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NHS Trusts (Admissions)
Mr. Redmond: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list those NHS trusts that on 30 September had restricted admissions for financial reasons. [473]
Mr. Horam: This information is not held centrally.
Health Authority Administrative Costs
Mr. Redmond: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the administrative cost of running each health authority in 1995-96; and if he will give the percentage of the total funds available that represents. [428]
Mr. Horam: The provisional 1995-96 annual accounts for health authorities are not expected to be available until the end of November. The information requested will be placed in the Library when it becomes available.
Mr. Redmond: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will give the reasons for not making the administrative costs of health authorities part of the annual review and for not reporting on such costs in the annual review letter. [427]
Mr. Horam: Regional offices determine the content of annual reviews with their health authorities in the light of the most important current issues locally and nationally. Regional offices would discuss a health authority's performance against its cost target in an annual review. Where warranted by poor performance against these targets, or where meeting the targets has significant repercussions on the provision of services, the matter would be included as an issue in the review letter. Health authority costs are published by the national health service executive annually.
Good Health Channel
Mr. Allen:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to establish a good health channel on television in co-operation with the NHS and cable companies. [738]
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Mr. Horam:
There are no plans at present to establish a health channel. However, the development of the NHSnet, a secure national network developed for the NHS, will offer a number of opportunities to discuss new communications techniques for disseminating information.
Mr. Redmond:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list those NHS trusts in the south-eastern region in which relatives are required to bring in basic items of bed linen for in-patients. [449]
Mr. Horam:
I am unaware of any case where a national health service trust has asked patients or their relatives to bring in bed linen during a stay in hospital. Basic items of bed linen should always be provided by the NHS for its in-patients.
Mr. Chris Davies:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will name the companies invited by the North West regional health authority in 1992 to tender for the contract to construct a waste incinerator at the Royal Oldham hospital. [14]
Mr. Horam:
This information is not held centrally.
Mr. Flynn:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of people in the United Kingdom who have contracted illnesses as a direct result of eating genetically engineered food in each of the last five years. [1022]
Mr. Horam:
This information is not collected. However, genetically modified foods undergo rigorous safety assessments by the independent Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes and if there were any concern about possible adverse health effects, food safety clearance would not be granted.
Sir George Gardiner:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will list the number of acute beds in NHS hospitals blocked by patients awaiting discharge into retirement or nursing homes within the area of each health authority or board on the most recent date for which figures are available; [844]
Mr. Burns:
This information is not available in the form requested.
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Ms Walley:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what inquiries he has made in respect of possible financial vested interest arising from the outcome of investigations into the sinking of the MV Derbyshire; and if he will make a statement. [29]
Mr. Bowis:
If the actions of any of the commercial interests associated with the MV Derbyshire were found to have resulted in the ship's loss, these could give rise to potential liabilities. The possible existence of any such liabilities has no bearing on the conduct of the current investigation into the loss of the ship.
Miss Hoey:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to give the Civil Aviation Authority obligations in law to consider environmental factors in areas other than aerodrome licensing. [2]
Mr. Bowis:
My right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Transport and for Defence have given directions to the Civil Aviation Authority under section 72(2) of the Civil Aviation Act 1982. These require the CAA to collaborate in ensuring that air navigation services are, subject to securing the safe operation of aircraft, planned, provided and operated so as to take account--among other things--of the need to mitigate as far as possible the environmental impact of civil aircraft operations and, in particular, the disturbance to the public arising from aircraft noise, vibration and pollution.
Mr. Chidgey:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many levels of service were higher under British Rail than the levels which have been specified in the passenger service requirement set out by the Office of Passenger Rail Franchising. [1048]
Mr. Watts:
The minimum level of service required of British Rail on any route is one train per week. In practice much more extensive services have been provided. All PSRs provide higher levels of service than the minimum required of British Rail.
A more specified answer could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Mrs. Dunwoody:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what action is being taken by his Department in response to recommendations made by the United States National Transportation Safety Board concerning the rudder and the yaw damper system on Boeing 737 aircraft. [1047]
Mr. Bowis:
The US National Transportation Safety Board has made a number of recommendations to the US Federal Aviation Administration following the investigation of an accident involving a US-registered Boeing 737. The Civil Aviation Authority is monitoring the situation and will decide on what action, if any, is appropriate in the UK once the FAA has responded.
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Mrs. Dunwoody:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many Boeing 737 aircraft are registered in the United Kingdom; and if he will list which airlines use them. [1040]
Mr. Bowis:
There are currently 109 Boeing 737 aircraft on the UK aircraft register. These aircraft are used by the following airlines:
Mrs. Dunwoody:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many accidents involving Boeing 737 aircraft have been recorded in this country in each of the last 10 years. [1046]
Mr. Bowis:
The number of accidents involving Boeing 737 aircraft in this country in each of the last 10 years is as follows:
These figures are based on the International Civil Aviation Organisation definition of accidents and include accidents where aircraft are damaged, or passenger or crew are injured, while aircraft are on the ground at airports. All but two of the accidents listed fall into this category.
Mr. Gordon Prentice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what representations he has received concerning the feasibility of reopening the railway from Leyburn to Hawes; and if he will make a statement. [891]
Mr. Watts:
My right hon. Friend has received no direct representations on this matter. The Department of the Environment and the Rural development Commission have received a bid from the Wensleydale Railway Association for funds to reopen part of the Wensleydale railway line--between Northallerton and Castle Bolton--under their rural challenge scheme 1996. The bid is currently under consideration. Both Leyburn and Hawes are situated on that line.
(2) if he will list the number of acute beds in NHS hospitals blocked by patients awaiting discharge into retirement or nursing homes within the area of each local government social services department on the most recent date for which figures are available. [845]
Air UK
British Airways
British Midland Airways
Easy Jet Airline Company
GB Airways
Maersk Air
Monarch Airlines
Sabre Airways
1986: 1
1987: 0
1988: 0
1989: 2
1990: 2
1991: 1
1992: 4
1993: 7
1994: 3
1995: 1
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