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To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether support is provided in schools to young people with (a) diabetes and (b) kidney-related illnesses to educate them about the dangers of over-consumption of salt; what initiatives are being undertaken in schools to raise awareness of the dangers of...

Asked by

Kevin Hughes (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 February 2005

Reference

430 c1540W; 214179;214181

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

Supplementary on wind energy and need to treat clusters of planning applications to consider the cumulative effect.

Asked by

Kevin Hughes (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

9 December 2004

Reference

428 c1269;428 c1267

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

Supplementary on new contract for NHS dentists and need for adequate public notification when dentists de-register patients.

Asked by

Kevin Hughes (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

7 December 2004

Reference

428 c1028;428 c1026

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on research into (a) Alzheimer's disease, (b) Parkinson's disease, (c) Huntingdon's disease, (d) multiple sclerosis and (e) motor neurone disease in the last three years. - Inc tables and fact that details of individual projects can...

Asked by

Kevin Hughes (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

11 November 2004

For answer on

18 November 2004

Answered on

18 November 2004

Mr. Kevin Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department has spent on research into (a) Alzheimer's disease, (b) Parkinson's disease, (c) Huntingdon's disease, (d) multiple sclerosis and (e) motor neurone disease in the last three years. [198224] Miss Melanie Johnson: The main agency through which the Government supports medical and clinical research is the Medical Research Council (MRC). The MRC is an independent body funded by the Department of Trade and Industry via the Office of Science and Technology. The Department funds research to support policy and to provide the evidence needed to underpin quality improvement and service development in the national health service. Spend by the Department's national research programmes in the three years to 2003-04 on projects related to the diseases listed was as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ million 2001-02 1.4 2002-03 1.6 2003-04 2.3 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Over 75 per cent., of the Department's total expenditure on health research is devolved to and managed by NHS organisations. From this funding, the NHS reported spending in support of research related to older people and on neurological conditions as follows: £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Older people Neurological conditions 2001-02 37 not available 2002-03 34 28 2003-04 39 30 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Details of individual projects can be found on the national research register at www.dh.gov.uk/research

Date

18 November 2004

Reference

426 c1958-9W;426 c1963-4W; 198224

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent research his Department has commissioned on degenerative neurological disorders.

Asked by

Kevin Hughes (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

11 November 2004

For answer on

18 November 2004

Answered on

18 November 2004

Mr. Kevin Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent research his Department has commissioned on degenerative neurological disorders. [198225] Miss Melanie Johnson: Projects commissioned in the national research programmes over the last three years cover a wide variety of neurological disorders and include: investigation of the characteristics of certain conditions and of those experiencing them, for example: monitoring the rates and characteristics of children with cerebral palsy; describing the neuropathological features of CJD and other atypical dementias; exploring the natural history and epidemiology of multiple sclerosis research on the efficacy of various treatments, for example: the effectiveness of treatment for motor neurone disease; the cost-effectiveness of new drugs for epilepsy and Alzheimer's; the value of education in promoting health and independence for people with a range of progressive neurological diseases studies of the quality and accessibility of health and social care, for example: the access to care of people with dementia from minority communities and their carers; community care for older people with dementia; improving the training of GPs in recognising dementia. In addition the Department has funded a major new research initiative costing approximately £2 million long-term neurological conditions. This will underpin and assess the implementation of the national service framework on long-term conditions. Over 75 per cent. of the Department's total research and development expenditure is devolved to and managed locally by national health service organisations.

Date

18 November 2004

Reference

198225; 426 c1959W;426 c1964-5W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people who are suffering from (a) Alzheimer's disease, (b) Parkinson's disease, (c) Huntingdon's disease, (d) multiple sclerosis and (e) motor neurone disease. - Inc tables.

