12. LOCAL INVOLVEMENT NETWORKS
12.1.1 Local Involvement Networks (LINks)
have now been established for over one year. Can the Department
list the spending for each local authority on host organisation
for each LINk and the amount that has been passed to each LINk
for their use? (Q127)
Answer
1. The available information requested is
given in table 127.
2. The Department only collects part of
the information in the form requested by the Committee. However,
each LINk must produce an annual report and a copy must be sent
to the Secretary of State for Health. Directions were issued
on 31 March 2008 setting out the information which must
be included in annual reports—Directions on Matters to
be Addressed in Local Involvement Network Annual Reports 2008.
This includes:
— "Any amounts, if known by the local
involvement network, received by the Host from the local authority
during the financial year to which the report relates, under the
arrangements made by the local authority with the Host under section
221(1) of the Act."
3. Guidance issued by the NHS Centre for
Involvement in October 2008 said reports could helpfully
include:
— "The amounts of any money received
by the Host from the Local Authority to support LINk activities
during the year, together with the amounts spent and what it was
spent on."
4. For the reporting year 2008-09, 146 (of
a possible 149) annual reports were received by the Department.
The majority of reports included at least some financial information.
Not all reports contained all the information required by the
Directions and suggested in the guidance and so the information
does not provide a complete picture. The information that has
been provided has been included in the table.
5. Few annual reports made the distinction
between spend by the host organisation and spend by the LINk.
This is, in any case, not necessarily a helpful distinction in
terms of identifying the proportion of spend which supports LINks
and their activities: the role of the host is to support the LINk
and this cannot be done without some expenditure on the host organisation
itself (eg staffing, accommodation, IT, training, advertising,
printing, and publicity).
6. However, of the 133 LINks confirming
the allocation the host received from the council, LINks and/or
hosts have received an average of 82.6% of the Department of Health
funding. It is also worth bearing in mind that not all host organisations
were in place on 1 April 2008 and so councils themselves
carried out the role of host for some of the 2008-09 financial
year.
7. It is too early to make a robust assessment
of the impact of LINks (and consequently the value for money they
provide). The Department is considering what can be put in place
to make such assessments in future. However, the information
provided in annual reports, and from other informal sources, suggests
that LINks typically spent their first year on activities such
as raising awareness, promoting involvement, recruiting participants,
establishing governance arrangements, putting organisational procedures
and processes in place, authorising representatives for enter
