Torbay Hospital: Infectious Diseases Mr. Sanders To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding has been allocated to Torbay hospital to tackle (a) MRSA and (b) other similar infections in the latest period for which figures are available. Ann Keen The Department does not collect the information requested. Revenue allocations are made to primary care trusts (PCTs) to cover hospital and community health services, prescribing costs and primary medical services. It is for PCTs to decide what services they should commission (such as specific hospital services), in the light of local needs and circumstances, and to meet the health care needs of the local populations they serve. To support improvements in the national health service in reducing health care associated infections, there is comprehensive spending review funding of £270 million per year by 2010-11. This funding will be reflected in the national tariff uplift. This includes £130 million per year by 2010-11 for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus screening for all elective admissions from April 2009, and for all emergency admissions by 2010-11, as stated in “Our NHS Our Future”, published on 4 October 2007. A copy of the publication has been placed in the Library.