House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 27 Feb 2002 (pt 37)

Asylum Seekers

Mr. Woodward: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what resources have been made available for counselling unaccompanied asylum seeking children suspected to be at risk of being victims of trafficking. [36640]

Jacqui Smith: No specific resources have been made available for counselling accompanied asylum seeking children suspected to be at risk of being victims of trafficking. However, eligible unaccompanied asylum seeking children will have access to the full range of local services.

Mr. Woodward: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many places are available in safe houses in the United Kingdom for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children suspected to be at risk of being victims of trafficking. [36641]

Jacqui Smith: The information requested is not collected centrally.

Mr. Woodward: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research his Department has undertaken into the disappearance of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children from social services care for the suspected purpose of trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation; and what resources have been made available for this research. [36642]

Jacqui Smith: No specific research has been undertaken into the disappearance of unaccompanied asylum seeking children from social services' care for the purposes of trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation. We are aware that a number of unaccompanied asylum seeking children in care in West Sussex have in the past gone missing, and that West Sussex Social Services Department and Sussex police have put in place protocols and procedures to help tackle this problem.

Private Hospitals

Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what (a) monitoring and (b) evaluation of private hospitals his Department undertakes. [31128]

Jacqui Smith [holding answer 28 January 2002]: Currently, private hospitals are regulated under the Registered Homes Act 1984 by health authorities, rather than the Department, which carries out no monitoring or evaluation centrally. On 1 April this year, responsibility for regulating private hospitals will be taken over by the National Care Standards Commission under the Care Standards Act 2000. Information collected by the Commission about the services and facilities they inspect will be published.

Dementia

Mr. Heald: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to commission research into the incidence of dementia. [35083]

Jacqui Smith [holding answer 11 February 2002]: The Department of Health has a research programme underpinning the National Service Framework for Older People. Dementia will be one of the topics to be considered in the research attached to the NSF underpinning strategy.

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Bids for policy-related research projects will be sought in the near future. The successful projects, and their research findings, will be included on the National Research Register www.doh.gov.uk/research when available.

Mental Health

Mr. Heald: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his written answer of 26 January 2002, Official Report, column 717W, on additional health services, whether the number of (a) early intervention teams and (b) crisis resolution teams are known; and what the figures are. [35570]

Jacqui Smith [holding answer 12 February 2002]: A service mapping exercise was completed by Local Implementation Teams (LITs) and submitted on the 31 October 2001.

Based on the details supplied at that time which are now becoming ready for report following validation and assessment:

(a) There were 16 early intervention teams in place;

(b) There were 52 crisis resolution teams in place.

It is worth noting that these services are undergoing rapid development as part of 2004 NHS Plan target and these figures will rise over the coming months.

Mr. Heald: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 16 January 2002, Official Report, column 376W, on mental health, if he will provide a breakdown of how the revenue expenditure in 2002–03 and 2003–04 will be spent in respect of (a) crisis resolution, (b) assertive outreach, (c) early intervention, (d) primary care workers and (e) services for women and carers. [35482]

Jacqui Smith [holding answer 12 February 2002]: In 2002–03 additional £93.5 million revenue has been allocated to mental health services. £75 million of this will go out with health authority allocations as shown in the table and is earmarked for mental health. Breakdown of allocations is not yet available for 2003–04.

2002–03

Crisis resolution 30

Assertive outreach 10

Early intervention 15

Gateway to specialist services 10

Women services 0

Carers 10

Primary care workers 0

Total 75

	2002–03
Crisis resolution	30
Assertive outreach	10
Early intervention	15
Gateway to specialist services	10
Women services	0
Carers	10
Primary care workers	0

Total	75

In addition to the health authority allocations, some budgets will be held centrally to support specific schemes. Of this £2.5 million has been allocated to support training projects for primary care workers.

Although health authority allocations are calculated on the basis above, expenditure data will not be collected for specific areas of mental health. Local investment plans

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will dictate the proportion of allocation spent in each area and performance against targets set out in local implementation plans will be measured.