Asked by

Kevin Hughes (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

11 November 2004

For answer on

18 November 2004

Answered on

18 November 2004

Mr. Kevin Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of people who are suffering from (a) Alzheimer's disease, (b) Parkinson's disease, (c) Huntingdon's disease, (d) multiple sclerosis and (e) motor neurone disease. [198226] Dr. Ladyman: Although the Department does not routinely collect information on the number of people diagnosed with specific conditions, estimates for the United Kingdom are given in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Condition Number Alzheimer's disease 400,000 Parkinson's disease 120,000 Huntingdon's disease 4,800 Multiple Sclerosis 85,000 Motor Neurone disease 5,000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The Department provides hospital episode statistics data, which relates to diagnostic information for in- patients in national health service hospitals. The data refers to the number of finished admission episodes and are shown in the table. Finished admission episodes for selected diagnoses NHS hospitals 2002-03 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Diagnosis Finished admission episodes Alzheimer's Disease 6,816 Parkinson's Disease 7,074 Huntingdon's Disease 386 Multiple Sclerosis 14,594 Motor Neurone Disease 2,240 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. A finished admission episode is the first period of in- patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. Admissions do not represent the number of in- patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year. During their course of treatment over a period of time, patients may have a number of episodes of care, which are counted each time they have a stay in hospital.

Date

18 November 2004

Reference

198226; 426 c1981W;426 c1986-7W

House

House of Commons

Prime Minister

Supplementary on a better deal for the NHS from drug companies.

Asked by

Kevin Hughes (Labour)

Answering body

Prime Minister

Prime Minister's questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

10 November 2004

Reference

426 c837

House

House of Commons

TAKE IT BACK CAMPAIGN

That this House welcomes the Take it Back medical equipment campaign supported by BBC Radio Sheffield, CSV Media, the British Red Cross, Business in the Community and local NHS hospital trusts, urging people to return valuable medical equipment to NHS hospitals and equipment loan centres around the region, which has...

Primary sponsor

Kevin Hughes (Labour)

Type

Early day motions

Date

22 June 2004

Reference

1372

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the meetings that she has held with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to discuss the large Combustion Plant Directive; if she will list the meetings which have taken place between her...

Asked by

Kevin Hughes (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 June 2004

Reference

422 c563W; 175585;175586

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much her Department spent on Clean Coal projects in each year since 2000 broken down by project; and what the estimated spending for 2004 is. - Inc tables.

