HC Deb 12 March 2002 vol 381 cc997-8W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will make a statement on the public service agreement target to reduce the number of children admitted to hospitals as an emergency during their first year of life with(a) gastro-enteritis, (b) a respiratory infection and (c) a severe injury; [14018]

(2) if he will make a statement on the public service agreement target for reducing low birth-weight babies. [14017]

Yvette Cooper

I apologise to the hon. Member for the delay in responding to this question. I refer him to the reply that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State gave my hon. Friend the Member for Blackpool, North and Fleetwood (Mrs. Humble) on 5 March 2002,Official Report, column 192W.

The public service agreement targets referred to are for Sure Start for the period 1998–99 to 2001–02. A statement on progress towards these targets will be published in the Department for Education and Skills' annual report in spring 2002.