Civil Servants

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many new entrants to the civil service were employed in his Department in each of the last five years; and how many in each year were aged 50 and over. [36488]

Ms Blears [holding answer 25 February 2002]: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by the Cabinet Office on 25 February 2002, Official Report, columns 875–80W.

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Delayed Discharges

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish a table of delayed discharge times for each hospital trust in England and Wales, grouped by health authority area. [37129]

Jacqui Smith [holding answer 26 February 2002]: The information is not available centrally in the format requested.

Information on lengths of delayed discharge at national, regional and health authority level in September 2001 (quarter 2 2001–02) is in the table.

Annexe A: length of delayed discharge—patients of all ages—quarter 2 2001–02National and regional summary

Total delayed Percentage delays

Area Less than 8 days Between 8–14 days 14–28 days More than 28 days Less than 8 days⁽⁴¹⁾ Between 8–14 days⁽⁴¹⁾ Between 14–28 days⁽⁴¹⁾ Greater than 28 days⁽⁴¹⁾ Percentage HAs included in analysis

England 1,607 1,268 1,401 2,789 22.7 17.9 19.8 39.5 96.8

Northern and Yorkshire 165 145 164 355 19.9 17.5 19.8 42.8 100.0

Trent 144 95 65 88 36.7 24.2 16.6 22.4 100.0

West Midlands 278 169 202 371 27.3 16.6 19.8 36.4 100.0

North West 164 107 122 214 27.0 17.6 20.1 35.3 93.8

Eastern 108 105 90 332 17.0 16.5 14.2 52.3 85.7

London 136 244 191 406 13.9 25.0 19.5 41.6 92.9

South East 387 242 402 812 21.0 13.1 21.8 44.1 100.0

South West 225 161 165 211 29.5 21.1 21.7 27.7 100.0

Health authority summary

Total delayed Percentage delays

Health authority Less than 8 days Between 8–14 days 14–28 days More than 28 days Less than 8 days⁽⁴³⁾ Between 8–14 days⁽⁴³⁾ Between 14–28 days⁽⁴³⁾ More than 28 days⁽⁴³⁾ HA included

Bradford 11 0 1 0 91.7 0.0 8.3 0.0 Yes

County Durham and Darlington 24 7 13 38 29.3 8.5 15.9 46.3 Yes

East Riding and Hull 4 20 2 1 14.8 74.1 7.4 3.7 Yes

Gateshead and South Tyneside 1 6 12 23 2.4 14.3 28.6 54.8 Yes

Leeds 11 16 27 92 7.5 11.0 18.5 63.0 Yes

Newcastle and North Tyneside 45 13 16 17 49.5 14.3 17.6 18.7 Yes

North Cumbria 14 15 29 75 10.5 11.3 21.8 56.4 Yes

Northumberland 2 0 0 0 11.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Yes

Sunderland 10 5 11 28 18.5 9.3 20.4 51.9 Yes

Tees 19 25 28 11 22.9 30.1 33.7 13.3 Yes

Wakefield 17 3 4 10 50.0 8.8 11.8 29.4 Yes

North Yorkshire 9 13 15 55 9.8 14.1 16.3 59.8 Yes

Calderdale and Kirklees -2 22 6 5 -6.5 71.0 19.4 16.1 Yes

Barnsley 2 3 1 0 33.3 50.0 16.7 0.0 Yes

North Derbyshire 3 3 0 0 50.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 Yes

