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Departmental Policies
(Middlesbrough, South and Cleveland, East)
Dr. Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will set out, including statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effect on the Middlesbrough, South and Cleveland, East constituency of his Department's policies and action since 2 May 1997. [153282]
Mr. Hutton: Detailed information on the impact of Department of Health policies nationally is set out in the Department of Health Annual reports. A copy of the most recent report "Department of Health--Government Expenditure Plans 2000-01" is available in the House of Commons Library and on the Department of Health website at www.doh.gov.uk/dhreport.
The impact of policies is not examined by constituency and statistics collected centrally by the Department are not collected on a constituency basis.
My hon. Friend's constituency falls within the geographical area covered by Tees health authority and Redcar and Cleveland social services authority and Middlesbrough social services authority.
Increases in allocations between 1996-97 and 2000-01 for Tees health authority are shown in the table.
| Increase | |
|---|---|
| £ million (cash) | 119.8 |
| £ million (real terms) | 77.9 |
| Percentage (cash) | 40.12 |
| Percentage (real terms) | 24.15 |
Note:
Increases for 1999-2000 onwards are for unified allocations which cover hospital and community health services, prescribing and discretionary family health services. Those for previous years cover hospital and community health services only.
Tees health authority has also received additional funding for certain policies. This includes: £1 million for accident and emergency modernisation in 2000/01; £83,000, £172,000, £237,000 and £159,000 for improving cancer services (breast, colorectal, lung and cancer outpatients) in 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-2000 and 2000-01 respectively; £1.06 million to reduce waiting lists and times in 2000/01; £1.4 million to expand critical care services in 2000/01; £873,000 to deal with winter pressures in 2000-01 and £1.5 million, £2.1 million in 1997-98 and 1998-99 respectively; £648,000 for heart disease services in 2000-01; and £27,000 invested into dentistry in 2000-01.
In addition, my hon. Friend's constituents will benefit from the new £149 million major hospital development that is being developed at South Cleveland Hospital.
Redcar and Cleveland personal social services standard spending assessment for 2001-02 compared with 1996-97 is set out in the table.
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| Percentage increase | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| £ million | Real | Cash | |
| 1996-97 | 19.817 | -- | -- |
| 2001-02 | 25.398 | 13.5 | 28.2 |
In addition to the SSAs referred to, Redcar and Cleveland local authority received additional funding in the form of a number of special and specific grants as set out in the table.
| 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special Transitional Grant(73) | 1.940 | -- | -- | -- |
| Partnership grant(74) | - | 1.368 | 1.173 | 1.660 |
| Prevention grant(74) | - | 111 | 168 | |
| Carers grant(75) | - | 113 | 257 | 362 |
| Children's grant(75) | - | 216 | 344 | 863 |
| MH Core grant | 140 | 237 | 273 | (76)434 |
| Training Support Grant | 192 | 189 | 193 | (76)233 |
(73) The special transitional grant ended in 1998-99
(74) The partnership and prevention grants have been combined in 2001-02 and called the promoting independence grant
(75) The carers' and children's grants were introduced in 1999-2000
(76) Indicative allocation
Middlesbrough local authority's personal social services standard spending assessment for 2001-02 compared with 1996-97 is set out in the table.
| Percentage increase | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| £ million | Real | Cash | |
| 1996-97 | 22.672 | -- | -- |
| 2001-02 | 29.825 | 16.5 | 31.5 |
In addition to the SSAs referred to, Middlesbrough local authority received additional funding in the form of a number of special and specific grants as set out in the table.
| 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special Transitional Grant(77) | 1,023 | -- | -- | -- |
| Partnership grant(78) | -- | 771 | 668 | 903 |
| Prevention grant(78) | -- | 60 | 91 | |
| Carers grant(79) | -- | 59 | 161 | 225 |
| Children's grant(79) | -- | 313 | 495 | 1.190 |
| MH Core grant | 149 | 251 | 290 | (80)571 |
| Training Support Grant | 177 | 192 | 210 | (80)204 |
(77) The special transitional grant ended in 1998-99
(78) The partnership and prevention grants have been combined in 2001-02 and called the promoting independence grant
(79) The carers' and children's grants were introduced in 1999-2000
(80) Indicative allocation
Departmental Policies (South Shields)
Dr. David Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the South Shields constituency, the effects on South Shields of his Department's polices and actions since 2 May 1997. [153085]
Mr. Hutton: Detailed information on the impact of Department of Health policies nationally is set out in the Department of Health Annual reports. A copy of the most recent report "Department of Health--Government
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Expenditure Plans 2000-01" is available in the House of Commons Library and on the Department of Health website at www.doh.gov.uk/dhreport.
