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Recently there has been a revision of the methodology used to count the number of finished consultant episodes for cochlear implants and for this reason figures may not be consistent with previous data provided by the NHS Information Centre.

Data should not be described as a count of people as the same person may have been admitted on more than one occasion.

Community Care: Mentally Ill

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) community mental health teams and (b) members of community health teams there have been in each London borough in each year since 2000; and how much funding his Department has allocated to community mental health teams in each such borough in each such year. [323826]

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Phil Hope: Local data prior to 2007 are not available. Data provided are from 2007 to 2009 for each primary care trust (PCT) area. The Department does not break down PCT revenue allocations by policies, at either the
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national or local level. It is for PCTs to decide their priorities for investment locally taking into account both local priorities and the "NHS Operating Framework".

Mental Health Services: Total community mental teams in London as at end of March 2007 - 09
	31 March 2009		31 March 2008		31 March 2007
Local Implementation Teams (LIT) name	Number of services	Total whole-time equivalent (WTE) staff	Number of services	Total WTE staff	Number of services	Total WTE staff
London Strategic Health Authority total	135	2,766.62	132	2,743.3	133	2,694.4
Barking and Dagenham	2	40.48	2	44.82	2	42
Barnet	4	86.09	4	93.39	4	91.4
Bexley	4	68.17	4	63.6	4	57.69
Brent	5.83	101.49	2.83	90.26	3	113.22
Bromley	3	114.79	3	109.02	3	123.16
Camden	6.16	103.65	6.35	97.39	8	99.23
City and Hackney	2	89.4	2	91.4	3	78
Croydon	5	83.7	5	82.5	5	82.8
Ealing	4.03	120.76	4.2	121.6	4	115.22
Enfield	6	82.21	6	86.51	6	95.29
Greenwich	6	103.93	6	111.74	5	60.8
Hammersmith and Fulham	4	79.6	4.05	81.59	4	80.6
Haringey	5	105.39	4	114.42	4	100.6
Harrow	1.99	58.52	1.96	57.61	2	51
Havering	3	42.47	3	47.61	3	42.44
Hillingdon	3	80.2	2.86	74.87	3	88.5
Hounslow	3	92.31	3	76.75	3	85.01
Islington	5	77	5	80.48	5	76.75
Kensington and Chelsea	0.99	69.3	2.94	59.93	3	73.3
Kingston	5.02	67.93	5	69.99	5	67.63
Lambeth	6	123.67	6	123.67	6	123.67
Lewisham	3	90.9	3	90.9	3	88.5
Merton	3.53	45.48	3.45	40.58	5	48.97
Newham	4	97.7	4	102	4	92
Redbridge	2	54.45	2	53.05	2	57.25
Richmond and Twickenham	2.08	44.89	2	56.45	4	38.98
Southwark	10	159.26	10	160.66	4	139.93
Sutton	3.61	45.84	3.55	46.89	5	56.09
Tower Hamlets	4	111	4	106.9	4	103.47
Waltham Forest	2	47.48	2	46.58	2	51.18
Wandsworth	8.76	110	8	104.53	8	101.07
Westminster	7	168.56	6.81	155.61	7	168.65
Notes: 1. Staff data are counted at WTE 2. Some teams are shared with other LIT areas and this is shown as decimal for 2008 and 2009 collection. Source: Mental Health Strategies

Dental Services: Leeds

Greg Mulholland: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding he intends to allocate for the provision of NHS dental care in Leeds in each of the next three years; what plans he has to increase access to NHS dentistry in Leeds; and how many people are registered with an NHS dentist in (a) the city of Leeds and (b) West Yorkshire. [323830]

Ann Keen: We have invested a record £2 billion in dentistry and set up a national access programme to help the national health service deliver its commitment to provide access for all who seek it by 2011.

Access to NHS dentistry is growing. The latest data show that 1,230,000 more patients accessed NHS services in the 24 months ending December 2009 than compared to the 24 months ending June 2008.

We have also accepted the recommendations made by the independent review of NHS dentistry, to further improve access and quality in the long term, and will pilot these recommendations thoroughly.

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