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WPC Fletcher
Mr. Dalyell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his oral statement of 16 March 1999, Official Report, column 1016, on the case of WPC Fletcher, for what reasons the inquiries by the Metropolitan Police have taken longer than anticipated. [78242]
Mr. Straw: The Metropolitan Police review of the evidence surrounding the murder of WPC Fletcher has involved a number of complex international lines of inquiry which have taken longer to resolve than was originally anticipated. The timetable has often been dependent on the contribution of overseas authorities. I am assured that the police have pursued their inquiries as quickly as is possible and that the final report on their review of the case will be ready in the near future.
HEALTH
Elderly People (Care)
Mr. Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many elderly people were accommodated in (a) private sector and (b) local authority care homes in each region in each of the last 30 years; [75918]
- (2) how many elderly people were accommodated in (a) private sector care homes and (b) local authority care homes in (i) Devon, (ii) Torbay and (iii) Plymouth in each of the last 30 years. [75921]
Mr. Hutton: Information on the number of people accommodated in homes for the elderly in England, for the period 1983 to 1996 in Devon, for the period 1987 to 1996, is given in the table. It is not possible to provide a consistent series for earlier years or by region because of changes in regional boundaries and changes in the methods of data collection.
Source:
DH returns; RAC5 & RA
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Mr. Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many (a) private sector and (b) local authority care homes for the elderly there were in each region for each of the last 30 years; [75916]
- (2) how many (a) private sector care homes and (b) local authority care homes for the elderly there were in (i) Devon, (ii) Torbay and (iii) Plymouth in each of the last 30 years. [75923]
Mr. Hutton: Information on the number of homes for the elderly in England, for the period 1985 to 1997 and in Devon, for the period 1987 to 1997, is given in the table. It is not possible to provide a consistent series for earlier years or by region because of changes in regional boundaries and changes in the methods of data collection.
| Number | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | Devon | |||||
| Year | LA | Voluntary | Private | LA | Voluntary | Private |
| 1985 | 2,361 | 829 | 4,840 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1986 | 2,341 | 787 | 5,784 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1987 | 2,588 | 879 | 6,882 | 54 | 34 | 577 |
| 1988 | 2,572 | 895 | 7,395 | 55 | 39 | 615 |
| 1989 | 2,532 | 897 | 8,247 | 55 | 34 | 595 |
| 1990 | 2,479 | 930 | 8,557 | 51 | 37 | 614 |
| 1991 | 2,330 | 968 | 8,730 | 50 | 41 | 599 |
| 1992 | 2,086 | 1,075 | 8,655 | 46 | 41 | 603 |
| 1993 | 1,875 | 1,156 | 8,582 | 40 | 42 | 584 |
| 1994 | 1,736 | 1,215 | 8,509 | 38 | 45 | 573 |
| 1995 | 1,672 | 1,233 | 8,414 | 38 | 44 | 544 |
| 1996 | 1,625 | 1,242 | 8,477 | 39 | 44 | 542 |
| 1997 | 1,498 | 1,320 | 8,988 | 38 | 45 | 633 |
Source:
DH returns; RA1, RAC5 and RA
Medical Staff (Ethnic Origin)
Mrs. Brinton:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the number of (a) nursing and (b) medical staff in (i) mental health clinics and (ii) hospitals in the United Kingdom for the last five years; and if he will give a breakdown by ethnicity. [75948]
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Mr. Denham
[holding answer 11 March 1999]: The information requested is not available in the format requested. The table shows the numbers of National
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Health Service Hospital and Community Health Service nursing and medical staff working in the psychiatry area of work by ethnic origin.
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| White | Black | Asian | Other | Unknown | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997: | |||||||
| Nursing staff | Community | 9,200 | 430 | 190 | 510 | 390 | 10,720 |
| Other | 34,800 | 1,980 | 700 | 1,660 | 2,840 | 41,980 | |
| Medical staff | -- | 3,500 | 290 | 820 | 560 | 370 | 5,540 |
| 1996: | |||||||
| Nursing staff | Community | 9,360 | 340 | 230 | 300 | 310 | 10,530 |
| Other | 36,350 | 1,840 | 490 | 1,050 | 2,320 | 42,050 | |
| Medical staff | -- | 3,410 | 210 | 780 | 480 | 330 | 5,210 |
| 1995: | |||||||
| Nursing staff | Community | 8,450 | 310 | 180 | 280 | 310 | 9,540 |
| Other | 36,540 | 1,660 | 750 | 1,150 | 2,020 | 42,120 | |
| Medical staff | -- | 3,360 | 220 | 780 | 470 | 270 | 5,090 |
| 1994 (5): | |||||||
| Nursing staff | Community | 4,210 | 150 | 100 | 260 | 50 | 4,780 |
| Hospital | 39,740 | 2,030 | 570 | 2,540 | 1,450 | 46,320 | |
| Medical staff | -- | 3,250 | 220 | 730 | 500 | 200 | 4,900 |
| 1993 (5): | |||||||
| Nursing staff | Community | 3,820 | 130 | 120 | 230 | 50 | 4,340 |
| Hospital | 38,400 | 2,710 | 1,230 | 3,160 | 1,510 | 47,020 | |
| Medical staff | -- | 3,010 | 200 | 690 | 480 | 490 | 4,860 |
(4) Figures are rounded to the nearest ten and exclude pre-registration nurse learners, agency and locum staff.
(5) Figures for Medical Staff include all HCHS doctors in the psychiatry groups specialities (psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, learning disabilities, old age psychiatry and psychotherapy).
Notes:
1. A new classification of the non-medical workforce was introduced in 1995. Therefore, information for 1993 and 1994 is not directly comparable with the later years.
2. Ethnicity figures for nursing and medical staff should be treated with caution as a small proportion of staff do not declare their ethnic origin.
Source:
Department of Health, Medical and Dental and Non-Medical Workforce Censuses.
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Care Services
Mr. Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will list by region and for each of the last five years the amount spent by each health authority on home care (a) in total and (b) as a percentage of special transitional grants; [76480]
- (2) if he will list by region and for each of the last five years the amounts spent by each health authority on care services bought from the independent sector (a) in total and (b) as a percentage of special transitional grants. [76481]
Mr. Hutton [holding answer 15 March 1999]: Total special transitional grant funding to local authorities in England for 1993-94 to 1997-98 was:
| Year | £ million |
|---|---|
| 1993-94 | 565 |
| 1994-95 | 736 |
| 1995-96 | 647 |
| 1996-97 | 418 |
| 1997-98 | 325 |
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| £ million | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | (a) Personal social services | (b) Home care |
| 1993-94 | 6,728 | 729 |
| 1994-95 | 7,503 | 923 |
| 1995-96 | 8,393 | 1,028 |
| 1996-97 | 9,263 | 1,130 |
Note:
These data are not yet available for 1997-98.
Figures for individual local authorities have been placed in the Library.
Data on the proportion of personal social services expenditure spent in the independent sector are not held centrally.
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