The impact of policies is not examined by constituency and statistics collected centrally by the Department are not collected on a constituency basis.
My right hon. Friend's constituency falls within the geographical area covered by Gateshead and South Tyneside health authority, Gateshead social services authority and South Tyneside social services authority.
Increases in allocations between 1996-97 and 2000-01 for Gateshead and South Tyneside health authority are shown in the table.
| Increase | |
|---|---|
| £ million (cash) | 79.7 |
| £ million (real terms) | 50.9 |
| Percentage (cash) | 38.21 |
| Percentage (real terms) | 22.46 |
Note:
Increases for 1999-2000 onwards are for unified allocations which cover hospital and community health services, prescribing and discretionary family health services. Those for previous years cover hospital and community health services only.
Gateshead and South Tyneside health authority has also received additional funding for certain policies. This includes: £1.3 million for accident and emergency modernisation in 2000-01; £83,000, £172,000, £237,000 and £159,000 for improving cancer services (breast, colorectal, lung and cancer outpatients) in 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-2000 and 2000-01 respectively; £902,000 to reduce waiting lists and times in 2000-01; £734,000 to expand critical care services in 2000-01; £497,000 to deal with winter pressures in 2000-01 and £1.1 million, £1.35 million in 1997-98 and 1998-99 respectively; and £133,000 for heart disease services in 2000-01.
Gateshead local authority's personal social services standard spending assessment for 2001-02 compared with 1996-97 is set out in the table.
| 1996-97 | 2001-02 | |
|---|---|---|
| £ million | 32.309 | 42.639 |
| Percentage increase (real) | -- | 16.9 |
| Percentage increase (cash) | -- | 31.9 |
In addition to the SSAs referred to, Gateshead local authority received additional funding in the form of a number of special and specific grants as set out in the table.
| 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special Transitional Grant(81) | 1,720 | -- | -- | -- |
| Partnership grant(82) | -- | 1,257 | 1,060 | 1,440 |
| Prevention grant(82) | -- | 96 | 141 | |
| Carers grant(83) | -- | 96 | 233 | 322 |
| Children's grant(83) | -- | 298 | 469 | 1,227 |
| MH Core grant | 327 | 446 | 469 | (84)548 |
| Training Support Grant | 212 | 235 | 262 | (84)273 |
(81) The special transitional grant ended in 1998-99
(82) The partnership and prevention grants have been combined in 2001-02 and called the promoting independence grant
(83) The carers' and children's grants were introduced in 1999-2000
(84) Indicative allocation
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South Tyneside local authority's personal social services standard spending assessment for 2001-02 compared with 1996-97 is set out in the table.
| 1996-97 | 2001-02 | |
|---|---|---|
| £ million | 25.912 | 36.293 |
| Percentage increase (real) | -- | 24.0 |
| Percentage increase (cash) | -- | 40.1 |
In addition to the SSAs referred to, South Tyneside local authority received additional funding in the form of a number of special and specific grants as set out in the table.
| 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special Transitional Grant(85) | 1,384 | -- | -- | -- |
| Partnership grant(86) | -- | 1,014 | 868 | 1,193 |
| Prevention grant(86) | -- | 77 | 116 | |
| Carers grant(87) | -- | 78 | 198 | 274 |
| Children's grant(87) | -- | 275 | 435 | 1,131 |
| MH Core grant | 182 | 252 | 355 | (88)556 |
| Training Support Grant | 190 | 189 | 186 | (88)162 |
(85) The special transitional grant ended in 1998-99
(86) The partnership and prevention grants have been combined in 2001-02 and called the promoting independence grant
(87) The carers' and children's grants were introduced in 1999-2000
(88) Indicative allocation
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