Southern Derbyshire 3 1 0 0 75.0 25.0 0.0 0.0 Yes

Doncaster 2 2 4 9 11.8 11.8 23.5 52.9 Yes

Leicestershire 27 19 8 6 45.0 31.7 13.3 10.0 Yes

Lincolnshire 6 15 11 11 14.0 34.9 25.6 25.6 Yes

North Nottinghamshire 7 11 12 20 14.0 22.0 24.0 40.0 Yes

Nottingham 22 4 3 4 66.7 12.1 9.1 12.1 Yes

Rotherham 9 12 3 17 22.0 29.3 7.3 41.5 Yes

Sheffield 59 16 6 3 70.2 19.0 7.1 3.6 Yes

South Humber 4 9 17 18 8.3 18.8 35.4 37.5 Yes

Birmingham 86 35 52 157 26.1 10.6 15.8 47.6 Yes

Coventry 8 10 6 25 16.3 20.4 12.2 51.0 Yes

Dudley 31 12 13 8 48.4 18.8 20.3 12.5 Yes

Herefordshire 13 2 4 2 61.9 9.5 19.0 9.5 Yes

Sandwell 9 0 8 17 26.5 0.0 23.5 50.0 Yes

Shropshire 4 13 5 4 15.4 50.0 19.2 15.4 Yes

Solihull 10 3 9 21 23.3 7.0 20.9 48.8 Yes

North Staffordshire 17 23 20 26 19.8 26.7 23.3 30.2 Yes

South Staffordshire 2 25 38 49 1.8 21.9 33.3 43.0 Yes

Walsall 10 3 10 19 23.8 7.1 23.8 45.2 Yes

Warwickshire 57 27 14 11 52.3 24.8 12.8 10.1 Yes

Wolverhampton 29 1 1 0 93.5 3.2 3.2 0.0 Yes

Worcestershire 2 15 22 32 2.8 21.1 31.0 45.1 Yes

South Lancashire 8 3 1 1 61.5 23.1 7.7 7.7 Yes

Liverpool 5 22 10 39 6.6 28.9 13.2 51.3 Yes

Manchester 12 0 6 20 31.6 0.0 15.8 52.6 Yes

Morecambe Bay 4 6 17 47 5.4 8.1 23.0 63.5 Yes

St. Helens and Knowsley 10 3 9 40 16.1 4.8 14.5 64.5 Yes

Salford and Trafford 27 11 19 13 38.6 15.7 27.1 18.6 Yes

Sefton — 11 5 13 — — — — No

Stockport 0 5 0 4 0.0 55.6 0.0 44.4 Yes

West Pennine 12 5 15 4 33.3 13.9 41.7 11.1 Yes

Bury and Rochdale 5 0 6 2 38.5 0.0 46.2 15.4 Yes

North Cheshire 16 13 18 13 26.7 21.7 30.0 21.7 Yes

South Cheshire 4 2 4 6 25.0 12.5 25.0 37.5 Yes

East Lancashire 10 2 0 4 62.5 12.5 0.0 25.0 Yes

North West Lancashire 37 8 6 1 71.2 15.4 11.5 1.9 Yes

Wigan and Bolton 14 5 2 2 60.9 21.7 8.7 8.7 Yes

Wirral 0 22 9 18 0.0 44.9 18.4 36.7 Yes

Bedfordshire 16 8 14 48 18.6 9.3 16.3 55.8 Yes

North Essex — 25 28 34 — — — — No

South Essex 4 25 32 67 3.1 19.5 25.0 52.3 Yes

Suffolk 61 16 6 106 32.3 8.5 3.2 56.1 Yes

Cambridgeshire 9 11 25 86 6.9 8.4 19.1 65.6 Yes

Norfolk 12 25 7 12 21.4 44.6 12.5 21.4 Yes

Hertfordshire 6 20 6 13 13.3 44.4 13.3 28.9 Yes

Hillingdon 34 6 11 11 54.8 9.7 17.7 17.7 Yes

Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 7 9 10 8 20.6 26.5 29.4 23.5 Yes

Redbridge and Waltham Forest 9 24 16 31 11.3 30.0 20.0 38.8 Yes

Croydon 3 8 9 10 10.0 26.7 30.0 33.3 Yes

Kingston and Richmond 7 10 6 49 9.7 13.9 8.3 68.1 Yes

Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham -67 72 17 37 -113.6 122.0 28.8 62.7 Yes

Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 0 28 32 44 0.0 26.9 30.8 42.3 Yes

Barking and Havering -6 30 24 78 -4.8 23.8 19.0 61.9 Yes

Brent and Harrow 32 6 14 8 53.3 10.0 23.3 13.3 Yes

Camden and Islington 10 12 8 26 17.9 21.4 14.3 46.4 Yes

Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 29 9 11 52 28.7 8.9 10.9 51.5 Yes

