Ports: Health

Damian Green
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action his Department has taken with the Department of Health and the Health Protection Agency to publish an explanation of accountabilities and responsibilities for stakeholder organisations and staff with regard to port health; and where this written explanation is available.

Mr. Byrne
An explanatory document entitled Health activity relating to people at ports, airports and international train stations in England was published on 31 July 2006 on the Department of Health website at:

http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_4137780

and on the Home Office and Health Protection Agency websites in early August 2006 at:

http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/6353/6356/healthactivity.pdf

and

http://www.hpa.org.uk/porthealth/who_is_responsible_for_what_at_ports.pdf

respectively.