Asked by

Kevin Hughes (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

20 May 2004

For answer on

26 May 2004

Answered on

26 May 2004

Mr. Kevin Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much her Department spent on Clean Coal projects in each year since 2000 broken down by project; and what the estimated spending for 2004 is. [175587] Mr. Timms: Spend on clean coal (R&D) programmes since 2000 is indicated as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £000 (Accruals) 2000-01 1,889 2001-02 1,702 2002-03 1,979 2003-04 1,090 2004-05 estimated 1,168 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The following table shows the breakdown by project. Projects (R&D) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Cleaner coal R&D 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 Total programme (cash flow) Pulverised fuel -- -- 65,155 -- -- 65,155 meters--split control Advanced materials, 188,410 -- 211,854 145,210 163,540 709,014 modelling and lifting technologies for gas turbine components Development of a -- -- 219,365 -- 94,140 313,505 combustor strategy to cover a wide range of calorific values Novel gas cleaning/heat -- 28,560 24,762 -- 47,900 101,222 recovery system Materials for gasifier -- 9,390 25,275 -- 15,290 49,955 heat exchangers Concurrent measurements 31,910 -- 38,091 -- 70,001 of temperature and soot concentration of coal fired combustion flames Coal mineral -- 99,300 33,100 -- 66,200 198,600 transformations--effects on boiler ash Advanced monitoring -- -- 68,546 -- 45,910 114,456 using imaging for combustion in power station boilers Advanced coal modelling -- 37,600 -- 10,506 -- 48,106 Improved materials for -- 210,940 536,103 129,957 310,970 1,187,970 advanced PF boilers and steam turbines Optimisation of furnace -- 50,590 76,195 -- 126,785 design for in-furnace NOx reduction Combustion of low -- 97,620 -- -- -- 97,620 volatile coals in wall fired plant Optimisation of furnace -- 97,500 -- -- -- 97,500 mixing to enhance combustion efficiency in advanced low NOx systems Improvement in -- -- 239,428 -- 201,770 441,198 combustion efficiency in utility boilers Advanced optimisation of 3,100 7,347 -- -- 20,550 30,997 coal fired power plant operations Techno-economic -- 17,280 -- 15,030 17,690 50,000 evaluation of cleaner coal fired plant operability Modelling of particulate -- -- 19,926 13,653 56,710 90,289 and vapour deposition in gas turbines fired on coal derived gases Fabricated turbine -- 27,690 102,364 34,630 -- 164,684 rotors for advanced steam turbines Metallic filters for hot -- -- 7,690 -- 21,310 29,000 gas cleaning Advanced -- -- 34,722 -- 64,670 99,392 characterisation property database for Chinese and Indian (and other Asian) coals Advanced near burner -- -- 26,584 -- 22,000 48,584 flame diagnostics for ignition and stability studies on full scale pulverised coal flames UK collaboration with -- -- 14,123 -- 15,300 29,423 Netherlands and Australian NOx reduction research using overfire air staging Improving the efficiency -- 5,840 23,247 -- 20,910 49,997 and environmental performance of small scale combustion plant for increased export opportunities Application of CFD -- -- 139,300 31,100 -- 170,400 modelling to mill classifier design Predictive methods and -- -- 30,000 70,000 17,500 117,500 remedial measures for particle impact erosion and abrasion wear in cleaner coal energy conversion techs Once through the boiler -- 81,710 54,471 45,395 -- 181,576 with vertical tube furnace Advanced modelling and -- 25,810 -- 39,650 39,830 105,290 testing of thick section welded HCM2S "FOURCRACK" development -- -- 13,000 -- 122,500 135,500 of advanced coal fired plant steels to avoid premature failure by weld "Type IV" cracking Carbon burnout--coal -- -- 56,400 14,950 27,530 98,880 fitness effects Development of nitrogen -- -- 58,750 51,250 -- 110,000 stable isotope ratio measurements to apportion fuel and thermal NOx in coal conversion Enhanced Efficiency -- -- -- 19,848 246,460 266,308 Steam Turbine Blading for Cleaner Coal Plant Advanced (700C) PF Power -- -- -- -- 81,360 81,360 Plant Virtual Plant -- -- 22,990 -- -- 22,990 Demonstration Real time Efficiency -- -- -- 81,632 28,370 1 10,002 Measurements for Utility Boilers Demonstration of -- -- -- 140,000 -- 140,000 Co-firing Biomass at an Existing Coal Fired Power Station Demonstration of -- -- -- -- 755,460 755,460 Co-firing Biomass at an Existing Coal Fired Power Station Assessment of Ash -- -- -- -- 154,000 154,000 Refiring and Mineral Addition on Plant Performance and Ash Disposal On-line Fuel Tracking by -- -- 13,500 10,500 75,000 99,000 Advanced Flame Monitoring Combustion of Low -- -- -- 81,188 78,240 159,428 Volatile Coals in Wall Fired Plant--Phase 2 Minimising Particulate -- -- -- -- 118,000 118,000 Emissions through the Application of Neural Network Technology and Monitoring Systems Improved Methods for -- -- 15,181 -- -- 15,181 Coal and Waste Utilisation Former Cleaner Coal Programme Development of 62,680 0 0 0 0 62,680 Coal-over-Coal Reburn The Fate of Trace 9,063 0 0 0 0 9,063 Elements in PF Combustion Systems Improvement of 0 101 0 0 0 101 Combustion Efficiency in Low-NOx Combustion Systems Advanced Gas Turbine 121,409 0 0 0 0 121,409 Compressor Project--Phase 3 Model-based Plant 14,833 0 0 0 0 14,833 Optimisation Utilising Trends from Operational Instrumentation Fabrication of Steels 23,073 24,942 0 9,450 0 57,465 for Advanced Power Plant Gasifier Developments 3,068 0 0 0 0 3,068 and the Air Blown Gasification Cycle Total projects (R&D) 457,546 822,220 2,170,122 943,948 2,929,110 7,322,946 CC R&D Programme 1655 1677 1979 1081 1168 7560 Accruals (£000) Former CC Programme 234 25 0 9 0 269 Accruals (£000) Total Accruals R&D 1889 1702 1979 1090 1168 7829 Projects _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

26 May 2004

Reference

175587; 421 c1674-6W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many new undergraduates were admitted to each medical school in 2003-04. - Inc table.

Asked by

Kevin Hughes (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

10 March 2004

For answer on

6 May 2004

Answered on

6 May 2004

Mr. Kevin Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many new undergraduates were admitted to each medical school in 2003-04. [161510] Alan Johnson: The latest available figures are shown in the table. Information for Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish medical schools is the responsibility of the devolved administrations. Actual intakes of medical schools 2003: England _________________________________________________________________________________________________. University medical school Intake Birmingham 428 Brighton/Sussex 135 Bristol 272 Cambridge 299 East Anglia 110 Hull/York 130 Leeds 279 Leicester Warwick 448 Liverpool 318 Manchester/Keele 425 Newcastle/Durham 355 Nottingham 353 Oxford 182 Peninsula 176 Sheffield 263 Southampton 221 Imperial 334 Kings College 401 Queen Mary and Westfield 309 St. Georges 251 University College London 341 Total England 6,030 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: Higher Education Funding Council for England.

