The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-06-26.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people aged (a) under 18 and (b) 18 years and over died as a consequence of a condition related to alcohol misuse in each year since 2010.
Mr Nick Hurd
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-06-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the costs to the NHS of untreated liver disease in one person.
Jane Ellison
The Department has made no recent assessment of the costs to the National Health Service of untreated liver disease.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Bryant on 2014-06-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of extending entitlement to Healthy Start vouchers and vitamins to all claimants of universal credit once universal credit has been fully rolled out.
Dr Daniel Poulter
We plan to provide access to Healthy Start for pregnant women, new mothers, and children under four in the lowest earning families receiving Universal Credit. Our intention is to ensure that a broadly similar number, and range, of Universal Credit families will qualify as currently do so through income based benefits and tax credits.
The current annual delivery cost of Healthy Start throughout the United Kingdom (vouchers, vitamins and administration) is approximately £100 million. We estimate that if eligibility were extended to pregnant women, new mothers, and children under four in all families claiming Universal Credit it would increase the total spent annually to around £290 million.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Bryant on 2014-06-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of extending entitlement to (a) free prescriptions, (b) free eye tests and (c) free dental care to all claimants of universal credit once universal credit has been fully rolled out.
Jane Ellison
The cost to the public purse of extending entitlement to free prescriptions, eye tests and dental care to all claimants of Universal Credit once Universal Credit has been fully rolled out will depend on the number of claimants at that time. This number will depend on a range of factors. The Government intends that broadly the same number of individuals will be passported via Universal Credit as are currently passported.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Greatrex on 2014-06-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of his Department’s consumption in kWh of (a) gas and (b) electricity in each month since June 2010; and what the cost of such consumption has been in each such month.
Dr Daniel Poulter
The Department’s consumption in kWh of gas and electricity in each month since June 2010 are detailed in the following tables.
Gas Consumption
|
kWh |
2010-11 |
2011-12 |
2012-13 |
2013-14 |
2014-15 |
|
April |
383,308 |
375,498 |
410,643 |
300,833 |
|
|
May |
334,299 |
291,491 |
268,638 |
231,365 |
|
|
June |
214,194 |
342,759 |
135,620 |
171,941 |
|
|
July |
184,049 |
238,429 |
52,692 |
135,238 |
|
|
August |
270,592 |
179,116 |
96,602 |
144,629 |
|
|
September |
275,325 |
172,324 |
82,137 |
162,901 |
|
|
October |
404,226 |
191,563 |
249,232 |
187,581 |
|
|
November |
549,699 |
315,677 |
365,295 |
378,302 |
|
|
December |
814,163 |
448,970 |
430,231 |
500,407 |
|
|
January |
644,972 |
497,774 |
537,957 |
504,784 |
|
|
February |
554,519 |
549,609 |
521,341 |
460,338 |
|
|
March |
623,455 |
475,765 |
542,183 |
399,659 |
Electricity Consumption
|
kWh |
2010-11 |
2011-12 |
2012-13 |
2013-14 |
2014-15 |
|
April |
775,333 |
727,906 |
743,420 |
734,079 |
|
|
May |
828,597 |
817,660 |
737,329 |
743,728 |
|
|
June |
1,058,570 |
879,532 |
758,422 |
708,423 |
|
|
July |
1,119,452 |
861,447 |
828,709 |
1,011,360 |
|
|
August |
1,007,127 |
848,332 |
827,468 |
834,372 |
|
|
September |
950,584 |
845,520 |
740,170 |
725,554 |
|
|
October |
915,324 |
824,037 |
813,384 |
729,868 |
|
|
November |
928,702 |
809,542 |
735,035 |
712,812 |
|
|
December |
949,551 |
812,427 |
732,011 |
709,999 |
|
|
January |
920,671 |
842,769 |
811,067 |
779,265 |
|
|
February |
814,015 |
820,963 |
727,292 |
689,548 |
|
|
March |
895,910 |
820,483 |
746,071 |
738,869 |
Gas and Electricity Costs
The Department’s previous way of processing energy bills, makes it difficult to provide meaningful and relevant monthly costs for earlier years but the annual expenditure for 2009-12 is as follows:
|
Year |
Gas |
Electricity |
|
2009-10 |
£160,572 |
£1,253,708 |
|
2010-11 |
£117,690 |
£862,052 |
|
2011-12 |
£139,343 |
£1,145,671 |
The following table outlines the monthly costs of gas and electricity consumption in the Department’s buildings from April 2012-13 to March 2013-14.