and view, carrying out Criminal Records Bureau checks, undertaking
training and building relationships with key health and social
care stakeholders.
Table 127
LINks ALLOCATIONS AND SPEND, 2008-09
|
| |
| |
| | £s
|
|
| Organisation code | LINk name
| DH allocation to local authorities 2008-09 to establish and run LINks
| Amount of funding received by LINk and/or host from local authority (1)
| Variance between DH allocation to local authority and amount of funding recceived by LINk and/or host from local authority (1)
| Total 2008-09 spend made by host and/or LINk (1)
|
|
| 00AB | Barking & Dagenham
| 147,000 | 145,638
| 1,362 | 123,247
|
| 00AC | Barnet | 182,000
| |
| 98,871 |
| 00CC | Barnsley | 152,000
| 150,000 | 2,000
| |
| 00HA | Bath & North East Somerset
| 109,000 | 96,804
| 12,196 | 82,426
|
| 09 | Bedfordshire | 171,000
| 86,910 | 84,090
| 82,665 |
| 00AD | Bexley | 131,000
| 36,500 | 94,500
| 18,259 |
| 00CN | Birmingham | 558,000
| 558,000 | 0
| 487,108 |
| 00EX | Blackburn with Darwen |
123,000 | 114,531
| 8,469 | 88,336
|
| 00EY | Blackpool | 126,000
| 90,000 | 36,000
| |
| 00BL | Bolton | 166,000
| 140,000 | 26,000
| 102,878 |
| 00HN | Bournemouth | 119,000
| 110,670 | 8,330
| 82,687 |
| 00MA | Bracknell | 86,000
| 70,500 | 15,500
| 61,828 |
| 00CX | Bradford | 259,000
| 238,596 | 20,404
| 178,147 |
| 00AE | Brent | 185,000
| |
| |
| 00ML | Brighton & Hove |
148,000 | 130,000
| 18,000 | 105,504
|
| 00HB | Bristol | 210,000
| 189,000 | 21,000
| 82,380 |
| 00AF | Bromley | 151,000
| |
| 1,169 |
| 11 | Buckinghamshire | 182,000
| 164,000 | 18,000
| 89,396 |
| 00BM | Bury | 122,000
| 81,336 | 40,664
| 69,851 |
| 00CY | Calderdale | 130,000
| 95,823 | 34,177
| 74,786 |
| 12 | Cambridgeshire | 219,000
| 208,050 | 10,950
| 183,081 |
| 00AG | Camden | 176,000
| 79,200 | 96,800
| 72,146 |
| 13 | Cheshire | 257,000
| 256,949 | 51
| 151,150 |
| 00AA | City of London | 63,000
| 39,366 | 23,634
| 24,957 |
| 15 | Cornwall | 252,000
| 228,143 | 23,857
| 161,939 |
| 20 | County Durham | 256,000
| 233,000 | 23,000
| 159,790 |
| 00CQ | Coventry | 178,000
| 89,957 | 88,043
| 90,275 |
| 00AH | Croydon | 188,000
| |
| |
| 16 | Cumbria | 232,000
| 220,000 | 12,000
| 167,671 |
| 00EH | Darlington | 96,000
| 95,962 | 38
| 78,557 |
| 00FK | Derby | 150,000
| 129,592 | 20,408
| 129,591 |
| 17 | Derbyshire County | 314,000
| 297,000 | 17,000
| 257,442 |
| 18 | Devon | 298,000
| 293,000 | 5,000
| 222,021 |
| 00CE | Doncaster | 172,000
| 41,064 | 130,936
| 34,080 |
| 19 | Dorset | 183,000
| 164,701 | 18,299
| 141,566 |
| 00CR | Dudley | 173,000
| 98,292 | 74,708
| 50,095 |
| 00AJ | Ealing | 179,000
| 163,708 | 15,292
| 121,489 |
| 00FB | East Riding of Yorkshire
| 158,000 | 81,431
| 76,569 | 60,768
|
| 21 | East Sussex | 236,000
| 200,000 | 36,000
| 170,991 |
| 00AK | Enfield | 179,000
| 125,732 | 53,268
| 121,507 |
| 22 | Essex & Southend |
603,000 | 602,000
| 1,000 | 417,490
|
| 00CH | Gateshead | 140,000
| 130,000 | 10,000
| 78,641 |
| 23 | Gloustershire | 231,000
| 195,597 | 35,403
| 170,234 |
| 00AL | Greenwich | 188,000
| 187,770 | 230
| 161,448 |
| 00AM | Hackney | 207,000
| 207,000 | 0
| 64,518 |
| 00ET | Halton | 111,000
| 78,317 | 32,683