East London and City 12 11 8 30 19.7 18.0 13.1 49.2 Yes

Barnet, Enfield and Haringey 66 19 25 22 50.0 14.4 18.9 16.7 Yes

Bromley, Bexley and Greenwich — 16 24 35 — — — — No

Berkshire 35 7 23 116 19.3 3.9 12.7 64.1 Yes

Buckinghamshire 24 1 25 42 26.1 1.1 27.2 45.7 Yes

East Kent 22 11 6 52 24.2 12.1 6.6 57.1 Yes

West Kent 37 26 18 33 32.5 22.8 15.8 28.9 Yes

East Surrey 9 4 14 24 17.6 7.8 27.5 47.1 Yes

West Surrey 14 29 36 97 8.0 16.5 20.5 55.1 Yes

East Sussex, Brighton and Hove 85 25 86 0 43.4 12.8 43.9 0.0 Yes

West Sussex 63 40 52 85 26.3 16.7 21.7 35.4 Yes

Northamptonshire -21 14 26 75 -22.3 14.9 27.7 79.8 Yes

Oxfordshire 11 27 5 14 19.3 47.4 8.8 24.6 Yes

North and Mid Hampshire 41 17 48 119 18.2 7.6 21.3 52.9 Yes

Southampton and SW Hampshire 27 26 36 114 13.3 12.8 17.7 56.2 Yes

Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 40 15 27 41 32.5 12.2 22.0 33.3 Yes

Somerset 16 8 12 4 40.0 20.0 30.0 10.0 Yes

South and West Devon 17 6 0 1 70.8 25.0 0.0 4.2 Yes

Wiltshire 18 15 17 37 20.7 17.2 19.5 42.5 Yes

Avon 29 52 48 76 14.1 25.4 23.4 37.1 Yes

Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 46 20 11 5 56.1 24.4 13.4 6.1 Yes

Dorset 57 18 9 4 64.8 20.5 10.2 4.5 Yes

North and East Devon 32 27 36 16 28.8 24.3 32.4 14.4 Yes

Gloucestershire 10 15 32 68 8.0 12.0 25.6 54.4 Yes

	Total delayed	Percentage delays
Area	Less than 8 days	Between 8–14 days	14–28 days	More than 28 days	Less than 8 days⁽⁴¹⁾	Between 8–14 days⁽⁴¹⁾	Between 14–28 days⁽⁴¹⁾	Greater than 28 days⁽⁴¹⁾	Percentage HAs included in analysis
England	1,607	1,268	1,401	2,789	22.7	17.9	19.8	39.5	96.8
Northern and Yorkshire	165	145	164	355	19.9	17.5	19.8	42.8	100.0
Trent	144	95	65	88	36.7	24.2	16.6	22.4	100.0
West Midlands	278	169	202	371	27.3	16.6	19.8	36.4	100.0
North West	164	107	122	214	27.0	17.6	20.1	35.3	93.8
Eastern	108	105	90	332	17.0	16.5	14.2	52.3	85.7
London	136	244	191	406	13.9	25.0	19.5	41.6	92.9
South East	387	242	402	812	21.0	13.1	21.8	44.1	100.0
South West	225	161	165	211	29.5	21.1	21.7	27.7	100.0