|
Gas |
Electricity |
|||
|
2012-13 |
2013-14 |
2012-13 |
2013-14 |
|
|
April |
£18,380 |
£13,986 |
£85,855 |
£92,087 |
|
May |
£10,562 |
£9,197 |
£95,095 |
£89,211 |
|
June |
£6,290 |
£6,368 |
£88,712 |
£85,445 |
|
July |
£8,236 |
£5,205 |
£96,871 |
£121,466 |
|
August |
£5,399 |
£5,480 |
£94,554 |
£99,521 |
|
September |
£6,193 |
£6,105 |
£84,633 |
£87,487 |
|
October |
£12,764 |
£ 7,748 |
£86,575 |
£87,917 |
|
November |
£15,734 |
£13,337 |
£82,322 |
£86,119 |
|
December |
£17,416 |
£16,644 |
£80,016 |
£86,529 |
|
January |
£18,246 |
£17,817 |
£90,733 |
£90,179 |
|
February |
£19,580 |
£15,973 |
£77,247 |
£82,419 |
|
March |
£20,512 |
£14,369 |
£63,457 |
£65,760 |
These figures relate to buildings occupied by departmental staff, where the Department is directly responsible for payment of gas and electric bills and can provide monthly consumption figures. This covers Richmond House, Skipton House, Wellington House, Premier House and Premier Buildings (vacated in November 2012).
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nick de Bois on 2014-06-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2014, Official Report, column 241W, on billing, what the value was of all outstanding legacy creditors on 1 June 2014.
Dr Daniel Poulter
As at 1 June 2014, the value of outstanding legacy creditors was £3,237,153.15.
Following the abolition of primary care trusts (PCTs) and strategic health authorities (SHAs) on 31 March 2013, legacy PCT and SHA finance teams remained in place until 31 August 2013 to process creditor payments relating to pre 1 April 2013. Creditor payments outstanding at 31 August 2013 were transferred to successor organisations, including the Department. The above amount remains outstanding because of due diligence taking place on creditor payments in order to mitigate the risk of making fraudulent or duplicate payments.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Robert Halfon on 2014-06-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the current waiting times are for NHS knee replacement operation in England, by region.
Jane Ellison
The information requested is not held centrally. Consultant-led referral to treatment waiting times are collected separately for 18 high volume treatment functions (divisions of clinical work based on main specialty), including trauma and orthopaedics, but not for individual procedures such as knee replacements.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Robert Halfon on 2014-06-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS knee replacement operations were carried out in England, by region, in the last three years.
Jane Ellison
The attached table shows how many knee replacement operations were carried out in England, by region, in the last three years.
The following table shows how many knee replacement revisions were carried out by the National Health Service in England in the last three years. Information relating to how long the average time interval was between total knee replacement and subsequent revision procedures is not held centrally.
|
Year |
Region |
Full Knee Replacement |
Only one bone in the knee joint is replaced |
|
2010-11 |
North East |
456 |
* |
|
North West |
825 |
* |
|
|
Yorkshire And The Humber |
759 |
* |
|
|
East Midlands |
551 |
* |
|
|
West Midlands |
751 |
* |
|
|
East Of England |
733 |
* |
|
|
London |
738 |
* |
|
|
South East Coast |
673 |
* |
|
|
South Central |
670 |
* |
|
|
South West |
868 |
7 |
|
|
England Total |
7,024 |
25 |
|
|
2011-12 |
North East |
422 |
* |
|
North West |
704 |
* |
|
|
Yorkshire And The Humber |
751 |
* |
|
|
East Midlands |
547 |
* |
|
|
West Midlands |
728 |
* |
|
|
East Of England |
612 |
* |
|
|
London |
747 |
* |
|
|
South East Coast |
613 |
* |
|
|
South Central |
576 |
* |
|
|
South West |
839 |
* |
|
|
England Total |
6,539 |
14 |
|
|
2012-13 |
North East |
396 |
* |
|
North West |
759 |
* |
|
|
Yorkshire And The Humber |
677 |
* |
|
|
East Midlands |
572 |
* |
|
|
West Midlands |
713 |
* |
|
|
East Of England |
596 |
* |
|
|
London |
768 |
* |
|
|
South East Coast |
584 |
* |
|
|
South Central |
545 |
* |
|
|
South West |
915 |
8 |
|
|
England Total |
6,525 |
18 |
Notes:
1. Finished Consultant Episode (FCE): Both tables show FCEs. An FCE is a continuous period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FCEs are counted against the year in which they end. The figures do not represent the number of different patients, as a person.
