To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) males and (b) females (i) successfully and (ii) unsuccessfully claimed compensation in relation to an infection contracted in an NHS hospital by (A) themselves and (B) a family member in each year since 2001, broken down by (1) age group and (2) primary care trust. (206120)

The NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA) has supplied tables showing health care associated infections, copies of the tables have been placed in the Library.

The NHSLA does not record data specifically for each hospital, but rather for the national health service body that runs each hospital. The tables therefore cover health care associated infection related claims made against primary care trusts, NHS foundation trusts and NHS trusts.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish the minutes of the meetings of the Rapid Review Panel. (206808)

The minutes of the Rapid Review Panel (RRP) are normally published six to eight weeks after the meeting. However we are currently updating the RRP website to ensure ease of access and all of the minutes of the meetings including the last meeting of 14 April 2008 have now been published on the Health Protection Agency's website and are available at:

www.hpa.org.uk/webw/HPAweb&Page&HPAwebAutoListName/Page/1160994272839?p=1160994272839.