HC Deb 27 May 2004 vol 421 cc1837-8W
Dr. Murrison

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many times a year the Board of the National Patient Safety Agency is scheduled to meet; and when it last met. [175346]

Ms Rosie Winterton

The board of the National Patient Safety Agency is scheduled to meet in public every two months. The last meeting took place on 12 May 2004.

Mr. Burstow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to his answer of 30 April 2004,Official Report, column 1354W, if he will list those bodies which are still in existence. [174534]

Ms Rosie Winterton

The following departmental task forces, ad hoc advisory groups and reviews are still in existence

  • Adoption and permanence task force is now sponsored by the Department for Education and Skills.
  • Cancer task force.
  • Children's task force.
  • Coronary heart disease task force.
  • Mental health task force.
  • National health service modernisation board.
  • The scientific committee on tobacco and health/advisory committee on the misuse of drugs working group on cannabis and tobacco smoking.
  • National users panel of the community equipment services external reference group.
  • Interagency working group to develop a memorandum of understanding between the Department, the Police and the Health and Safety Executive.
  • NHS information technology task force.
  • Patient environment steering group.
  • Practice learning task force.
  • Work force task force.
  • Advisory committee for topic selection.
  • Advisory group for genetics research.
  • "Agenda for Change" central negotiating group.
  • Children's national service framework strategy group.
  • Expert group on mental health in prisons.
  • Implementation board for modernising NHS hospital medicines manufacturing.

Mr. Lansley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how often the British Pharmacopoeia Commission is scheduled to convene; and on what date it last met. [175339]

Ms Rosie Winterton

The British Pharmacopoeia Commission is scheduled to meet four times per year. The date of its last meeting was 15 March 2004.