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Hearing Aids

Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects to announce in which health authorities his Christmas Eve announcement on hearing aids will be implemented; and what criteria will determine his choice of health authority. [39815]

Jacqui Smith: We have invited expressions of interest by 8 March 2002 from all health communities not yet involved in the modernising hearing aid services project. Decisions will be made shortly thereafter, based on a

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number of criteria including geographical distribution, preparedness, and the support of the whole local health community.

Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dentists in the Isle of Wight were trained at each Scottish dental school; and what proportion they represent of the total. [39816]

Ms Blears: Out of a total of 40 General Dental Service (GDS) dentists working in the Isle of Wight at the end of January 2002, 7 or 18 per cent. were trained in Scotland.

Of the seven dentists who were trained in Scotland, four were trained in Dundee, two in Glasgow, and one in Edinburgh.

Dentists include principals on an HA list, their assistants and vocational dental practitioners.

Health Expenditure

Mr. Tyrie: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of expenditure on health was spent in the last 12 months of patients' lives in the latest year for which figures are available. [39626]

Mr. Hutton: The information requested is not held centrally.

Asthma

Ms Oona King: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children have been treated for asthma in each London borough, in each of the last five years. [39966]

Mr. Hutton: The figures shown represent the number of admissions to national health service trusts within the London health authorities, where the main diagnosis was asthma 1 in the last five years. Figures represent children aged up to 14 years.

Number of admissions to NHS Hospitals in England where the main diagnosis was asthma(24) by health authority of treatment, (London health authorities); finished episodes; children aged 0–14, 1996–97 to 2000–01.

Health authority of treatment1996–971997–981998–991999–20002000–01All 5 years
QA2 Hillingdon4263843511621261,449
QA3 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster5234803571962551,811
QA4 Enfield and Haringey4032922732572241,449
QA5 Redbridge and Waltham Forest5093952862262221,638
QAA Bexley and Greenwich3953062882112041,404
QAC Bromley173166120142122723
QAD Croydon2522712151541731,065
QAG Kingston and Richmond000135122257
QAH Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham9677967226455523,682
QAJ Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth7755395534733782,718
QAP Barking and Havering244195179149136903
QAQ Barnet1752202242322061,057
QAR Brent and Harrow2722191982131251,027
QAT Camden and Islington4524013112973251,786
QAV Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow3954235324283982,176
QAW East London and The City5795886786555083,008
Total6,5405,6755,2874,5754,07626,153

(24) Asthma (ICD-10: 'J45' thru 'J46X'

Notes:

1. Admissions are defined as the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. Please note that admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year.

2. The main diagnosis is the first of seven diagnosis fields in the Hospital Episode Statistics data set, and provides the main reason why the patient was in hospital.

3. Figures have not yet been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e. the data are ungrossed).

Source:

Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Department of Health


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NHS Catering

Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the applicants for the national franchise for NHS catering; and if he will name the successful applicant. [39776]

Ms Blears [holding answer 1 March 2002]: The initial exercise to examine his proposal identified that further work was required to fully explore the significant and complex issues which a franchise option raises. This work is continuing and, as previously noted any franchise arrangements will be subject to European Union regulations on open competition within the community. Since we have not yet reached this stage there are no applicants.

Quality Protects

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much each local authority responsible for implementing the Quality Protects programme under LAC(98)28 and subsequent circulars budgeted to spend in 2001–02; and what the (a) actual and (b) budgeted spend was in the previous two years. [39311]

Jacqui Smith [holding answer 4 March 2002]: The tables set out the quality protects grant allocations made to local authorities with social services functions for 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01 and 2001–02, together with the actual amounts spent by each authority on implementing the programme in the first three years.

