Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if his Department will publish the transcripts of the consultations undertaken as part of the Next Stage Review; (2) who was consulted as part of the Next Stage Review, broken down by (a) region and (b) area of work.
Anne Milton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many specialist nurses have been made redundant as a result of reconfiguration of services in each of the last three years.
Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many occupational therapists qualified in 2007.
Patrick Hall: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance is to be included in the forthcoming NHS Next Stage Review report on the management of chronic pain in (a) primary care, (b) secondary care and (c) tertiary care settings.
Hugh Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress the Health Professions Council has made on the statutory regulation of sports therapists; and if he will make a statement.
David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many prescription forms were submitted in each of the last three years, broken down by region; (2) what the average number of prescription items issued per prescription form was in each of the last three years, broken down by region; (3) what the average cost to the NHS of items issued on prescription was in each of the last three years,...
Ian Gibson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) which primary care trusts have completed a local equality impact assessment; and whether those assessments are centrally collated; (2) what requirements there are on primary care trusts to conduct local equality impact assessments; and whether those assessments are required to cover cancer services.
Mark Simmonds: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) which primary care trusts employ a medical director; (2) whether each primary care trust employs a medical director.
Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what factors underlay his decision to accept the Senior Salaries Review Body recommendation for an increase to basic pay of 2.2 per cent. for executive staff covered by the Very Senior Managers' Pay framework from 1 April 2008.
Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children aged (a) less than six, (b) six to 10 and (c) 11 to 16 years old have been prescribed glasses in each of the last five years.
Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the adequacy of provision of wheelchair transportation to and from NHS hospitals.
Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the implementation of the new model for the delivery of wheelchair services is intended to reduce waiting times for (a) assessment for and (b) delivery of powered wheelchairs.
Lord Roberts of Conwy: asked Her Majesty's Government: What notice was given of the meeting held on 20 June by the senior president of tribunals with representatives of some ex-service organisations to discuss the future of the Pensions Appeal Tribunal; what written advice was given to Ministers as a result of the meeting; and what is the constitutional position of a senior judge taking such a step, having regard...
Baroness Byford: asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether any research is being undertaken on other species in relation to bovine tuberculosis; and whether such research covers any link between badgers, the loss of hedgehogs and dwindling bee populations.
Lord Bradshaw: asked Her Majesty's Government: What steps they are taking to improve the operation of the national concessionary bus fare scheme around the Welsh border where cross-border services operate; and What steps they are taking to improve the operation of the national concessionary bus fare scheme around the Scottish border where cross-border services operate.
Lord Acton: asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Statement by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 24 June (WS 921—3) stating that "a cross-departmental Criminal Justice Women's Unit has been established with a senior civil servant appointed to head up the unit", (a) what grade is the senior civil servant, and (b) whether the appointment is full time.
Lord Laird: asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by Lord Rooker on 3 June (WA 47), how many legally qualified staff were employed and at what average cost in the Crown Prosecution Service in England in 2007—08.
Lord Alton of Liverpool: asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answers by Lord Darzi of Denham on 21 April (WA 234), 2 May (WA 109—10), 19 June (WA 177—78), 24 June (WA 227 and 1 July (WA 27—8) regarding the evidence available to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), to what extent the scientific consensus referred to was based (1) on personal opinions and (2) an objective...
Lord Alton of Liverpool: asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by Lord Darzi of Denham on 1 July (WA 28) regarding Clause 4 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, to what extent the quantitative criterion underlying that clause (whereby it has been stressed that animal DNA does not predominate in the resulting embryos) reflects the mixing of human sperm with eggs of Mesocricetus...