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Departmental Policies (Stourbridge and Dudley)
Ms Shipley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to (a) Stourbridge and (b) Dudley metropolitan borough the effects on the area of his Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [154729]
Yvette Cooper [holding answer 20 March 2001]: 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 are not examined by constituency and statistics collected centrally by the Department are not collected on a constituency basis.
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My hon. Friend's constituency falls within the geographical area covered by Dudley health authority and Dudley social services authority.
Increases in allocations between 1996-97 and 2001-02 for Dudley health authority are shown in the table.
| Increase | |
|---|---|
| £ million (cash) | 57.6 |
| £ million (real terms) | 36.8 |
| Percentage (cash) | 38.52 |
| Percentage (real terms) | 22.73 |
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.
Dudley health authority has also received additional funding for certain policies. This includes: £0.6 million for accident and emergency modernisation at Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley; £28,000, £57,000, £177,000 and £105,000 for improving cancer services (breast, colorectal, lung and cancer outpatients) in 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-2000 and 2000-01 respectively; £3.86 million on action to reduce waiting lists and times; £0.32 million to expand critical care services in 2000-01; £2.6 million winter pressures in 2000-01; and £0.064 million for heart disease services 2000-01.
In addition, my hon. Friend's constituents will benefit from the new £68 million major hospital development that is being developed at Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust.
| Percentage increase | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| £ million | Real | Cash | |
| 1996-97 | 37,476 | -- | -- |
| 2001-02 | 53,637 | 26.8 | 43.1 |
In addition to the SSAs referred to, Dudley 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(30) | 2,239 | -- | -- | -- |
| Partnership grant(31) | -- | 1,608 | 1,364 | 1,864 |
| Prevention grant(32) | -- | 121 | 179 | |
| Carers grant(32) | -- | 123 | 291 | 403 |
| Children's grant(32) | -- | 324 | 507 | 1,295 |
| Mental Health Core grant | 282 | 476 | 550 | 733 |
| Training Support Grant | 233 | 280 | 309 | (33)291 |
(30) The special transitional grant ended in 1998-99
(31) The partnership and prevention grants have been combined in 2001-02 and called the promoting independence grant
(32) The children's and carers' grants were introduced in 1999-2000
(33) Indicative allocation
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Departmental Policies (Great Grimsby)
Mr. Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effect on the Great Grimsby constituency of his Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [156245]
Yvette Cooper: 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.
My hon. Friend's constituency falls within the geographical area covered by South Humber health authority and Lincolnshire county council social services.
Increases in allocations between 1996-97 and 2001-02 for South Humberside health authority are shown in the table.
| Increase | |
|---|---|
| £ million (cash) | 56.6 |
| £ million (real terms) | 34.1 |
| Percentage (cash) | 34.01 |
| Percentage (real terms) | 18.74 |
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.
South Humber health authority has also received additional funding for certain policies. This includes: £978,000 for accident and emergency modernisation between 1997-98 and 2001-02; £61,000, £107,000, £175,000 and £131,000 for improving cancer services (breast, colorectal, lung and cancer outpatients) in 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-2000 and 2000-01 respectively; £4.306 million to reduce waiting lists and times between 1997-98 and 2000-01; £1.066 million to expand critical care services in 2000-01; £905,000 to deal with winter pressures and delayed discharges in 2000-01; £88,000 for heart disease services in 2000-01; £109,000 invested in dentistry between 1997-98 and 2000-01.
| Percentage increase | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| £ million | Real | Cash | |
| 1996-97 | 73.704 | -- | -- |
| 2001-02 | 95.326 | 14.5 | 29.3 |
In addition to the SSAs referred to, Lincolnshire county council 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(34) | 4,015 | -- | -- | -- |
| Partnership grant(35) | -- | 2,890 | 2,478 | 3,520 |
| Prevention grant(35) | -- | 237 | 357 | |
| Carers grant(36) | -- | 245 | 565 | 793 |
| Children's grant(36) | -- | 566 | 890 | 2,163 |
| Mental Health Core grant | 539 | 910 | 1,051 | (37)1,351 |
| Training Support Grant | 352 | 359 | 336 | (37)307 |
(34) The special transitional grant ended in 1998-99
(35) The partnership and prevention grants have been combined in 2001-02 and called the promoting independence grant
(36) The carers' and children's grants were introduced in 1999-2000
(37) Indicative allocation
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Departmental Policies (Amber Valley)
Judy Mallaber: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Amber Valley constituency, the effects on Amber Valley of his Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [157131]
Yvette Cooper: 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 Southern Derbyshire health authority and Derbyshire county council social services.
Increases in allocations between 1996-97 and 2001-02 for Southern Derbyshire health authority are shown in the table.
| Increase | |
|---|---|
| £ million (cash) | 105.4 |
| £ million (real terms) | 66.9 |
| Percentage (cash) | 37.88 |
| Percentage (real terms) | 22.16 |
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.
Southern Derbyshire health authority has also received additional funding for certain policies. This includes: £56,000, £150,000, £304,000 and £204,000 for improving cancer services (breast, colorectal, lung and cancer outpatients) in 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-2000 and 2000-01 respectively; £7.898 million to reduce waiting lists and times between 1997-98 and 2000-01; £541,000 to expand critical care services in 2000-01; £265,000 to deal with winter pressures and delayed discharges in 2000-01; £192,000 for heart disease services between 1997-98 and 2000-01; £136,400 invested in dentistry between 1997-98 and 2000-01.
In addition, my hon. Friend's constituents will benefit from a major hospital development scheme costing £177 million which will see acute hospital services centralised on the Derby City General Hospital site and the development of the Derbyshire Royal Infirmary as a community hospital. The development is being funded through the Private Finance Initiative.
Southern Derbyshire also received £1.2 million of Special Assistance Funding for reconfiguration and restructuring of services in 1999-2000.
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Derbyshire county council's personal social services standard spending assessment (SSA) for 2001-02 compared with 1996-97 is set out in the table:
| Percentage increase | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| £ million | Real | Cash | |
| 1996-97 | 118.872 | -- | -- |
| 2001-02 | 118.717 | -11.6 | -0.1 |
Note:
The SSA has decreased because of boundary changes resulting from local government re-organisation
In addition to the SSAs referred to, Derbyshire county council 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(38) | 5,063 | -- | -- | -- |
| Partnership Grant(39) | -- | 3,590 | 3,135 | 4,350 |
| Prevention Grant(39) | -- | 268 | 404 | |
| Carers Grant(40) | -- | 272 | 628 | 884 |
| Children's Grant(40) | -- | 604 | 957 | 2,476 |
| Mental Health Core Grant | 662 | 1,117 | 1,397 | (41)1,735 |
| Training Support Grant | 450 | 514 | 658 | (41)534 |
(38) The special transitional grant ended in 1998-99
(39) The partnership and prevention grants have been combined in 2001-02 and called the promoting independence grant
(40) The carers' and children's grants were introduced in 1999-2000
(41) Indicative allocation
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