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To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to minimise adverse effects of second hand smoking on the respiratory health of children; what information is available to new parents about the implications of second hand smoke for the respiratory health of children; what assessment he...

Asked by

George Stevenson (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

3 March 2004

For answer on

17 March 2004

Answered on

17 March 2004

Mr. Stevenson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what steps he is taking to minimise adverse effects of second hand smoking on the respiratory health of children; [159473] (2) what information is available to new parents about the implications of second hand smoke for the respiratory health of children; [159474] (3) what assessment he has made of the effect of second hand smoke on the respiratory health of babies and young children; and if he will make a statement; [159475] (4) how many children under the age of five are being treated for respiratory conditions; and what estimate he has made of the proportion of these children who live in households with at least one smoker; [159476] (5) what measures he is taking to inform parents of the implications of secondhand smoking for the respiratory health of babies and young children. [159477] Miss Melanie Johnson: It is estimated that, each year, more than 17,000 children under five years are admitted to United Kingdom hospitals because of respiratory illness caused by the exposure to other people's cigarette smoke. The Scientific Committee on Tobacco and Health (SCOTH) Report published in 1998 reported that: "passive smoking is a cause of lung cancer and childhood respiratory disease. There is also evidence that passive smoking is a cause of ischaemic heart disease and cot death, middle ear disease and asthmatic attacks in children. Parents need to be informed about the effects of passive smoking on their children". The World Health Organisation has found that children are especially vulnerable to secondhand smoke. This is because their lungs are smaller and their immune systems less developed, rendering them more susceptible to respiratory and ear infections triggered by passive smoking; children are smaller and breathe faster than adults and so take in more harmful chemicals per kg of weight than adults; and children often have less choice than adults to leave a smoke-filled room. The Department has taken action to increase the public's awareness of the dangers from secondhand smoke. The "smoking kids" television advertisement launched last summer was this country's first ever- substantial campaign on secondhand smoke. This has been followed up by major billboard and press adverts. Focusing on children, the television advertisement says: "Every year thousands of children have to go into hospital because of breathing other people's cigarette smoke". This goes hand in hand with some of the new health warnings on cigarette packs, which highlight the dangers of secondhand smoke, including the specific advice, "protect children--don't let them breath your smoke". Evaluation results show that awareness of the messages had been raised. Spontaneous awareness of advertising or publicity of smoking around children rose from 30 per cent. at the pre stage to 74 per cent. at the post stage. Furthermore; there was 78 per cent. spontaneous awareness in households where there were children and at least one of the parents smoked. 55 per cent. of respondents were able to spontaneously recall an element from the campaign, with 49 per cent. of respondents recalling the image of smoke coming from the children's mouths or noses. Prompted recognition of the television advertisement was 79 per cent. The advertising had significant impact amongst non- smokers, with 69 per cent. at the post stage agreeing that the advertisements made them feel that they should encourage their partners and friends that they should not smoke around children.

Date

17 March 2004

Reference

419 c393-4W;419 c395-6W; 159473;159474;159475;159476;159477

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport

Supplementary on allowing more commercial freedom for municipally owned bus companies and the attitude of the Competition Commission that the integration of bus services may be anti-competitive.

Asked by

George Stevenson (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

9 March 2004

Reference

418 c1362;418 c1360

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

Supplementary on the UK becoming a net importer of gas and the EU gas market.

Asked by

George Stevenson (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

22 January 2004

Reference

416 c1461

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what he estimates (a) single pensioners and (b) pensioner couples will on average receive each week from pension credit in Stoke-on-Trent in 2003-04. - Including table.

Asked by

George Stevenson (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 December 2003

Reference

143878; 415 c1101-2W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the clinical areas where the NHS in Stoke-on-Trent has longer (a) waiting lists and (b) waiting times than the English average. - Including tables.

Asked by

George Stevenson (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

9 December 2003

For answer on

16 December 2003

Answered on

16 December 2003

Mr. Stevenson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the clinical areas where the NHS in Stoke-on-Trent has longer (a) waiting lists and (b) waiting times than the English average. [143875] Dr. Ladyman: The table shows the number of patients, per 10,000 head of population, waiting for elective in-patient admission. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Specialty England North Stoke PCT and South Stoke PCT Trauma and orthopaedics 51.25 63.58 Anaesthetics 0.96 1.37 Medical oncology 0.04 0.04 Mental illness 0.02 0.93 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: Position at 30 September 2003. Source: Department of Health form QF01. The table shows the average (median) waiting times (in months) for elective in-patient admission. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Specialty England North Stoke PCT and South Stoke PCT General surgery 2.56 4.02 Trauma and orthopaedics 3.52 4.16 Ophthalmology 2.87 3.06 Anaesthetics 2.25 3.19 Cardiology 2.47 2.83 Mental illness 1.64 1.71 All specialties 2.71 3.15 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: Position at 30 September 2003. Source: Department of Health form QF01.

Date

16 December 2003

Reference

143875; 415 c887-8W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were treated at the North Staffordshire Hospital in each year since 1997. - Including table.

