To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) adults and (b) children were admitted to accident and emergency departments in the north-east after drinking alcohol in each of the last four years. (245805)

The information requested is not collected centrally.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many accident and emergency departments there were in NHS organisations in England in the most recent quarter since figures are available from his Department's Quarterly Monitoring of Accident and Emergency Services dataset. (245983)

National health service trusts self-report the number of accident and emergency (A&E) services they provide against definitions provided by the Department.

For the quarter ending September 2008, national health service trusts in England self-reported a total of 203 type 1 (major) accident and emergency services.