To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on staffing levels for Ward C5 at Oldchurch Hospital in the London Borough of Havering; and what discussions he has had with (a) managers of the hospital and (b) Havering Primary Care Trust about the ward. [109503]

Information on the staffing levels of individual wards is not held centrally.I have had no discussions with Barking, Havering and Redbridge National Health Service Trust or Havering Primary Care Trust (PCT) about the ward.However, the North East London Strategic Health Authority Directors, who now performance manage Barking, Havering & Redbridge NHS Trust and Havering PCT, regularly meet with trust management.