Asked by

George Stevenson (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

9 December 2003

For answer on

16 December 2003

Answered on

16 December 2003

Mr. Stevenson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients were treated at the North Staffordshire Hospital in each year since 1997. [143873] Dr. Ladyman: The table shows the number of finished in-year admissions at University Hospital of North Staffordshire National Health Service Trust (formerly North Staffordshire Hospital NHS Trust) each year from 1997-98 to 2002-03. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Admissions 1997-98 101,642 1998-99 106,355 1999-2000 122,241 2000-01 121,978 2001-02 113,621 2002-03 135,665 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: Admissions Admissions are defined as the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. Please note that admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year. Grossing Figures have not (yet) been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e. the data are ungrossed). Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Department of Health.

Date

16 December 2003

Reference

143873; 415 c886-7W;415 c887W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time for a first consultant appointment was in Stoke-on-Trent for each year since 1997. - Including table.

Asked by

George Stevenson (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

9 December 2003

For answer on

16 December 2003

Answered on

16 December 2003

Mr. Stevenson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time for a first consultant appointment was in Stoke-on-Trent for each year since 1997. [143874] Dr. Ladyman: The table shows the average (median) waiting times for first consultant out-patient appointment following general practitioner/general dental practitioner referral for University Hospital of North Staffordshire National Health Service Trust (formerly North Staffordshire Hospital NHS Trust) and North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Median waiting time (weeks) 1995-96 9.22 1996-97 8.60 1997-98 9.05 1998-99 9.16 1999-2000 9.20 2000-01 8.94 2001-02 10.14 2002-03 8.81 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: Department of Health form QM08

Date

16 December 2003

Reference

143874; 415 c887W

House

House of Commons

Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the additional revenue raised in Stoke-on-Trent would be if the top rate of income tax were raised to 50 pence in the pound for income over £100,000 per annum. - Inf not available.

Asked by

George Stevenson (Labour)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 December 2003

Reference

143877; 415 c677W

House

House of Commons

Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the additional revenue raised in Stoke-on-Trent by increasing the basic rate of income tax by one pence would be. - Inc figure.

Asked by

George Stevenson (Labour)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 December 2003

Reference

143876; 415 c677W

House

House of Commons

BRITISH LUNG FOUNDATION

That this House supports the British Lung Foundation's 'Little Lungs are for Life' campaign and adds congratulations for highlighting serious lung conditions affecting babies and young children; is concerned that respiratory syncytial virus makes premature babies particularly vulnerable; and commends the British Lung Foundation for being the only United Kingdom...

Primary sponsor

George Stevenson (Labour)

Type

Early day motions

Date

11 December 2003

Reference

275

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

Supplementary on banking facilities for small busineses, and support packages for small businesses such as the Mustard programme in Staffordshire.

Asked by

George Stevenson (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

11 December 2003

Reference

415 c1185

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

Supplementary on the number of care home beds for the elderly and the artificial divisions between the national health service and social services.

Asked by

George Stevenson (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

9 December 2003

Reference

415 c904

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

Supplementary on the availability of practical training courses in the post-16 education system and the skills gap in Stoke-on-Trent.

Asked by

George Stevenson (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

4 December 2003

Reference

415 c640

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what resources have been allocated to (a) higher education and (b) further education for each of the last five years in (i) the West Midlands region and (ii) Stoke-on-Trent. - Will write. (Letter in Library Dep 03/2519)

Asked by

George Stevenson (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 November 2003

Reference

140129; 413 c1478W;413 c1474W

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many complaints were received by the Local Government Ombudsman against local councils over the last five years; and what percentage of those complaints were upheld. - Will write.

Asked by

George Stevenson (Labour)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 November 2003

Reference

138887; 413 c1292W;413 c1288W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport

Supplementary on the Strategic Rail Authority's strategic plan 2003 and the importance of upgrading the West Coast Main line.

Asked by

George Stevenson (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

18 November 2003

Reference

413 c602

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many community support officers are deployed in each local authority area in Staffordshire. - Inc table.

Asked by

George Stevenson (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

6 November 2003

For answer on

17 November 2003

Answered on

17 November 2003

Mr. Stevenson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many community support officers are deployed in each local authority area in Staffordshire. [137772] Ms Blears: In May 2003 my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary allocated funding for 10 Community Support Officers (CSOs) to Staffordshire police force. The table shows the deployment of these CSOs in the local authorities of Staffordshire. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Local authority Number of CSOs Cannock Chase 0 East Staffordshire 2 Lichfield 2 Newcastle under Lyme 2 South Staffordshire 2 Stafford 0 Staffordshire Moorlands 1 Stoke on Trent 0 Tamworth 1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

17 November 2003

Reference

137772; 413 c685W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people who were newly entitled to the winter fuel payment in 2003-04 in (a) North Staffordshire, (b) Stoke-on-Trent and (c) the Stoke-on-Trent South constituency; how many people newly entitled to the...

Asked by

George Stevenson (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 November 2003

Reference

413 c494-5W;413 c495W; 137775;137776

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has held with the British Lung Foundation; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

George Stevenson (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 November 2003

Reference

137773; 413 c577W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will require health warnings to be displayed on alchoholic drinks; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

George Stevenson (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 November 2003

Reference

137771; 413 c569W

House

House of Commons

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