Quality Protects—1998–99
£

Grant allocationExpenditure incurred
Barking and Dagenham31,000.0038,214.00
Barnet32,500.0025,347.00
Barnsley32,500.0035,296.00
Bath and North East Somerset32,500.0040,299.00
Bedfordshire32,500.0032,674.41
Bexley32,500.0032,848.00
Birmingham32,500.0032,500.00
Blackburn with Darwen32,500.0033,897.00
Blackpool32,500.0031,637.00
Bolton32,500.0032,691.41
Bournemouth32,500.0014,154.00
Bracknell Forest32,500.0032,500.00
Bradford32,500.0031,790.00
Brent32,500.0034,466.75
Brighton and Hove32,500.0032,943.00
Bristol32,500.0034,494.12
Bromley32,500.0032,747.00
Buckinghamshire32,500.0045,153.00
Bury32,500.0049.807.00
Calderdale32,500.0032,934.38
Cambridgeshire32,500.0035,680.00
Camden32,500.0034,825.00
Cheshire32,500.0032,500.00
City of London3,000.005,000.00
Cornwall32,500.0045,563.00
Coventry32,500.0033,213.00
Croydon32,500.0034,973.00
Cumbria32,500.0033,110.00
Darlington32,500.0034,242.00
Derby32,500.0032,980.00
Derbyshire32,500.0032,816.00
Devon32,500.0032,500.00
Doncaster32,500.0025,544.89
Dorset32,500.0034,502.00
Dudley32,500.0034,544.00
Durham32,500.0034,542.42
Ealing32,500.0032,500.00
East Riding of Yorkshire32,500.0035,820.00
East Sussex32,500.0032,500.00
Enfield32,500.0032,979.00
Essex32,500.0032,500.00
Gateshead32,500.0031,731.00
Gloucestershire32,500.0032,100.00
Greenwich32,500.0032,756.00
Hackney32,500.0034,369.22
Halton32,500.0035,696.82
Hammersmith and Fulham32,500.0032,831.37
Hampshire32,141.0033,035.18
Haringey32,500.0037,046.00
Harrow32,500.0032,584.00
Hartlepool32,500.0024,801.00
Havering32,500.0032,774.00
Herefordshire32,500.0037,345.14
Hertfordshire32,500.0049,257.00
Hillingdon32,500.009,531.95
Hounslow32,500.0048,093.00
Isle of Wight32,500.0032,510.00
Isles of Scilly3,000.003,000.00
Islington32,500.0030,435.00
Kensington and Chelsea32,500.0032,500.00
Kent32,500.0032,500.00
Kingston upon Hull32,500.0032,500.00
Kingston upon Thames32,500.0032,633.62
Kirklees32,500.0030,062.64
Knowsley32,500.0028,347.00
Lambeth32,500.0032,885.00
Lancashire32,500.0039,783.00
Leeds32,500.0032,500.00
Leicester City32,500.0034,424.00
Leicestershire32,500.0033,871.57
Lewisham32,500.0033,754.00
Lincolnshire32,500.0032,653.16
Liverpool32,500.0034,541.00
Luton32,500.0032,561.72
Manchester32,500.0032,500.00
Medway32,500.0032,500.00
Merton32,500.0028,252.00
Middlesbrough32,500.0032,753.00
Milton Keynes32,500.0033,221.00
Newcastle upon Tyne32,500.0033,812.36
Newham32,500.0032,804.00
Norfolk32,500.0042,691.00
North East Lincolnshire32,500.0031,225.14
North Lincolnshire32,500.0035,322.31
North Somerset32,500.0032,544.00
North Tyneside32,500.0033,095.00
North Yorkshire32,500.0027,199.00
Northamptonshire32,500.0032,500.00
Northumberland32,500.0034,072.00
Nottingham32,500.0038,107.00
Nottinghamshire32,500.0038,123.00
Oldham32,500.0038,652.00
Oxfordshire32,500.0032,500.00
Peterborough32,500.0032,464.00
Plymouth32,500.0032,160.00
Poole32,500.0032,500.00
Portsmouth32,500.0029,616.00
Reading32,500.0035,109.00
Redbridge32,500.0032,717.43
Redcar and Cleveland32,500.0032,613.09
Richmond upon Thames32,500.0033,316.00
Rochdale32,400.0032,508.00
Rotherham32,500.0032,529.00
Rutland32,500.0033,195.00
Salford32,500.0023,827.00
Sandwell32,500.0032,266.00
Sefton32,500.0032,500.00
Sheffield32,500.0025,662.47
Shropshire32,500.0029,299.77
Slough32,500.0016,867.27
Solihull32,500.0034,505.00
Somerset32,500.0032,500.00
South Gloucestershire32,500.0034,734.00
South Tyneside32,500.0023,052.00
Southampton32,500.0033,189.39
Southend-on-Sea32,500.0040,515.00
Southwark32,500.0034,360.00
St. Helens32,500.0030,968.00
Staffordshire32,500.0034,085.00
Stockport32,500.0034,713.00
Stockton-on-Tees32,500.0035,342.00
Stoke-on-Trent32,500.0035,677.67
Suffolk32,500.0038,950.89
Sunderland32,500.0030,181.00
Surrey32,500.0054,612.00
Sutton32,500.0032,752.00
Swindon32,500.0032,503.00
Tameside32,500.0036,302.00
Telford and the Wrekin32,500.0032,500.00
Thurrock32,500.0034,860.00
Torbay32,500.0032,613.00
Tower Hamlets32,500.0042,513.71
Trafford32,500.0032,934.00
Wakefield32,500.0033,535.00
Walsall32,500.0032,185.00
Waltham Forest32,500.0047,143.00
Wandsworth32,500.0050,533.00
Warrington32,500.0034,160.00
Warwickshire32,500.0032,178.06
West Berkshire32,500.0034,500.00
West Sussex32,500.0033,210.00
Westminster32,500.0028,139.00
Wigan32,500.0032,841.00
Wiltshire32,500.0033,783.00
Windsor and Maidenhead32,500.0034,324.00
Wirral32,500.0035,055.00
Wokingham32,500.0034,954.00
Wolverhampton32,500.0020,200.00
Worcestershire32,500.0032,500.00
York32,500.0032,508.00