	Total delayed	Percentage delays
Health authority	Less than 8 days	Between 8–14 days	14–28 days	More than 28 days	Less than 8 days⁽⁴³⁾	Between 8–14 days⁽⁴³⁾	Between 14–28 days⁽⁴³⁾	More than 28 days⁽⁴³⁾	HA included
Bradford	11	0	1	0	91.7	0.0	8.3	0.0	Yes
County Durham and Darlington	24	7	13	38	29.3	8.5	15.9	46.3	Yes
East Riding and Hull	4	20	2	1	14.8	74.1	7.4	3.7	Yes
Gateshead and South Tyneside	1	6	12	23	2.4	14.3	28.6	54.8	Yes
Leeds	11	16	27	92	7.5	11.0	18.5	63.0	Yes
Newcastle and North Tyneside	45	13	16	17	49.5	14.3	17.6	18.7	Yes
North Cumbria	14	15	29	75	10.5	11.3	21.8	56.4	Yes
Northumberland	2	0	0	0	11.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	Yes
Sunderland	10	5	11	28	18.5	9.3	20.4	51.9	Yes
Tees	19	25	28	11	22.9	30.1	33.7	13.3	Yes
Wakefield	17	3	4	10	50.0	8.8	11.8	29.4	Yes
North Yorkshire	9	13	15	55	9.8	14.1	16.3	59.8	Yes
Calderdale and Kirklees	-2	22	6	5	-6.5	71.0	19.4	16.1	Yes
Barnsley	2	3	1	0	33.3	50.0	16.7	0.0	Yes
North Derbyshire	3	3	0	0	50.0	50.0	0.0	0.0	Yes
Southern Derbyshire	3	1	0	0	75.0	25.0	0.0	0.0	Yes
Doncaster	2	2	4	9	11.8	11.8	23.5	52.9	Yes
Leicestershire	27	19	8	6	45.0	31.7	13.3	10.0	Yes
Lincolnshire	6	15	11	11	14.0	34.9	25.6	25.6	Yes
North Nottinghamshire	7	11	12	20	14.0	22.0	24.0	40.0	Yes
Nottingham	22	4	3	4	66.7	12.1	9.1	12.1	Yes
Rotherham	9	12	3	17	22.0	29.3	7.3	41.5	Yes
Sheffield	59	16	6	3	70.2	19.0	7.1	3.6	Yes
South Humber	4	9	17	18	8.3	18.8	35.4	37.5	Yes
Birmingham	86	35	52	157	26.1	10.6	15.8	47.6	Yes
Coventry	8	10	6	25	16.3	20.4	12.2	51.0	Yes
Dudley	31	12	13	8	48.4	18.8	20.3	12.5	Yes
Herefordshire	13	2	4	2	61.9	9.5	19.0	9.5	Yes
Sandwell	9	0	8	17	26.5	0.0	23.5	50.0	Yes
Shropshire	4	13	5	4	15.4	50.0	19.2	15.4	Yes
Solihull	10	3	9	21	23.3	7.0	20.9	48.8	Yes
North Staffordshire	17	23	20	26	19.8	26.7	23.3	30.2	Yes
South Staffordshire	2	25	38	49	1.8	21.9	33.3	43.0	Yes
Walsall	10	3	10	19	23.8	7.1	23.8	45.2	Yes
Warwickshire	57	27	14	11	52.3	24.8	12.8	10.1	Yes
Wolverhampton	29	1	1	0	93.5	3.2	3.2	0.0	Yes
Worcestershire	2	15	22	32	2.8	21.1	31.0	45.1	Yes
South Lancashire	8	3	1	1	61.5	23.1	7.7	7.7	Yes
Liverpool	5	22	10	39	6.6	28.9	13.2	51.3	Yes
Manchester	12	0	6	20	31.6	0.0	15.8	52.6	Yes
Morecambe Bay	4	6	17	47	5.4	8.1	23.0	63.5	Yes
St. Helens and Knowsley	10	3	9	40	16.1	4.8	14.5	64.5	Yes
Salford and Trafford	27	11	19	13	38.6	15.7	27.1	18.6	Yes
Sefton	—	11	5	13	—	—	—	—	No
Stockport	0	5	0	4	0.0	55.6	0.0	44.4	Yes
West Pennine	12	5	15	4	33.3	13.9	41.7	11.1	Yes
Bury and Rochdale	5	0	6	2	38.5	0.0	46.2	15.4	Yes
North Cheshire	16	13	18	13	26.7	21.7	30.0	21.7	Yes
South Cheshire	4	2	4	6	25.0	12.5	25.0	37.5	Yes
