§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the breakdown of the cost of other services referred to on page 51 of his Department's annual report 2001. [17319]
§ Mr. HuttonThe category 'central health and miscellaneous expenditure' refers to a wide range of activities funded from the Department's spending programmes whose only common feature is that they receive funding directly from the Department and not via health authorities. Some of the services are managed 975W directly by departmental staff, others are run by non-departmental public bodies, or other separate executive organisations.
There are approximately 45 budgets included within the category of 'other services', totalling £42 million planned expenditure for 2001–02 and referred to on page 51 of the latest departmental report. These are listed in the table.
Central health and miscellaneous services—other services £000 2001–02 Plan Payments to World Health Organisation 14,000 Communicable services 5,000 Expert patient programme 4,000 Health survey 3,237 Port health 2,603 Haemophiliacs with HIV 2,050 Learning disability strategy 2,000 CJD surveillance 1,600 Foster care services 1,000 IVS 860 Prevention and treatment research 750 Health services for ethnic minorities 638 HGH litigation 450 Protection of Children Act tribunal 410 European Pharmacopoeia Commission 350 Child migrants 300 Prevention of HIV and Hepatitis 250 Partial agreement 200 Registered homes tribunal 200 Surveillance for STDs 200 Emergency planning 180 Database on ethnic minority health 115 Europe against cancer 101 Blood and tissue infected with HIV 100 WHO effect of chemicals on health 100 Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain 92 British Pharmacopoeia Commission 80 British Pharmacopoeia Laboratory 80 Training in child health care 75 NHS radiation protection studies 72 Dangerous pathogens 67 Screening/nice 60 WHO programme on chemical safety 50 Domestic violence initiative 49 Health co-operation agreements 42 DH product licences 40 Payments to Met. Office 34 Services for addicts 25 Radiation regulations 16 European Centre 12 International conference expenses 10 Medical examination of immigrants 8 Other payments 7 International Hospital Federation 7 Other payments to WHO 5 Total 41,525
§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what items fall within the category of net capital expenditure of £1.5 million in 2001–02, referred to on page 30 of the 2001 departmental report. [15250]
§ Mr. HuttonThe figure of £1.5 billion referred to on page 30 of the departmental report represents the planned level of exchequer funded capital investment in land, buildings and equipment for hospital and community health services in 2000–01.