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Quality Protects—1999–2000
£

Grant allocationExpenditure incurred
Barking and Dagenham378,953.00379,302.00
Barnet540,110.00504,748.00
Barnsley278,096.00278,096.00
Bath and North East Somerset154,973.00184,663.00
Bedfordshire356,687.00366,929.00
Bexley280,521.00291,000.00
Birmingham2,591,786.002,898,652.28
Blackburn with Darwen273,182.00262,138.00
Blackpool236,835.00238,381.00
Bolton396,975.00397,000.00
Bournemouth229,845.00231,331.00
Bracknell Forest117,522.00132,308.00
Bradford884,401.00900,285.62
Brent976,211.00985,653.00
Brighton and Hove429,491.00429,470.00
Bristol713,666.00719,140.39
Bromley358,039.00358,851.00
Buckinghamshire387,837.00388,279.00
Bury219,510.00232,419.00
Calderdale259,611.00276,897.00
Cambridgeshire455,000.00455,000.00
Camden876,424.00879,962.00
Cheshire592,040.00592,040.00
City of London16,286.0011,130.00
Cornwall488,072.00488,000.00
Coventry541,941.00542,000.00
Croydon717,253.00812,613.00
Cumbria444,301.00464,002.00
Darlington132,436.00140,870.00
Derby386,441.00386,838.00
Derbyshire604,045.00735,009.00
Devon624,424.00624,423.00
Doncaster395,605.00408,032.91
Dorset302,431.00302,777.00
Dudley324,165.00350,641.00
Durham599,079.00413,704.00
Ealing838,296.00939,685.00
East Riding of Yorkshire215,630.00202,183.00
East Sussex540,272.00540,360.00
Enfield522,279.00522,718.00
Essex1,268,060.001,281,958.00
Gateshead297,693.00305,222.00
Gloucestershire523,690.00422,352.00
Greenwich760,609.001,111,456.00
Hackney1,227,189.001,187,987.47
Halton226,711.00226,711.00
Hammersmith and Fulham698,515.00713,096.63
Hampshire1,075,112.001,399,134.00
Haringey987,351.00935,986.00
Harrow305,314.00313,712.00
Hartlepool147,244.00147,261.00
Havering252,220.00253,926.50
Herefordshire153,445.00154,712.08
Hertfordshire1,066,840.001,096,700.00
Hillingdon380,758.00459,984.00
Hounslow514,769.00529,483.00
Isle of Wight150,553.00146,269.00
Isles of Scilly12,261.0013,160.00
Islington1,023,002.001,043,385.00
Kensington and Chelsea560,122.00560,122.00
Kent1,458,706.001,458,706.00
Kingston upon Hull499,512.00502,223.00
Kingston upon Thames174,194.00174,194.00
Kirklees547,178.00551,729.00
Knowsley422,471.00432,643.00
Lambeth1,573,817.001,590,658.00
Lancashire1,365,835.001,474,651.00
Leeds1,048,900.001,276,450.00
Leicester City686,801.00688,298.00
Leicestershire411,678.00461,898.00
Lewisham1,111,262.001,111,262.00
Lincolnshire565,509.00579,047.00
Liverpool1,149,943.001,150,061.00
Luton359,059.00380,737.35
Manchester1,394,058.001,394,058.00
Medway299,593.00300,103.00
Merton323,737.00324,354.00
Middlesbrough313,474.00317,586.00
Milton Keynes293,645.00186,105.82
Newcastle upon Tyne539,359.00793,068.00
Newham1,070,696.001,072,986.00
Norfolk722,580.00760,075.72
North East Lincolnshire224,251.00225,105.00
North Lincolnshire158,955.00166,489.81
North Somerset151,981.00158,211.00
North Tyneside278,868.00278,868.00
North Yorkshire438,571.00439,000.00
Northamptonshire659,698.00660,000.00
Northumberland296,640.00262,759.00
Nottingham701,493.00703,983.00
Nottinghamshire712,558.00713,150.00
Oldham374,513.00375,010.00
Oxfordshire586,043.00544,518.94
Peterborough246,202.00248,789.00
Plymouth438,917.00436,756.00
Poole140,267.00141,318.00
Portsmouth345,827.00345,827.00
Reading254,616.00249,277.00
Redbridge375,752.00258,973.00
Redcar and Cleveland222,123.00223,894.91
Richmond upon Thames199,650.00192,684.00
Rochdale371,504.00391,712.00
Rotherham327,544.00346,518.00
Rutland32,573.0033,178.00
Salford425,589.00417,187.00
Sandwell544,269.00544,035.00
Sefton411,861.00394,443.00
Sheffield761,467.00811,922.00
Shropshire209,125.00209,125.00
Slough250,111.00250,168.00
Solihull223,969.00212,642.00
Somerset436,982.00446,236.00
South Gloucestershire178,281.00186,677.00
South Tyneside275,020.00275,020.00
Southampton411,525.00439,783.00
Southend-on-Sea259,093.00260,576.00
Southwark1,269,129.001,244,778.00
St. Helens233,469.00244,736.00
Staffordshire674,749.00695,807.00
Stockport294,530.00294,530.00
Stockton-on-Tees267,578.00267,578.00
Stoke-on-Trent347,894.00357,048.00
Suffolk602,421.00614,941.00
Sunderland497,704.00588,099.00
Surrey868,583.00956,223.00
Sutton249,730.00249,730.00
Swindon201,610.00200,214.00
Tameside314,349.00319,189.00
Telford and the Wrekin206,945.00208,529.02
Thurrock194,469.00196,586.84
Torbay174,772.00174,648.00
Tower Hamlets1,034,484.001,008,313.81
Trafford289,088.00289,088.00
Wakefield367,119.00367,119.00
Walsall462,560.00462,560.00
Waltham Forest669,924.00770,139.00
Wandsworth866,095.001,115,666.00
Warrington194,551.00250,672.65
Warwickshire426,028.00475,478.00
West Berkshire112,417.00116,624.00
West Sussex676,043.00737,735.00
Westminster755,373.00752,691.00
Wigan360,316.00337,962.00
Wiltshire357,641.00362,613.00
Windsor and Maidenhead123,163.00130,990.00
Wirral542,273.00716,388.00
Wokingham85,864.0085,864.00
Wolverhampton470,718.00510,181.00
Worcestershire493,543.00493,543.00
York164,894.00165,715.00


