(2) how much her Department has spent on the provision of specialist rehabilitation services for patients with severe head trauma in each year since 1997;
(3) how many hospitals in the South West region offer specialist services for the rehabilitation of patients with severe head injuries;
(4) how many patients have received treatment for severe head trauma in a specialist centre in (a) Taunton constituency, (b) the South West and (c) England in each year since 2001.
Information on the number of specialist care centres for the rehabilitation of patients with severe head trauma, and the number of hospitals offering such services is not collected centrally.
Information on the number of patients receiving treatment for severe head trauma in England and the South West, and the cost of that provision, is not collected centrally. Data on the number of admissions to the specialist neurological rehabilitation unit Alfred Morris House, Taunton and Somerset national health service trust are shown in the following table.
2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 Acquired brain injury 33 32 32 39 49 Complex neurological disability 68 81 73 79 67 Total 101 113 105 118 116 Note: The above data exclude day cases and out-patient activity.