To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what steps he is taking to support self-help groups for people with aphasia; [123392](2) what plans he has to increase funding for services used by people with dysphasia; [123397](3) what steps the Government have taken to support Connect centres for those suffering with dysphasia; and if he plans to extend them to
(a) other parts of the country and (b) Oxfordshire. [123398]
Primary care trusts (PCTs) now have the responsibility of improving the health of the community, securing the provision of high quality services and integrating health and social care locally. They have the resources to commission services and to identify the number of professional staff that they need to deliver those services.In making their commissioning decisions, PCTs will need to consider how best to use a range of providers for the benefit of national health service patients. PCTs may fund local support groups for a range of conditions including aphasia and dysphasia, if they have identified this as a need when assessing the health needs of the local community. They will need also to consider how best to use voluntary sector providers."Connect" is a voluntary sector organisation, which is free to apply for Section 64 grant scheme funding at national or local level. The development of their centres is primarily a matter for them.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans the Department has to provide funding for computer-based therapy programmes for people with dysphasia. [123396]
| Ambulance Service NHS trusts | Mobile decontamination units | PPE suits |
| Avon Ambulance Service | 4 | 100 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Ambulance and Paramedic Service | 4 | 100 |
| Cumbria Ambulance Service | 6 | 150 |
| Dorset Ambulance Service | 4 | 100 |
| East Anglian Ambulance Service | 8 | 200 |
| East Midlands Ambulance Service | 6 | 150 |
| Essex Ambulance Service | 4 | 100 |
| Gloucestershire Ambulance Service | 4 | 100 |
| Greater Manchester Ambulance Service | 6 | 150 |
| Hampshire Ambulance Service | 6 | 150 |
| Hereford and Worcester Ambulance Service | 4 | 50 |
| Isle of Wight Healthcare | 4 | 100 |
| Kent Ambulance Service | 6 | 150 |
| Lancashire Ambulance Service | 6 | 150 |
| Lincolnshire Ambulance Service | 4 | 100 |
| London Ambulance Service | 14 | 350 |
| Mersey Regional Ambulance Service | 8 | 200 |
| North East Ambulance Service | 8 | 200 |
| Oxfordshire Ambulance Service | 4 | 100 |
| Royal Berkshire Ambulance Service | 4 | 100 |
| South Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service | 4 | 100 |
| Staffordshire Ambulance Service | 0 | 0 |
| Surrey Ambulance Service | 6 | 150 |
| Sussex Ambulance Service | 4 | 100 |
| Tees, East and North Yorkshire Ambulance Service | 6 | 150 |
| Two Shires Ambulance Service | 4 | 100 |
| Warwickshire Ambulance Service | 1 | 70 |
| West Midlands Ambulance Service | 3 | 75 |
| West Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service | 4 | 100 |
| West Country Ambulance Services | 16 | 400 |
| Wiltshire Ambulance Service | 4 | 100 |
| Total | 166 | 4,145 |
Note:
Staffordshire Ambulance Service has not been issued with new PPE equipment, as it can operate effectively with adapted military techniques with its existing equipment.
The Department was informed of some early operational problems, which have been rectified.