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Quality Protects—2000–01
£

Grant allocationExpenditure incurred
Barking and Dagenham608,000.00611,455.00
Barnet861,000.00893,098.00
Barnsley440,000.00440,000.00
Bath and North East Somerset243,000.00280,140.00
Bedfordshire560,000.00560,990.02
Bexley443,000.00453,000.00
Birmingham4,097,000.005,218,092.00
Blackburn with Darwen430,000.00430,000.00
Blackpool379,000.00385,893.00
Bolton625,000.00643,729.00
Bournemouth365,000.00367,974.00
Bracknell Forest182,000.00181,975.00
Bradford1,398,000.001,433,280.00
Brent1,540,000.001,915,281.00
Brighton and Hove684,979.00693,342.00
Bristol1,134,000.001,260,884.00
Bromley563,000.00563,313.00
Buckinghamshire609,000.00609,033.00
Bury351,000.00364,262.00
Calderdale410,000.00417,905.00
Cambridgeshire718,000.00766,472.00
Camden1,404,000.001,406,438.00
Cheshire930,000.00950,552.00
City of London26,000.0029,143.17
Cornwall764,000.00942,122.00
Coventry853,000.00972,269.00
Croydon1,140,000.001,147,234.00
Cumbria706,000.00922,012.00
Darlington212,000.00219,974.00
Derby612,000.00612,937.00
Derbyshire957,000.001,673,176.00
Devon986,000.00985,999.00
Doncaster618,000.00623,050.55
Dorset479,000.00492,973.00
Dudley507,000.00507,000.00
Durham951,000.001,057,617.00
Ealing1,334,000.001,334,000.00
East Riding of Yorkshire344,000.00333,481.00
East Sussex857,000.00864,520.00
Enfield822,000.00822,650.00
Essex1,990,000.002,116,430.00
Gateshead470,000.00496,699.00
Gloucestershire821,000.00821,000.00
Greenwich1,211,000.001,211,000.00
Hackney1,954,000.001,955,166.00
Halton357,000.00359,638.00
Hammersmith and Fulham1,124,000.001,142,347.00
Hampshire1,687,000.002,042,846.49
Haringey1,572,000.001,582,662.00
Harrow485,000.00486,752.00
Hartlepool234,000.00235,458.00
Havering395,000.00396,171.90
Herefordshire244,000.00247,263.23
Hertfordshire1,674,000.001,676,854.00
Hillingdon605,000.00646,175.00
Hounslow815,000.00815,000.00
Isle of Wight241,000.00244,593.00
Isles of Scilly14,000.0034,838.00
Islington1,648,000.001,647,993.00
Kensington and Chelsea916,000.00916,000.00
Kent2,302,000.002,764,100.00
Kingston upon Hull795,000.00796,810.00
Kingston upon Thames277,000.00277,000.00
Kirklees861,000.00901,324.26
Knowsley669,000.00699,825.00
Lambeth2,525,000.002,601,897.00
Lancashire2,167,000.002,642,885.00
Leeds1,661,000.001,679,286.00
Leicester City1,082,000.001,082,000.00
Leicestershire646,000.00710,468.00
Lewisham1,768,000.001,768,000.00
Lincolnshire890,000.00930,627.00
Liverpool1,834,000.001,914,036.00