| 35,723 |
| 00AN | Hammersmith & Fulham
| 143,000 | 74,500
| 68,500 | 18,508
|
| 24 | Hampshire | 378,000
| 217,500 | 160,500
| 128,070 |
| 00AP | Haringey | 172,000
| 112,100 | 59,900
| 72,906 |
| 00AQ | Harrow | 138,000
| 90,000 | 48,000
| 90,000 |
| 00EB | Hartlepool | 99,000
| 50,551 | 48,449
| 38,950 |
| 00AR | Havering | 133,000
| 82,372 | 50,628
| 68,751 |
| 00GA | Herefordshire | 119,000
| 118,977 | 23
| 80,673 |
| 26 | Hertfordshire | 361,000
| |
| |
| 00AS | Hillingdon | 147,000
| 132,300 | 14,700
| 129,528 |
| 00AT | Hounslow | 142,000
| 117,150 | 24,850
| 89,965 |
| 00FA | Hull | 173,000
| 158,000 | 15,000
| 141,849 |
| 15UH | Isles of Scilly | 61,000
| 41,000 | 20,000
| 37,276 |
| 00MW | Isle of Wight | 115,000
| 67,001 | 47,999
| 75,278 |
| 00AU | Islington | 170,000
| 170,000 | 0
| 161,811 |
| 00AW | Kensington & Chelsea
| 140,000 | 117,864
| 22,136 | 92,617
|
| 29 | Kent | 492,000
| 402,836 | 89,164
| 251,308 |
| 00AX | Kingston | 102,000
| 105,000 | -3,000
| 93,238 |
| 00CZ | Kirklees | 202,000
| 169,800 | 32,200
| 140,442 |
| 00BX | Knowsley | 140,000
| 58,747 | 81,253
| 54,435 |
| 00AY | Lambeth | 207,000
| 138,000 | 69,000
| 79,634 |
| 30 | Lancashire | 454,000
| 454,992 | -992
| 387,075 |
| 00DA | Leeds | 308,000
| 277,964 | 30,036
| 129,162 |
| 00FN | Leicester | 186,000
| 175,958 | 10,042
| 127,990 |
| 31 | Leicestershire | 219,000
| 96,510 | 122,490
| 11,972 |
| 00AZ | Lewisham | 197,000
| 175,000 | 22,000
| 167,737 |
| 32 | Lincolnshire County Council
| 285,000 | 285,000
| 0 | 116,227
|
| 00BY | Liverpool | 291,000
| |
| 86,912 |
| 00BA | London Borough of Merton
| 123,000 | 83,429
| 39,571 | 82,263
|
| 00BC | London Borough of Redbridge
| 156,000 | 75,575
| 80,425 |
|
| 00KA | Luton | 131,000
| 62,805 | 68,195
| 45,882 |
| 00BN | Manchester | 288,000
| 294,396 | -6,396
| 286,825 |
| 00LC | Medway | 136,000
| 109,300 | 26,700
| 77,662 |
| 00EC | Middlesbrough | 122,000
| 101,662 | 20,338
| 81,802 |
| 00MG | Milton Keynes | 129,000
| 129,000 | 0
| 128,918 |
| 00BB | Newham | 214,000
| 127,924 | 86,076
| 104,231 |
| 00CJ | Newcastle Upon Tyne |
171,000 | 119,670
| 51,330 | 90,891
|
| 33 | Norfolk | 342,000
| 340,000 | 2,000
| 269,114 |
| 34 | Northamptonshire | 253,000
| |
| |
| 00FC | North East Lincolnshire
| 120,000 | 84,027
| 35,973 | 79,639
|
| 00FD | North Lincolnshire |
114,000 | 103,404
| 10,596 | 73,724
|
| 00HC | North Somerset | 121,000
| 114,950 | 6,050
| 90,128 |
| 00CK | North Tyneside | 134,000
| 90,600 | 43,400
| 69,483 |
| 36 | North Yorkshire | 222,000
| 200,000 | 22,000
| 120,408 |
| 35 | Northumberland | 165,000
| 165,000 | 0
| 150,000 |
| 00FY | Nottingham City | 184,000
| 184,000 | 0
| 89,484 |
| 37 | Nottinghamshire | 304,000
| 299,549 | 4,451
| 175,998 |
| 00BP | Oldham | 151,000
| 151,000 | 0
| 137,423 |
| 38 | Oxfordshire | 222,000
| 167,250 | 54,750
| 167,250 |
| 00JA | Peterborough | 122,000
| 66,667 | 55,333
| 47,458 |
| 00HG | Plymouth | 151,000
| 116,589 | 34,411
| 101,106 |
| 00HP | Poole | 103,000
| 92,699 | 10,301
| 98,105 |
| 00MR | Portsmouth | 125,000
| 55,000 | 70,000
| 48,624 |
| 00MC | Reading | 104,000
| 108,903 | -4,903
| 95,749 |
