) Royal Mail and (b) her Department.

Asked by

Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 December 2003

Reference

415 c817W; 143040

House

House of Commons

Home Office

1st supplementary on what checks are made to ensure the accuracy and legitimacy of statutory instruments, particularly in relation to the withdrawn statutory instrument concerning Cheadle Royal Hospital.

Asked by

Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Home Office

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

8 December 2003

Reference

415 c766

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many instruments giving effect to changes to Objects of Charities were subject to (a) negative procedure and (b) affirmative procedure in Parliament in each of the last five years.

Asked by

Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Home Office

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

8 December 2003

Reference

415 c766; 142091

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been allocated by his Department to cancer prevention in each of the last three years; and how much was spent in each year. - Inc no figures.

Asked by

Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 November 2003

Reference

413 c1364W;413 c1360W; 136731

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 10th November 2003, 413 c64W on school sport, what assessment has been made of the percentage of school children who (a) were offered and (b) took up two hours per week of high quality physical education and...

Asked by

Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 November 2003

Reference

413 c1138W; 139031

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which primary care trusts support a dysphasia service; and which of these have received external funding.

Asked by

Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 November 2003

Reference

132784; 412 c687W;412 c686W

House

House of Commons

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