Luton561,000.00567,250.00
Manchester2,221,000.002,221,000.00
Medway470,000.00470,000.00
Merton512,000.00502,405.00
Middlesbrough495,000.00502,598.00
Milton Keynes457,000.00456,173.42
Newcastle upon Tyne854,000.00996,393.06
Newham1,701,000.001,843,266.00
Norfolk1,149,000.001,180,423.57
North East Lincolnshire356,000.00355,976.00
North Lincolnshire250,000.00251,764.09
North Somerset238,000.00238,981.00
North Tyneside443,000.00443,000.00
North Yorkshire700,000.00707,999.00
Northamptonshire1,035,000.001,035,000.00
Northumberland467,000.00467,220.00
Nottingham1,108,000.001,108,000.00
Nottinghamshire1,128,000.002,901,208.00
Oldham588,000.00601,020.00
Oxfordshire925,000.00939,298.21
Peterborough387,000.00388,193.00
Plymouth694,179.00694,179.00
Poole218,000.00218,000.00
Portsmouth544,000.00592,575.00
Reading403,000.00417,917.00
Redbridge593,000.00758,776.00
Redcar and Cleveland346,000.00346,247.50
Richmond upon Thames319,000.00319,838.00
Rochdale589,000.00588,976.00
Rotherham512,000.00512,294.00
Rutland45,000.0045,723.00
Salford669,000.00680,518.00
Sandwell849,000.00849,000.00
Sefton654,000.00670,780.00
Sheffield1,207,000.001,225,668.00
Shropshire328,000.00333,060.00
Slough389,000.00389,000.00
Solihull350,000.00347,096.00
Somerset688,000.00759,562.00
South Gloucestershire278,000.00303,963.00
South Tyneside435,000.00435,000.00
Southampton651,000.00663,079.00
Southend-on-Sea411,000.00412,465.00
Southwark2,025,000.002,066,349.00
St. Helens369,000.00391,049.00
Staffordshire1,059,000.001,189,904.00
Stockport467,000.00524,336.00
Stockton-on-Tees423,000.00469,565.00
Stoke-on-Trent555,000.00560,646.83
Suffolk951,000.00961,689.00
Sunderland779,000.00862,870.00
Surrey1,358,000.001,371,619.00
Sutton392,000.00392,000.00
Swindon319,045.00374,704.00
Tameside498,000.00602,510.00
Telford and the Wrekin329,000.00329,023.00
Thurrock309,000.00307,426.09
Torbay278,000.00282,249.00
Tower Hamlets1,633,000.001,631,601.00
Trafford455,000.00473,152.00
Wakefield581,000.00581,304.00
Walsall726,000.00734,203.00
Waltham Forest1,056,000.001,093,252.00
Wandsworth1,374,000.001,783,815.00
Warrington306,000.00377,608.84
Warwickshire669,000.00727,910.00
West Berkshire176,000.00176,003.00
West Sussex1,062,000.001,501,822.00
Westminster1,234,000.001,237,813.00
Wigan566,000.00612,741.00
Wiltshire564,000.00610,375.00
Windsor and Maidenhead193,000.00209,907.00
Wirral858,000.00857,313.67
Wokingham133,000.00137,081.00
Wolverhampton737,000.00845,092.00
Worcestershire779,000.00779,000.00
York261,000.00267,779.00

