§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to his answer of 4 July 2003 to the hon.650W far excluded from the National School Fruit scheme are located in the most deprived (i) 5 per cent., (ii) 10 per cent. and (iii) 25 per cent. of wards according to the Index of Local Deprivation; and what proportion of primary schools so far included in the scheme are located in the most deprived (A) 5 per cent., (B) 10 per cent. and (C) 25 per cent. of wards. [119996]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe figures requested are shown in the table.
Member for Shrewsbury and Atcham (Mr. Marsden), Official Report, columns 529–30W, on childhood obesity, how many prescription items of orlistat were dispensed in the community in England in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and how many children received the drug in each of those years. [126345]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonThe table shows the total number of prescription items of Orlistat that were dispensed in the community in England from 1998 to 2002. In 2002, out of the 541,400 items dispensed in the community in England an estimated 3,000 prescription items, or 0.5 per cent., of the total, of Orlistat were for children. It is estimated that slightly less than 3,000 items of Orlistat were dispensed to children in 2001.
Comparable data for items dispensed to children is not available for earlier years. There is no information available on the number of children who received Orlistat.
Total number of prescription items of Orlistat that were dispensed in the community in England Thousand 1998 17.9 1999 127.8 2000 156.3 2001 416.0 2002 541.4 Source:
Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) data from the PPA.
§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many finished consultant episodes relating to obesity there were in each region in each year since 1997. [126347]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonInformation on the number of finished consultant episodes by region in national health service hospitals for the five years since 1997, where obesity is the primary diagnosis, is shown in the table.
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Region 1997–1998 1998–1999 1999–2000 2000–2001 2001–2002 Northern and Yorkshire 237 287 352 379 377 Trent 117 144 147 151 95 Anglia and Oxford (Eastern) 40 64 35 46 51 North Thames (London 136 141 221 287 229 South Thames (South East) 68 86 83 54 88 South West 77 115 53 58 75 West Midlands 43 91 51 57 58 North West 92 146 144 171 175 Total 810 1,074 1,086 1,203 1,148 Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Department of Health, England.