East Lancashire	10	2	0	4	62.5	12.5	0.0	25.0	Yes
North West Lancashire	37	8	6	1	71.2	15.4	11.5	1.9	Yes
Wigan and Bolton	14	5	2	2	60.9	21.7	8.7	8.7	Yes
Wirral	0	22	9	18	0.0	44.9	18.4	36.7	Yes
Bedfordshire	16	8	14	48	18.6	9.3	16.3	55.8	Yes
North Essex	—	25	28	34	—	—	—	—	No
South Essex	4	25	32	67	3.1	19.5	25.0	52.3	Yes
Suffolk	61	16	6	106	32.3	8.5	3.2	56.1	Yes
Cambridgeshire	9	11	25	86	6.9	8.4	19.1	65.6	Yes
Norfolk	12	25	7	12	21.4	44.6	12.5	21.4	Yes
Hertfordshire	6	20	6	13	13.3	44.4	13.3	28.9	Yes
Hillingdon	34	6	11	11	54.8	9.7	17.7	17.7	Yes
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster	7	9	10	8	20.6	26.5	29.4	23.5	Yes
Redbridge and Waltham Forest	9	24	16	31	11.3	30.0	20.0	38.8	Yes
Croydon	3	8	9	10	10.0	26.7	30.0	33.3	Yes
Kingston and Richmond	7	10	6	49	9.7	13.9	8.3	68.1	Yes
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham	-67	72	17	37	-113.6	122.0	28.8	62.7	Yes
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth	0	28	32	44	0.0	26.9	30.8	42.3	Yes
Barking and Havering	-6	30	24	78	-4.8	23.8	19.0	61.9	Yes
Brent and Harrow	32	6	14	8	53.3	10.0	23.3	13.3	Yes
Camden and Islington	10	12	8	26	17.9	21.4	14.3	46.4	Yes
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow	29	9	11	52	28.7	8.9	10.9	51.5	Yes
East London and City	12	11	8	30	19.7	18.0	13.1	49.2	Yes
Barnet, Enfield and Haringey	66	19	25	22	50.0	14.4	18.9	16.7	Yes
Bromley, Bexley and Greenwich	—	16	24	35	—	—	—	—	No
Berkshire	35	7	23	116	19.3	3.9	12.7	64.1	Yes
Buckinghamshire	24	1	25	42	26.1	1.1	27.2	45.7	Yes
East Kent	22	11	6	52	24.2	12.1	6.6	57.1	Yes
West Kent	37	26	18	33	32.5	22.8	15.8	28.9	Yes
East Surrey	9	4	14	24	17.6	7.8	27.5	47.1	Yes
West Surrey	14	29	36	97	8.0	16.5	20.5	55.1	Yes
East Sussex, Brighton and Hove	85	25	86	0	43.4	12.8	43.9	0.0	Yes
West Sussex	63	40	52	85	26.3	16.7	21.7	35.4	Yes
Northamptonshire	-21	14	26	75	-22.3	14.9	27.7	79.8	Yes
Oxfordshire	11	27	5	14	19.3	47.4	8.8	24.6	Yes
North and Mid Hampshire	41	17	48	119	18.2	7.6	21.3	52.9	Yes
Southampton and SW Hampshire	27	26	36	114	13.3	12.8	17.7	56.2	Yes
Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire	40	15	27	41	32.5	12.2	22.0	33.3	Yes
Somerset	16	8	12	4	40.0	20.0	30.0	10.0	Yes
South and West Devon	17	6	0	1	70.8	25.0	0.0	4.2	Yes
Wiltshire	18	15	17	37	20.7	17.2	19.5	42.5	Yes
Avon	29	52	48	76	14.1	25.4	23.4	37.1	Yes
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly	46	20	11	5	56.1	24.4	13.4	6.1	Yes
Dorset	57	18	9	4	64.8	20.5	10.2	4.5	Yes
North and East Devon	32	27	36	16	28.8	24.3	32.4	14.4	Yes
Gloucestershire	10	15	32	68	8.0	12.0	25.6	54.4	Yes

⁽⁴³⁾ All ages

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