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£

Grant allocation
Barking and Dagenham1,632,988.00
Barnet2,057,315.00
Barnsley1,142,954.00
Bath and North East Somerset593,912.00
Bedfordshire1,430,673.00
Bexley1,198,185.00
Birmingham9,655,311.00
Blackburn with Darwen1,065,518.00
Blackpool978,614.00
Bolton1,535,893.00
Bournemouth904,237.00
Bracknell Forest455,457.00
Bradford3,363,661.00
Brent3,430,645.00
Brighton and Hove1,677,490.00
Bristol2,777,929.00
Bromley1,470,905.00
Buckinghamshire1,502,091.00
Bury907,997.00
Calderdale1,025,748.00
Cambridgeshire1,761,439.00
Camden3,356,252.00
Cheshire2,304,651.00
City of London82,563.00
Cornwall1,917,024.00
Coventry2,069,504.00
Croydon2,767,307.00
Cumbria1,781,595.00
Darlington514,503.00
Derby1,521,252.00
Derbyshire2,475,919.00
Devon2,470,550.00
Doncaster1,566,459.00
Dorset1,190,383.00
Dudley1,295,132.00
Durham2,426,324.00
Ealing3,215,189.00
East Riding of Yorkshire863,087.00
East Sussex2,169,433.00
Enfield2,087,477.00
Essex5,023,904.00
Gateshead1,226,995.00
Gloucestershire2,043,753.00
Greenwich3,017,843.00
Hackney4,503,350.00
Halton889,886.00
Hammersmith and Fulham2,864,562.00
Hampshire4,180,823.00
Haringey3,705,070.00
Harrow1,156,863.00
Hartlepool580,453.00
Havering1,008,188.00
Herefordshire605,137.00
Hertfordshire4,090,242.00
Hillingdon1,609,311.00
Hounslow1,943,464.00
Isle of Wight631,612.00
Isles of Scilly16,703.00
Islington3,992,342.00
Kensington and Chelsea2,379,035.00
Kent5,974,305.00
Kingston upon Hull1,980,321.00
Kingston upon Thames763,996.00
Kirklees2,061,623.00
Knowsley1,664,574.00
Lambeth6,005,303.00
Lancashire5,433,080.00
Leeds4,152,471.00
Leicester City2,475,945.00
Leicestershire1,605,199.00
Lewisham4,196,109.00
Lincolnshire2,162,767.00
Liverpool4,573,026.00
Luton1,356,539.00
Manchester5,280,917.00
Medway1,221,478.00
Merton1,293,921.00
Middlesbrough1,190,012.00
Milton Keynes1,178,019.00
Newcastle upon Tyne2,154,096.00
Newham3,931,866.00
Norfolk2,924,401.00
North East Lincolnshire902,525.00
North Lincolnshire644,589.00
North Somerset611,398.00
North Tyneside1,163,286.00
North Yorkshire1,702,211.00
Northamptonshire2,624,204.00
Northumberland1,232,552.00
Nottingham2,657,610.00
Nottinghamshire2,768,099.00
Oldham1,479,374.00
Oxfordshire2,225,509.00
Peterborough997,387.00
Plymouth1,679,210.00
Poole574,483.00
Portsmouth1,342,536.00
Reading980,588.00
Redbridge1,427,212.00
Redcar and Cleveland833,365.00
Richmond upon Thames799,982.00
Rochdale1,450,451.00
Rotherham1,315,989.00
Rutland93,367.00
Salford1,721,616.00
Sandwell2,117,629.00
Sefton1,629,565.00
Sheffield2,998,839.00
Shropshire805,546.00
Slough945,849.00
Solihull905,895.00
Somerset1,721,509.00
South Gloucestershire738,464.00
South Tyneside1,130,676.00
Southampton1,598,346.00
Southend-on-Sea1,098,103.00
Southwark5,071,690.00
St. Helens968,376.00
Staffordshire2,680,547.00
Stockport1,206,047.00
Stockton-on-Tees1,048,730.00
Stoke-on-Trent1,501,346.00
Suffolk2,318,876.00
Sunderland1,924,230.00
Surrey3,409,520.00
Sutton978,215.00
Swindon826,353.00
Tameside1,253,245.00
Telford and the Wrekin836,362.00
Thurrock812,839.00
Torbay740,053.00
Tower Hamlets3,937,273.00
Trafford1,085,639.00
Wakefield1,564,260.00
Walsall1,710,437.00
Waltham Forest2,548,677.00
Wandsworth3,354,460.00
Warrington766,475.00
Warwickshire1,699,102.00
West Berkshire412,229.00
West Sussex2,681,810.00
Westminster3,201,093.00
Wigan1,437,294.00
Wiltshire1,394,412.00
Windsor and Maidenhead494,625.00
Wirral2,141,008.00
Wokingham332,082.00
Wolverhampton1,815,910.00
Worcestershire1,975,395.00
York630,353.00