Date

6 May 2004

Reference

420 c1766W; 161510

House

House of Commons

Dept for Constitutional Affairs

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the estimated costs associated with holding a national referendum are. - Inc ref to 1 April 2004, 419.

Asked by

Kevin Hughes (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Constitutional Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

28 April 2004

Reference

420 c1133W; 167828

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many miners' compensation claims the solicitors Frank Allen Pennington of Doncaster have handled to date; and how much they have received in fees. - Inc table.

Asked by

Kevin Hughes (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

1 April 2004

Reference

419 c1591W;419 c1593W; 163982

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

Supplementary on concerns about the site for development of a wind farm at Tween bridges near the site of special scientific interest at Thorne Moors.

Asked by

Kevin Hughes (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

25 March 2004

Reference

419 c1052

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

Supplementary on local improvement finance trust programme and general practitioner premises and ensuring bureaucracy will not stand in the way of early progress on these schemes.

Asked by

Kevin Hughes (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

24 February 2004

Reference

418 c125

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Defence

1st supplementary on the attitude of the reservists and whether employers believe that they have picked up new skills.

Asked by

Kevin Hughes (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Defence

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

26 January 2004

Reference

417 c20

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of reserve forces are serving in the Gulf region; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

Kevin Hughes (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Defence

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

26 January 2004

Reference

417 c20; 150174

House

House of Commons

HATFIELD COLLIERY AND THE FUTURE OF COAL MINING IN THE UK

That this House congratulates the miners at the Hatfield Colliery for their steadfast efforts in continuing coal production at the mine under difficult conditions and whilst it is subject to an administration order; calls on the Department of Trade and Industry to match their commitment by supporting their efforts and...

Primary sponsor

Kevin Hughes (Labour)

Type

Early day motions

Date

20 January 2004

Reference

450

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what system will be put in place to monitor and evaluate the measurements of progress outlined in the Transplant Framework for England, Saving Lives, Valuing Donors; and what action he will take in the event of primary care trusts failing to make...

Asked by

Kevin Hughes (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

15 December 2003

For answer on

12 January 2004

Answered on

12 January 2004

Mr. Kevin Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what system will be put in place to monitor and evaluate the measurements of progress outlined in the Transplant Framework for England, Saving Lives, Valuing Donors; and what action he will take in the event of primary care trusts failing to make progress;. [144892] (2) what role he envisages charities and voluntary organisations will play in the implementation of the Transplant Framework for England, Saving Lives, Valuing Donors; [144893] (3) whether his Department will be providing additional funding for the implementation of the recommendations outlined in the Transplant Framework for England, Saving Lives, Valuing Donors. [144932] Ms Rosie Winterton: UK Transplant already closely monitors most aspects of organ donation and transplantation. The information UK Transplant collects and analyses on organ donation and transplant activity is available on its web-site at www.uktransplant.org.uk. In developing their transplant services, it will be for primary care trusts and specialist commissioning teams to take account of local needs and priorities to allocate resources and benchmark their performance against published activity data. As organ transplantation is of proven clinical and cost effectiveness, maximising donation and transplantation rates will be important for both patients and the National Health Service. We envisage that voluntary organisations will continue to play an important part in research, raising awareness about organ donation, particularly by encouraging people to join the organ donor register and supporting the families of donors and transplant recipients. The Department has provided around £7 million via UK Transplant since 2001 to boost organ donation through the employment of 35 donor liaison nurses working with staff in critical units to help identify potential donors and how to approach and support relatives; 23 living donor co-ordinators working with families considering live donation and funding 10 non- heartbeating programmes to increase the number of organs from non-heartbeating donors.

Date

12 January 2004

Reference

416 c626-7W;416 c624-5W; 144892;144893;144932

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures his Department has put in place to counter the shortages of (a) transplant consultants and (b) critical care nurses in the NHS outlined in the Transplant Framework for England, Saving Lives, Valuing Donors. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Kevin Hughes (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 January 2004

Reference

144891; 416 c626W;416 c624W

House

House of Commons

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