2. The data should not be described as a count of people as the same person may have been admitted on one or more occasion.
3. †Providers that are not based in England have been removed, and therefore the national totals may not be equal to the sum of the regional totals.
4. To protect patient confidentiality, figures between 1 and 5 have been replaced with “*” (an asterisk). Where it was still possible to identify figures from the total, additional figures have been replaced with "*”.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Robert Halfon on 2014-06-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was of NHS knee replacement operations and subsequent revisions in England in the last three years.
Jane Ellison
The information requested is not held centrally.
Such information as is available is from reference costs, which are the average cost to National Health Service trusts and NHS foundation trusts of providing defined services in a given financial year to NHS patients. Reference costs for acute care are collected by Healthcare Resource Groups (HRGs), which are standard groupings of clinically similar treatments that consume common levels of healthcare resource. The HRGs in the attached table therefore include the costs of other knee procedures in addition to knee replacements.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Robert Halfon on 2014-06-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many knee replacement revisions were carried out by the NHS in England in the last three years; and how long the average time interval was between total knee replacement and subsequent revision procedures.
Jane Ellison
The attached table shows how many knee replacement operations were carried out in England, by region, in the last three years.
The following table shows how many knee replacement revisions were carried out by the National Health Service in England in the last three years. Information relating to how long the average time interval was between total knee replacement and subsequent revision procedures is not held centrally.
|
Year |
Region |
Full Knee Replacement |
Only one bone in the knee joint is replaced |
|
2010-11 |
North East |
456 |
* |
|
North West |
825 |
* |
|
|
Yorkshire And The Humber |
759 |
* |
|
|
East Midlands |
551 |
* |
|
|
West Midlands |
751 |
* |
|
|
East Of England |
733 |
* |
|
|
London |
738 |
* |
|
|
South East Coast |
673 |
* |
|
|
South Central |
670 |
* |
|
|
South West |
868 |
7 |
|
|
England Total |
7,024 |
25 |
|
|
2011-12 |
North East |
422 |
* |
|
North West |
704 |
* |
|
|
Yorkshire And The Humber |
751 |
* |
|
|
East Midlands |
547 |
* |
|
|
West Midlands |
728 |
* |
|
|
East Of England |
612 |
* |
|
|
London |
747 |
* |
|
|
South East Coast |
613 |
* |
|
|
South Central |
576 |
* |
|
|
South West |
839 |
* |
|
|
England Total |
6,539 |
14 |
|
|
2012-13 |
North East |
396 |
* |
|
North West |
759 |
* |
|
|
Yorkshire And The Humber |
677 |
* |
|
|
East Midlands |
572 |
* |
|
|
West Midlands |
713 |
* |
|
|
East Of England |
596 |
* |
|
|
London |
768 |
* |
|
|
South East Coast |
584 |
* |
|
|
South Central |
545 |
* |
|
|
South West |
915 |
8 |
|
|
England Total |
6,525 |
18 |
Notes:
1. Finished Consultant Episode (FCE): Both tables show FCEs. An FCE is a continuous period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FCEs are counted against the year in which they end. The figures do not represent the number of different patients, as a person.
2. The data should not be described as a count of people as the same person may have been admitted on one or more occasion.
3. †Providers that are not based in England have been removed, and therefore the national totals may not be equal to the sum of the regional totals.
4. To protect patient confidentiality, figures between 1 and 5 have been replaced with “*” (an asterisk). Where it was still possible to identify figures from the total, additional figures have been replaced with "*”.