Note:

The figures for expenditure for each local authority for the years 1998–99 and 1999–2000 are wholly based on audit forms provided by the authority's chief finance officer and an auditor appointed by the Audit Commission. The figures for 2000–01 include a small number of figures from pre-audit certificates and may therefore be subject to change.


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Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what arrangements (a) his Department and (b) local authorities have made to publicise the reporting and referral system established in line with the quality protects programme under LAC(98)28 and subsequent circulars; [39310]

Jacqui Smith [holding answer 4 March 2002]: Local Authority Circular (98)28 gave councils and their partners details of the quality protects programme. It explained that the Department would be publishing further guidance covering issues such as reporting and referral systems and child protection procedures.

The Department published the "Framework for Assessment of Children in Need and their Families" in April 2000. It has undertaken an extensive programme of dissemination at local, regional and national levels. The quality protects regional development workers have played a key role in ensuring agencies know about and are implementing the assessment framework. The Department has worked with local councils and consulted software suppliers to develop and publish "Core Information Requirements" for children's social services to help improve councils' capability in managing information.

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The Department held a series of regional roadshows in the autumn of 1999 on the final draft version of the "Working Together to Safeguard Children" guidance, following which 100,000 copies of the revised guidance were distributed to child protection professionals through the area child protection committee network. The social services inspectorate is currently participating, together with other statutory inspectorates, in a series of themed inspections looking at the effectiveness of safeguards for children across all relevant statutory agencies.

Developments and best practice under quality protects are publicised in a number of ways, including the quality protects newsletter and website www.doh.gov.uk/ qualityprotects.

Local authorities' progress in implementing quality protects is monitored through a number of mechanisms, including inspections, position statements and annual management action plans. In their autumn position statements, 83 per cent. of councils stated that they had implemented the assessment framework by 30 September 2001. A further 13 per cent. expect to have done so by 1 April 2002 at the latest. The remaining six authorities expect to implement during 2002–03.

Local authorities submitted their fourth quality protects management action plans in January 2002. These set out their progress in and plans for delivering the quality protects programme. The social services inspectorate is currently assessing these plans. We will be publishing an overview report of the plans and their evaluation later in the year. Copies of the national overview reports for the previous three years' management action plans are available in the Library.


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