| 00EE | Redcar & Cleveland
| 116,000 | 58,000
| 58,000 | 27,992
|
| 00BD | Richmond on Thames |
107,000 | 58,892
| 48,108 | 58,774
|
| 00BQ | Rochdale | 147,000
| |
| 102,209 |
| 00CF | Rotherham | 160,000
| |
| 144,000 |
| 00FP | Rutland | 69,000
| 66,667 | 2,333
| 47,458 |
| 00BR | Salford | 159,000
| 105,333 | 53,667
| 80,637 |
| 00CS | Sandwell | 202,000
| 160,417 | 41,583
| 38,418 |
| 00CA | Sefton | 172,000
| 119,606 | 52,394
| 119,589 |
| 00CG | Sheffield | 263,000
| 232,213 | 30,787
| 170,486 |
| 39 | Shropshire | 150,000
| 130,000 | 20,000
| |
| 00MD | Slough | 104,000
| 78,917 | 25,083
| 81,662 |
| 00CT | Solihull | 119,000
| 100,833 | 18,167
| 81,150 |
| 40 | Somerset | 226,000
| 134,244 | 91,756
| 100,964 |
| 00MS | Southampton | 141,000
| |
| 64,842 |
| 00HD | South Gloustershire |
124,000 | 111,657
| 12,343 | 56,017
|
| 00CL | South Tyneside | 127,000
| 80,958 | 46,042
| 66,919 |
| 00BE | Southwark | 211,000
| |
| |
| 41 | Staffordshire | 301,000
| 271,000 | 30,000
| 89,880 |
| 00BZ | St Helens | 132,000
| 88,460 | 43,540
| 41,310 |
| 00BS | Stockport | 149,000
| 117,283 | 31,717
| 78,767 |
| 00EF | Stockton on Tees | 126,000
| 64,167 | 61,833
| 0 |
| 00GL | Stoke on Trent | 163,000
| |
| |
| 42 | Suffolk | 280,000
| 280,000 | 0
| 106,497 |
| 00BF | Sutton | 118,000
| 137,917 | -19,917
| 109,957 |
| 00CM | Sunderland | 176,000
| 150,000 | 26,000
| 125,489 |
| 43 | Surrey | 333,000
| 300,000 | 33,000
| 206,968 |
| 00HX | Swindon Borough Council
| 112,000 | 93,333
| 18,667 | 50,928
|
| 00BT | Tameside | 146,000
| 95,575 | 50,426
| 79,073 |
| 00GF | Telford & Wrekin |
119,000 | 113,050
| 5,950 | 70,314
|
| 00KG | Thurrock | 111,000
| 53,000 | 58,000
| 36,405 |
| 00HH | Torbay | 119,000
| 106,315 | 12,685
| 92,778 |
| 00BG | Tower Hamlets | 208,000
| |
| 170,001 |
| 00BU | Trafford | 130,000
| 104,000 | 26,000
| 64,257 |
| 00DB | Wakefield | 182,000
| |
| 0 |
| 00CU | Walsall | 170,000
| 159,984 | 10,016
| 102,027 |
| 00BH | Waltham Forest | 163,000
| 132,894 | 30,106
| 94,777 |
| 00BJ | Wandsworth (2) | 169,000
| 279,700 | -110,700
| 279,791 |
| 00EU | Warrington | 117,000
| |
| 103,210 |
| 44 | Warwickshire | 212,000
| 200,000 | 12,000
| 129,427 |
| 00BK | Westminster | 174,000
| 143,011 | 30,989
| 123,399 |
| 00MB | West Berks | 95,000
| 95,000 | 0
| 75,332 |
| 45 | West Sussex | 281,000
| 159,600 | 121,400
| 111,207 |
| 00BW | Wigan | 175,000
| 159,585 | 15,415
| 106,891 |
| 46 | Wiltshire | 181,000
| 99,500 | 81,500
| 72,070 |
| 00ME | Windsor, Ascot & Maidenhead
| 93,000 | 44,500
| 48,500 | 38,016
|
| 00CB | Wirral | 200,000
| |
| 116,704 |
| 00MF | Wokingham | 87,000
| 87,000 | 0
| 77,927 |
| 00CW | Wolverhampton | 169,000
| 150,224 | 18,776
| 94,191 |
| 47 | Worcestershire | 222,000
| 210,000 | 12,000
| 161,630 |
| 00FF | York | 108,000
| 105,000 | 3,000
| 80,291 |
| Total | | 26,995,000
| 19,714,495 | 4,140,505
| 15,071,822 |
|
| Source: |
LINks annual reports, 2008-09
|
| Footnotes: |
| 1. Blank cells in these columns are empty owing to missing or incomplete data.
|
| 2. In receipt of multi-activity contract; LINks element not separated out.
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