To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funding has been allocated to Enfield primary care trust for alcohol treatment for 2007-08. (119535)

The Department has allocated £384 million to Enfield primary care trust (PCT) in 2007-08, of which £1.5 million is separately identified to support various “Choosing Health” White Paper initiatives including alcohol treatment services. However, PCTs are responsible within the national health service for commissioning and funding services for their resident populations. It is for PCTs to determine how to use the funding allocated to them to commission services to meet the healthcare needs of their local populations.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many casualties were admitted to (a) Sunderland Royal hospital, (b) Hartlepool University hospital and (c) Durham University hospital owing to drink-related injuries in each of the last five years; and how many casualties were treated in the accident and emergency departments of each hospital for drink-related injuries in each of the last five years. (121258)

The information requested is not collected centrally.