HC Deb 11 February 1999 vol 325 cc341-2W
Mr. Cann

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is his target for investment in the modernisation of accident and emergency departments during 1999. [69586]

Mr. Denham

I refer my hon. Friend to the reply given to my hon. Friend the Member for Wirral, South (Mr. Chapman) on 2 February 1999,Official Report, column 573.

Helen Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what in each of the past five years, was the percentage of students completing physiotherapy training who took up employment in the NHS. [66833]

Mr. Denham

[holding answer 21 January 1999]: The information requested is not available centrally. For the information that is available on students completing physiotherapy training, my hon. Friend may wish to contact the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. For the information that is available on physiotherapists who take up employment in the National Health Service, I refer my hon. Friend to the Reports of the Review Body for Nursing Staff, Midwives, Health Visitors and Professions Allied to Medicine, copies of which are available in the Library.

Helen Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the total expenditure on agency physiotherapy staff in(a) England and Wales, (b) the North West region and (c) North Cheshire Health Authority in each of the past five years. [66830]

Mr. Denham

The information requested is not available in the form requested. The tables contain the total expenditure (1997–98 prices) on agency professions allied to medicine for the years 1993–94 to 1996–97 and agency scientific, therapeutic and technical staff for 1997–98 not employed directly by individual National Health Service trusts and health authorities. Expenditure on agency professions allied to medicine and scientific, therapeutic and technical staff by North Cheshire Health Authority for the years 1993 to 1998 is nil. Questions relating to Wales are a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.