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Social Services Spending
Mr. Cash: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the levels of spending on social services per head of population were in (a) Staffordshire and (b) each other county of England (i) in the current year and (ii) in each of the last three years, distinguishing in each case the element represented by standard spending assessment. [148293]
Mr. Hutton: The information requested is shown in the table.
| 1997-98 gross (final outturn) | 1998-99 gross (final outturn) | 1999-2000 gross (provisional outturn) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bedfordshire | 166.26 | 175.29 | 186.06 |
| Berkshire(4) | 192.07 | -- | -- |
| Buckinghamshire | 160.09 | 169.87 | 180.05 |
| Cambridgeshire(4) | 149.16 | 167.95 | 178.78 |
| Cheshire(4) | 167.25 | 179.66 | 201.59 |
| Cornwall | 180.50 | 186.86 | 199.22 |
| Cumbria | 168.77 | 172.95 | 185.55 |
| Derbyshire | 184.85 | 171.71 | 215.53 |
| Devon(4) | 206.03 | 209.59 | 227.59 |
| Dorset | 169.32 | 170.32 | 185.37 |
| Durham | 175.55 | 183.96 | 233.54 |
| East Sussex | 218.03 | 225.78 | 244.77 |
| Essex(4) | 183.53 | 187.65 | 203.72 |
| Gloucestershire | 133.93 | 173.87 | 184.37 |
| Hampshire | 138.87 | 147.47 | 160.25 |
| Hertfordshire | 179.39 | 185.96 | 201.01 |
| Isles of Scilly | 145.99 | 182.77 | 181.69 |
| Kent(4) | 179.74 | 193.40 | 224.45 |
| Lancashire(4) | 205.30 | 211.75 | 227.14 |
| Leicestershire | 128.17 | 136.10 | 149.94 |
| Lincolnshire | 145.07 | 188.09 | 208.34 |
| Norfolk | 192.69 | 207.33 | 225.70 |
| North Yorkshire | 164.90 | 177.45 | 189.39 |
| Northamptonshire | 165.96 | 183.67 | 202.98 |
| Northumberland | 214.70 | 234.73 | -- |
| Nottinghamshire(4) | 204.22 | 195.64 | 204.29 |
| Oxfordshire | 149.21 | 162.59 | 183.15 |
| Shropshire(4) | 173.89 | 178.02 | 192.06 |
| Somerset | 147.50 | 157.62 | 185.93 |
| Staffordshire | 152.85 | 163.89 | 177.04 |
| Suffolk | 167.07 | 174.84 | 193.43 |
| Surrey | 155.97 | 186.24 | 174.91 |
| Warwickshire | 154.48 | 163.64 | 170.31 |
| West Sussex | 190.73 | 193.41 | 203.27 |
| Wiltshire | 143.08 | 150.98 | 186.78 |
| Worcestershire(4) | 163.95 | 175.30 | 193.26 |
| Shire Counties | 172.80 | 181.41 | -- |
(4) 1997-98 data relate to county prior to local government reorganisation on 1 April 1998.
Note:
Not comparable with figures for earlier years as these figures are net of income from client contributions etc.
(5) 1997-98 data relate to county prior to local government reorganisation on 1 April 1998.
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(6) 1997-98 data relate to county prior to local government reorganisation on 1 April 1998.
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Hospital Respite
Miss Kirkbride: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will define the term respite as it applies to an NHS hospital. [148755]
Yvette Cooper [holding answer 5 February 2001]: The term accident and emergency respite or diversion is used to describe periods when, due to local peaks in demand or other circumstances, a national health service trust arranges for appropriate patients to be temporarily diverted to other local hospitals in line with local protocols. Central guidance makes it clear that no hospital may close to emergency admissions unilaterally.
Miss Kirkbride: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many times, and for how long, Alexandra hospital has been on respite during December 2000 and January 2001. [148753]
Yvette Cooper [holding answer 5 January 2001]: In line with national and local protocols for hospitals experiencing periods of heavy pressure in accident and emergency departments, the Alexandra Hospital requested that Hereford and Worcester Ambulance Service national health service trust divert any appropriate patients to Worcester Royal Infirmary on three occasions in January 2001.
This was for a period of three hours on two occasions and for eight hours on one occasion. At no time did this involve closing the accident and emergency department and the number of patients affected was minimal. There were no occasions in December 2000.
Dietary Sodium
Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will conduct a review into the evidence of the impact of dietary sodium. [149100]
Yvette Cooper [holding answer 6 February 2001]: We accept that there is a large body of authoritative opinion that there are public health gains to be made by a reduction in sodium consumption. There are no plans to conduct a further review of the evidence on the impact of dietary sodium on health.
As part of a wider policy on reducing deaths from heart disease and stroke, we are committed to working with the food industry to improve the overall balance of the diet, including sodium/salt in foods.
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