HC Deb 14 July 1995 vol 263 c823W
Mr. Rowe

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the progress he has made towards implementing his pledge to introduce direct payments to disabled people to arrange, in appropriate circumstances, their own care. [34303]

Mr. Bowis

We announced in November 1994 our intention to introduce the necessary legislation to allow direct payments as soon as practicable. This remains our intention. There are a number of complex issues to be resolved before legislation can be introduced and my Department has set up a technical advisory group to consider these.

Numbers of deaths from testicular cancer (ICD1 186)
Regional health authorities 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993
Northern 10 6 9 12 9 6 10 5 10 8
Yorkshire 14 8 10 10 11 18 6 9 10 10
Trent 13 11 13 18 18 9 9 14 13 11
East Anglian 4 1 5 6 3 8 4 5 7 2
North West Thames 6 14 7 1 8 2 5 4 7 6
North East Thames 6 6 7 7 8 6 8 9 5 4
South East Thames 17 7 10 16 8 9 11 2 7 5
South West Thames 12 10 6 10 11 5 4 7 4 4
Wessex 7 6 5 8 6 4 10 6 7 4
Oxford 5 4 4 3 12 8 7 9 9 3
South Western 15 9 9 9 6 6 10 7 13 8
West Midlands 20 9 7 15 16 15 15 11 9 11
Mersey 6 8 13 7 9 3 10 4 6 8
North Western 14 8 11 9 9 9 8 12 10 10
Wales 7 3 9 14 4 3 10 6 6 8
1 International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision.