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Justice

Conditional Fee Agreement

Mr Slaughter: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of implementing the proposed transition from the conditional fee agreement scheme to the proposed contingency fees scheme; [24161]

(2) what estimate he has made of the likely effect on the number of claims of the implementation of his proposal for a contingency fees scheme; [24162]

(3) what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the likely effects on the level of fairness in respect of access to the justice system of the implementation of his proposal for the replacement of conditional fee agreements with a contingency fees scheme; [24163]

(4) what estimate he has made of the average annual saving to the Exchequer consequent on the implementation of his proposals to end conditional fee agreements; [24164]

(5) what estimate he has made of the net effect on Exchequer revenue, taking into account the estimated change in the number of litigation actions against the Government, of the proposed replacement of conditional fee agreements with a contingency fees scheme in each of the first five years of the operation of that proposed scheme. [24165]

Mr Djanogly: As my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor informed the House on 15 November Official Report, columns 659-72, the Government have now published the consultation paper, 'Proposals for Reform of Civil Litigation Funding and Costs: Implementation of Lord Justice Jackson's Recommendations'. This includes proposals relating to the reform of conditional fee agreements (CFAs) and damages-based agreements (DBAs) or contingency fees. I should make it clear that Sir Rupert Jackson did not recommend replacing CFAs with contingency fees or DBAs. Rather he suggested that CFAs should be reformed and that DBAs should be permitted in litigation as an additional funding mechanism. That is what we are consulting on.

The intention is to increase the choice of funding options available to claimants to pursue necessary claims. Sir Rupert is of the view that implementing his proposals, particularly those on the reform of CFAs, would deliver significant costs savings including for Government. The consultation paper and preliminary impact assessments are available on the Ministry of Justice website:

We are seeking further data from those responding to the consultation.

Departmental Lobbying

Robert Halfon: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much his Department's agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent from the public purse on influencing public policy through (a) employing external (i) public affairs companies, (ii) strategic consultancies and (iii) corporate communications firms, (b) external marketing and (c) other activities in each year since its inception. [23765]

Mr Kenneth Clarke: The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) does not centrally collate data on expenditure on influencing public policy. It would incur disproportionate costs to examine every transaction made relating to public affairs companies, strategic consultancies, corporate communications firms and external marketing.

It is though possible to provide information relating to the MoJ, its agencies and NDPBs' total expenditure on consultants since 2007, and the MoJ and its agencies' expenditure on external marketing since 2008.

The total expenditure on consultants for the MoJ, its agencies and NDPBs (rounded to the nearest million pounds) was:

£

2007-08

61,000,000

2008-09

53,000,000

2009-10

42,000,000


The MoJ's definition for consultancy is:


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For external marketing, the expenditure provided is for the MoJ and its agencies but not the NDPBs. Many NDPBs; including but not limited to the Legal Services Board, the Information Commissioner's Office and the Legal Ombudsman, do not spend any of their budgets on external marketing or informing public policy. Other NDPBs do not record their external marketing expenditure separately from their total communications spend. It would incur disproportionate cost to indentify external marketing expenditure for the NDPBs.

I have provided the information for 2008-09 and 2009-10. Due to changes in the MoJ's organisational structure it would not be possible to indentify the external marketing expenditure for 2007-08 without incurring disproportionate cost.

The total expenditure on external marketing for MOJ and its agencies (rounded to the nearest million pounds) was:

£

2008-09

4,000,000

2009-10

5,000,000


Magistrates Courts: Sentencing

Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many cases have been brought before each magistrates court in each of the last two years; and how many of those cases resulted in a custodial sentence. [24392]

Mr Blunt: I am placing in the House Library the information requested on how many cases brought before each local justice area in each of the last two years (2008 and 2009 latest available); and how many resulted in a custodial sentence. The tables include defendants proceeded against, found guilty, sentenced and a sentence breakdown, including those given a custodial sentence.

The lowest level at which sentencing data are collected is at local justice area. local justice areas are used to determine which magistrates courts may hear a particular case.

Prisoners: Self-Harm

Mrs Grant: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many incidents of self-harm were recorded amongst (a) male and (b) female prisoners in the most recent year for which figures are available. [24566]

Mr Blunt: The information requested is in the following table:


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2009

Number

Self-harm incidents

Male and Female

24,114

Male

13,688

Female

10,426

Individuals self-harming( 1)

Male and Female

6,977

Male

5,403

Female

1,574

(1) The numbers of different individuals are based on prison numbers. An individual who was in prison custody on two occasions during a year but with two different numbers would be counted twice if he/she had self harmed at least once each time.
Data Sources and Quality:
These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems. Care is taken when processing and analysing the returns but the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. Although the figures are shown to the last individual the figures may not be accurate to that level.

NOMS has a broad, integrated and evidence-based prisoner suicide prevention and self harm management strategy that seeks to reduce the distress of all those in prison. This encompasses a wide spectrum of Prison and Department of Health work around such issues as mental health, substance misuse and resettlement. Any prisoner identified as at risk of suicide or self-harm is cared for using the assessment, care in custody and teamwork (ACCT) procedures.

Prisoners: Taxation

Karl Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what discussions he has had with HM Revenue and Customs on the taxation of the earnings of prisoners who undertake paid work in prison. [24177]

Mr Blunt: I have not had any discussions with HM Revenue and Customs on this matter. The average earnings of prisoners undertaking paid work in prison are £9.60 per week.

Prisons

Mrs Grant: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what proportion of children in (a) England and Wales, (b) London and (c) the south-east have at least one parent in prison. [24563]

Mr Blunt: The Ministry of Justice does not hold data on the proportion of children in (a) England and Wales, (b) London and (c) the south-east who have at least one parent in prison. However, according to a self-report survey of 1,435 adult prisoners sentenced to between one month and four years in England and Wales in 2005-06, 54% of prisoners had children under the age of 18 at the time of imprisonment.

Prisons: Crimes of Violence

Mrs Grant: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many incidents of attacks on (a) prison staff and (b) prisoners were recorded in prisons where the victim (i) was and (ii) was not hospitalised in each of the last 10 years; [24561]

(2) how many incidents of attacks on (a) prison staff and (b) prisoners were recorded in prisons where (i) a weapon and (ii) no weapon was used in each of the last 10 years. [24562]

Mr Blunt: The information requested is set out in the following tables.


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Recorded prisoner-on-staff and prisoner-on-prisoner assaults by hospitalisation: 2000-09

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Actual assaults requiring hospital visit

148

143

156

196

235

263

235

211

237

196

Prisoner on staff: hospital visit(1)

24

27

19

35

50

43

43

37

39

40

Prisoner on staff: No hospital visit

2,168

2,673

2,832

2,858

3,154

3,459

3,487

3,236

3,172

2,833

Total assaults on staff

2,192

2,700

2,851

2,893

3,204

3,502

3,530

3,273

3,211

2,873

Prisoner-on-prisoner: hospital visit(1)

123

118

138

166

187

225

198

173

203

159

Prisoner-on-prisoner: No hospital visit

7,087

7,862

8,604

8,837

9,280

10,667

11,332

11,845

12,631

11,988

Total assaults prisoner-on-prisoner assaults

7,210

7,980

8,742

9,003

9,467

10,892

11,530

12,018

12,834

12,147


Recorded prisoner-on-staff and prisoner-on-prisoner assaults by weapon-use: 2000-09

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Actual assaults where weapon was use

1,111

1,093

1,178

1,529

1,380

1,637

1,686

1,786

1,732

1,599

Prisoner on staff: Weapon used(2)

325

317

308

456

391

449

460

433

434

371

Prisoner on staff: No weapon used

1,867

2,383

2,543

2,437

2,813

3,053

3,070

2,840

2,777

2,502

Total assaults on staff

2,192

2,700

2,851

2,893

3,204

3,502

3,530

3,273

3,211

2,873

Prisoner-on-prisoner: Weapon used(2)

797

790

890

1,091

1,003

1,189

1,229

1,368

1,326

1,206

Prisoner-on-prisoner: No weapon used

6,413

7,190

7,852

7,912

8,464

9,703

10,301

10,650

1,508

10,941

Total assaults prisoner-on-prisoner assaults

7,210

7,980

8,742

9,003

9,467

10,892

11,530

12,018

12,834

12,147

(1) The hospital attendances in this table refer to those arising immediately from assault incidents. They do NOT include other types of hospital attendance such as A and E or overnight visits nor do they include any subsequent hospital visits that may be required to continue treatment.
(2) The majority of assault incidents do not involve weapons. Of those that do most involve items that may be found to hand. Relatively few involve an actually designed for purpose weapon.
Note:
Numbers of assaults requiring hospital and the numbers involving weapons, in these tables will exceed the actual numbers (in the 2nd rows). This is due to double counting in the assault classifications.

Prisons: Drugs

Mrs Grant: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps he is taking to reduce the incidence of (a) drug and (b) mobile telephone smuggling in prisons. [24564]

Mr Blunt: Prisons deploy a robust and comprehensive range of security measures to reduce drug supply. These include the use of drug detection dogs, close working with the police, CCTV, use of more effective intelligence systems and mandatory drug testing.

NOMS has implemented a strategy to 'minimise' the number of mobile phones entering prisons, to 'find' phones that do get in and to 'disrupt' mobile phones that cannot be found.

Drug misuse in prisons, as measured by random mandatory drug testing, has declined by 68% since 1996-97.

Mrs Grant: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what monetary value of drugs of each class was seized on the prison estate in each of the last five years. [24565]

Mr Blunt: The market value of drugs varies widely between regions and over periods of time. Information on the value of drugs seized in prisons is not routinely available.

Prisons: Young People

Mrs Grant: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many young adults entered the prison system for the first time in each of the last three years. [24558]

Mr Blunt: The table shows figures for offenders receiving their first immediate custodial sentence at the age of 18 to 20, as recorded on the police national computer. These figures are derived from table 6.3 of "Sentencing Statistics: England and Wales 2009" which was published on 21 October 2010.


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Offenders aged 18-20 receiving an immediate custodial sentence for an indictable offence, with no previous custodial sentences, 2007 to 2009, England and Wales

Number of offenders aged 18-20 sentenced to immediate custody Number of offenders aged 18-20 receiving their first immediate custodial sentence

2007

12,601

5,949

2008

12,524

5,791

2009

12,108

5,705


The figures have been drawn from the police's administrative IT system, the police national computer, which, as with any large-scale recording system, is subject to possible errors with data entry and processing. The figures are provisional and subject to change as more information is recorded by the police.

Rape: Victim Support Schemes

Kerry McCarthy: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 18 October 2010, Official Report, column 541W, on rape: victim support schemes, what funding will be available for (a) existing and (b) new rape crisis centres in the comprehensive spending review period. [24621]

Mr Blunt: The commitment to provide long-term, sustainable funding to existing rape crisis centres and to establish new centres where need is most acute remains a priority for the Government.

Following the conclusion of the comprehensive spending review and the allocation of the departmental settlement, work is ongoing within the Ministry of Justice to finalise budgets, including funds allocated to the rape crisis commitment.

An announcement on how we will implement the commitment will be made in the new year.

Reoffenders: Public Expenditure

Mr Slaughter: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he made of the likely effects of the outcomes of the comprehensive spending review on reoffending rates. [24166]

Mr Blunt: The Government believe that by introducing more effective sentencing policies and rehabilitative services we can deliver greater reductions in reoffending, deter future crime and protect the public. We will publish our proposals for a new approach to sentencing and rehabilitation, and how we will deliver more for less, in a Green Paper to be published in December. The Green Paper will be open to public consultation. We are conducting a full impact assessment of these proposals.

Young Offender Institutions: Public Expenditure

Mrs Grant: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average cost to the public purse was of detaining an offender in a young offender's institution in the last three years for which figures are available. [24559]

Mr Blunt: Tables 1 to 3 provides the average cost per place in a young offender's institution (YOI) for young people aged 15 to 18. These figures are for the last three financial years.


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The figures provided are not intended to represent the total cost of providing custody and related services to young people. The calculation is based upon allocated budget funding at the beginning of the relevant financial years, rather than actual expenditure at the close of those years.

While the methodology for calculating costs are the same for 2010-11 and 2009-10, it differs for 2008-09 and therefore caution should be taken when directly comparing the costs for 2008-09 with subsequent years.

Where-due to changes in commissioning and budgetary responsibilities across Government and agencies-the costs include different funding streams, the notes on the bottom of each table detail this.

The figures provided have been rounded to the nearest £1,000.

Table 1
Secure estate sector Average cost to the YJB per place per year as at 1 April 2010 (£)

YOI (including private)

59,000

Notes:
1. These are costs to the Youth Justice Board (YJB) as at 1 April 2010. They are not intended to represent the total cost of providing custody and related services to young people-specific exclusions follow.
2. Differences in the YJB funding streams included for these 2010-11 costs from the costs published for 1 April 2009 (2009-10 costs) are that:
The YJB no longer funds education in public YOIs (see note 6);
YJB funding for Advocacy Services is included (see note 4);
YJB funding for services provided by the Lucy Faithfull Foundation is included (see note 6).
3. These figures do not include VAT on Private YOI places.
4. Advocacy Services funded by the YJB are included in YOI costs.
5. These costs do not include YJB funding to National Offender Management Service (NOMS) prisoner escort management (PEM) for the provision of prison escort and custodial services (PECS) for young people.
6. For the YOI cost:
As of 1 April 2010, the YJB is no longer responsible for the budget for education funding and so this cost is not included in the above;
The YJB is not responsible for health funding budgets-except where specific services are commissioned (i.e. at the Keppel Unit)-and so the cost of health services in not included in the above;
For public YOIs, NOMS estimated that central overhead costs (excluding those for the Young People's Team) apportionable to the YJB at £7.601 million; the cost above uses the actual funding received from MOJ for these overheads of £5.070 million.
For public YOIs, the NOMS business rates, maintenance charges, capital charges and overheads for these charges have been estimated based upon 2009-10 levels and inflated;
YJB funding for the Lucy Faithfull Foundation is included.

Table 2
Secure estate sector Average price per place per year as at 1 April 2009 (£)

YOI (including private)

60,000

Notes:
1. These figures do not include VAT on private YOI places.
2. The education costs paid to the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) is the agreed funding amount as at 1 April 2009 and is included. (The contracts were refreshed from August 2009).
3. Contributions to primary care trusts (PCTs) are at 2008-09 rates (no uplift has been applied to these) and is included.
4. The NOMS business rates, maintenance and capital charge elements of the public YOI costs have been included for 2009-10.
5. JASP (Juvenile Awareness Staff Programme) funding is included.


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Table 3
Secure estate sector Average price per place per year as at 1 April 2008 (£)

YOI (not including private)

59,000

Notes:
1. This figure is based upon YJB funding for Prison Service (public) YOI places-it does not include private YOI places commissioned at HMYOIs Ashfield and Parc.
2. The NOMS capital charges and business rates are included, but not maintenance charges.
3. The YJB contribution to PCT funding for health care is included.
4. The YJB contribution towards LSC funding for education is included.

Health

Atos Healthcare

James Morris: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the reasons were for the cancellation of contracts between his Department and Atos Healthcare in the last five years. [24068]

Paul Burstow: The Department engaged Atos Healthcare as its provider of Occupational Health Services from October 2006 to June 2010.

The period of Atos' contract ended, as planned, and the Department's Occupational Health provision was re-tendered through a full competitive Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) procurement exercise.

Breast Cancer

Jeremy Lefroy: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what further steps he plans to take to reduce mortality from breast cancer; and if he will make a statement. [24145]

Paul Burstow: Steps to reduce mortality from breast cancer will be taken through our public health strategy, cancer drugs fund and refreshed cancer reform strategy.

Lifestyle behaviours such as smoking, the harmful use of alcohol, drug misuse, poor diet and nutrition, being overweight and physical inactivity are acknowledged risk factors for a number of chronic diseases, including breast cancer. Later this year, we will publish a public health White Paper setting out details of our strategy for improving public health and reducing the risk factors associated with developing conditions such as breast cancer.

Diagnosing cancer earlier is also important in reducing mortality. Experts estimate that the NHS breast screening programme saves 1,400 lives per year by diagnosing cancer earlier. The Cancer Reform Strategy (CRS) included the commitment that the NHS breast screening programme would be extended to women aged 47 to 73. In June this year, we confirmed in the "Revision to the NHS Operating Framework 2010-11" that all local breast screening programmes should begin the extension in 2010-11 ensuring that more women have the opportunity to benefit from the screening service.

In September, as part of the national awareness and early diagnosis initiative, we announced that £9 million would be provided to support 59 campaigns that will work to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of breast, bowel and lung cancers and to encourage early presentation at a general practitioner surgery.


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Through the Cancer Drugs Fund, we will give cancer patients better access to the drugs that their clinicians believe will help them, and on 1 October, we allocated £50 million to the NHS to enable cancer patients to access appropriate drugs now. Following the spending review, we have committed £200 million per year for the drugs fund for the next three years, and are consulting on proposals for establishment of the fund.

We are also undertaking a review of the CRS to ensure that we have the right strategy to deliver improved outcomes for cancer patients including survival and mortality. We plan to publish the report later this winter.

Cancer: Health Services

Sir Menzies Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what his most recent estimate is of the cost to the public purse of an emergency hospital admission for a patient whose primary diagnosis is haematological cancer; [24101]

(2) what his most recent estimate is of the cost to the public purse of an emergency admission to hospital in each NHS trust area of a patient whose primary diagnosis is haematological cancer; [24102]

(3) what his most recent estimate is of the average length of hospital stay for an emergency admission of a patient whose primary diagnosis is haematological cancer. [24103]

Paul Burstow: For 2008-09, the average length of hospital stay for an emergency admission of a patient whose primary diagnosis was haematological cancer was 10.7 days. This is the latest period for which statistics are available.

Information on the average cost to the public purse of an emergency admission for a patient whose primary diagnosis is haematological cancer cannot be provided at national or trust level because the Department does not collect costs to the public purse by primary diagnosis.

The Department collects the costs to national health service providers of providing standard groupings of clinically similar treatments, known as healthcare resource groups (HRGs). Information on the estimated costs, at both national and trust level, of a non-elective admission for the HRGs that represent haematological procedures and disorders in 2008-09 has been placed in the Library. This does not include the costs of chemotherapy, which cannot be separately identified by primary diagnosis.

Childbirth

Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many births he expects there to be in NHS facilities in each of the next five years; and what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of such births which will require specialist care. [24226]

Anne Milton: Information is not available in the format requested. Maternity services are planned at a local level, rather than national level, to ensure they are responsive to local need.

In 2009 there were 663,490 maternity episodes in England of which 641,832 (approximately 96.7%) were births in national health service hospitals. In 2009, there
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were 43,786 admissions into neonatal care, which amounts to some 7% of the total number of births in NHS hospitals.

Circumcision

Andrea Leadsom: To ask the Secretary of State for Health for what reasons the NHS funds non-medical circumcisions; and if he will issue guidance to healthcare commissioners on the priority to be accorded to such procedures. [24114]

Paul Burstow: The national health service normally only performs circumcision where medically indicated. However, a primary care trust has a duty to protect the health of the public in their area and may decide to ensure that a safe and affordable male circumcision service is available in other circumstances, where there are concerns about harm to patients. There are currently no plans for the Secretary of State to issue guidance to health care commissioners on male circumcision.

Dementia

Hazel Blears: To ask the Secretary of State for Health for what reasons his Department's estimated expenditure on dementia research declined from 2.9 per cent. in 2007-08 to 1.4 per cent. in 2009-10 of expenditure from the research and development revenue budget. [24433]

Paul Burstow: The figures show a decline in dementia research funding which reflects a more transparent and accurate method for assessing disease-specific research and development (R and D) spend.

Prior to the establishment of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) in April 2006, the main part of the Department's total health expenditure was devolved to and managed by national health service organisations. From April 2006 to March 2009, transitional research funding was allocated to these organisations at reducing levels. At the same time, an increasing amount of NHS research funding was awarded competitively through new NIHR programmes and schemes.

The NHS organisations reported on their use of these allocations in annual R and D reports, and each report included a figure of research spend on degenerative neurological disorders. These figures have been included in the Department's estimates of total annual spend on dementia research up to 2008-09.

Departmental Manpower

Mr Crausby: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many members of staff were employed in the ministerial correspondence unit of his Department in each of the last two years. [24016]

Anne Milton: The customer service centre uses a significant proportion of non-permanent workers within the correspondence teams in order to maintain maximum flexibility to meet the Department's targets for responding to correspondence. Therefore, the number of staff in post at any one time fluctuates on a daily basis.

At 1 April 2009 there were 56.7 full-time equivalent (FTE) staff in post working in the customer service
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centre correspondence unit of which 32.2 were permanent FTE staff and 24.5 were agency staff filling FTE posts.

At 1 April 2010, there were 57.94 full-time equivalent staff in post of which 33.74 were permanent FTE staff and 24.2 were agency staff filling FTE posts. The correspondence unit processes, on average, 86,000 pieces of correspondence per year.

Departmental Official Hospitality

Ian Austin: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much his Department spent on hospitality for events hosted by each of its Ministers in (a) September and (b) October 2010; [21783]

(2) what estimate his Department has made of its expenditure on travel undertaken by (a) him and (b) each other Minister in his Department in (i) September and (ii) October 2010. [21855]

Anne Milton: The information held on the Department's business management system is as shown in the following table. Due to retrospective billing by the Government Car Service, and the procedures employed by the Department which score expenditure on the system in the month in which an invoice is processed and paid, the figures do not necessarily relate to the costs incurred in the months in question.

£
September 2010 October 2010
Minister Travel and subsistence Hospitality Travel and subsistence Hospitality

Secretary of State for Health

232.31

419.76

(1)21,960.50

39.08

Minister of State for Health (Mr Simon Burns)

169.68

0

134.60

4.62

Minister of State for Care Services (Paul Burstow)

986.07

135.75

960.61

4.85

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health (Anne Milton)

6,230.13

0

4,242.33

0

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Quality (Earl Howe)

4,506.21

223.7

995.15

0

(1) Of this total, £10,633.15 represents the one-off "early surrender charge" made by the Government Car Service to the Department in response to the current Secretary of State's decision to give up his allocated Government car, and a further £7,027.38 represents the July monthly charge incurred during the notice period. In line with the new Ministerial Code, Ministers at the Department have given up their allocated cars and drivers and the existing contracts, which were subject to a 90-day contract termination period, ended on the 19 August 2010. However, due to retrospective billing invoices are still being received for this period as is also reflected in the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Anne Milton) and the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State's (Earl Howe) travel and subsistence costs shown above.


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Direct Payments

Ms Bagshawe: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of adult social care users in receipt of direct payments in (a) each region, (b) each local authority area and (c) total in each of the last three years. [23943]

Paul Burstow: Data on the number of adult social care users and carers in receipt of direct payments are collected and published by the NHS Information Centre for health and social care.


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The following table shows the number of service users and carers receiving direct payments at a council, regional and England level for the last three years. The 2009-10 data are provisional with final data expected to be published in early 2011.

Information on carers receiving direct payments was not collected for the period 1 April 2007 to 31 March 2008.


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Table 1: Estimated number of service users and carers receiving direct payments during the period April to March
2007-08( 1) 2008-09 2009-10( 2)
Service users Service users Carers Service users Carers

Councils with social services responsibilities Clients aged 18 and over receiving direct payments Clients aged 18 and over receiving direct payments All carers caring for a person aged 18 and over receiving direct payments Clients aged 18 and over receiving direct payments All carers caring for a person aged 18 and over receiving direct payments

North East

3,985

5,280

345

6,390

1,045

117

Darlington

115

155

10

290

20

116

Durham

555

700

85

1,050

125

106

Gateshead

205

275

15

265

20

111

Hartlepool

375

475

25

450

45

112

Middlesbrough

330

460

10

555

20

107

Newcastle upon Tyne

350

465

70

765

275

108

North Tyneside

265

295

20

290

10

104

Northumberland

385

675

15

615

10

113

Redcar and Cleveland

330

395

55

505

95

109

South Tyneside

170

340

10

410

380

114

Stockton-on-Tees

305

375

(3)-

415

(3)-

110

Sunderland

590

670

25

775

40

North West

8,415

10,490

4,280

15,490

(5)-

324

Blackburn with Darwen

135

150

0

240

0

325

Blackpool

205

240

10

365

35

304

Bolton

345

505

220

685

300

305

Bury

175

195

160

215

(5)-

320

Cheshire

995

1,420

155

(4)-

(4)-

326

Cheshire East

(4)-

(4)-

(4)-

1,085

80

327

Cheshire West and Chester

(4)-

(4)-

(4)-

1,600

45

102

Cumbria

705

965

0

830

0

321

Halton

220

220

575

300

650

315

Knowsley

325

400

45

435

60

323

Lancashire

1,080

1,340

660

1,815

405

316

Liverpool

540

630

245

1,125

580

306

Manchester

590

750

960

860

2,275

307

Oldham

125

120

0

815

320

308

Rochdale

180

270

45

340

70

309

Salford

395

480

0

560

40

317

Sefton

315

400

110

540

125

318

St. Helens

285

475

10

400

185

310

Stockport

275

310

90

490

135

311

Tameside

180

215

35

395

40

312

Trafford

310

385

445

470

755

322

Warrington

205

215

10

945

10

313

Wigan

375

475

445

635

50

319

Wirral

460

330

55

335

165

Yorkshire and the Humber

7,770

10,475

1,885

11,885

(5)-

204

Barnsley

360

405

0

465

140

209

Bradford

395

485

5

610

455

210

Calderdale

195

280

(3)-

665

(3)-

205

Doncaster

245

320

0

295

90

214

East Riding of Yorkshire

265

295

390

435

1,105

215

Kingston upon Hull

220

260

70

370

(5)-

211

Kirklees

285

410

545

1,175

1,120

212

Leeds

615

940

10

1,340

375

216

North East Lincolnshire

200

260

185

300

330

217

North Lincolnshire

130

195

25

380

30

218

North Yorkshire

3,040

4,430

0

3,105

1,340

206

Rotherham

360

460

265

625

30

207

Sheffield

880

1,055

55

1,260

80

213

Wakefield

365

515

10

540

15

219

York

210

165

315

320

575

East Midlands

4,975

7,560

1,590

8,620

3,270

507

Derby

375

370

20

390

95

506

Derbyshire

705

995

(3)-

1,360

60

509

Leicester

280

425

370

545

445

508

Leicestershire

800

1,250

40

1,420

275

503

Lincolnshire

635

1,625

925

1,140

2,010

504

Northamptonshire

770

1,035

65

1,465

155

512

Nottingham

250

375

10

490

5

511

Nottinghamshire

1,135

1,435

130

1,700

175

510

Rutland

25

60

25

110

40

West Midlands

7,785

8,755

8,550

11,495

9,175

406

Birmingham

920

1,250

2,525

1,360

3,045

407

Coventry

580

505

135

565

75

408

Dudley

395

750

355

875

435

415

Herefordshire

155

175

10

310

20

409

Sandwell

385

425

505

435

755

417

Shropshire

340

385

175

1,270

650

410

Solihull

195

285

260

375

415

413

Staffordshire

1,305

2,040

2,060

2,660

815

414

Stoke-on-Trent

290

455

310

475

510

418

Telford and the Wrekin

195

230

0

245

0

411

Walsall

240

315

170

565

225

404

Warwickshire

1,055

870

570

1,070

605

412

Wolverhampton

260

370

355

500

450

416

Worcestershire

1,465

695

1,125

790

1,180

South West

6,450

8,695

2,110

9,415

3,500

908

Bath and North East Somerset

185

200

(3)-

255

60

810

Bournemouth

160

210

135

255

150

909

Bristol

355

475

35

580

70

902

Cornwall

1,280

1,385

(5)-

355

815

912

Devon

1,195

1,280

0

1,380

0

809

Dorset

410

850

10

1,030

10

904

Gloucestershire

455

780

55

1,220

355

906

Isles of Scilly

(3)-

(3)-

10

(3)-

(3)-

910

North Somerset

255

295

20

300

120

913

Plymouth

230

535

385

745

740

811

Poole

190

280

10

380

20

905

Somerset

720

860

(3)-

1,075

5

911

South Gloucestershire

280

440

125

550

145

819

Swindon

155

200

35

230

115

914

Torbay

295

440

85

415

235

817

Wiltshire

290

460

400

640

665

Eastern

7,380

8,750

3,550

(5)-

(5)-

610

Bedfordshire

460

745

360

(4)-

(4)-

625

Bedford

(4)-

(4)-

(4)-

375

350

626

Central Bedfordshire

(4)-

(4)-

(4)-

555

310

623

Cambridgeshire

935

645

1,185

1,110

2,170

620

Essex

2,530

2,635

680

2,710

630

606

Hertfordshire

835

1,355

830

1,825

830

611

Luton

185

235

5

(5)-

(5)-

607

Norfolk

1,395

1,705

360

2,230

395

624

Peterborough

170

270

20

325

50

621

Southend-on-Sea

155

295

60

400

160

609

Suffolk

640

760

20

930

40

622

Thurrock

75

105

20

155

95

London

9,110

12,350

3,620

(5)-

(5)-

716

Barking and Dagenham

285

395

40

575

90

717

Barnet

535

635

260

710

210

718

Bexley

250

400

(5)-

360

0

719

Brent

235

515

5

960

100

720

Bromley

305

390

(3)-

380

55

702

Camden

295

320

100

405

160

714

City of London

35

25

(3)-

65

50

721

Croydon

310

390

20

415

15

722

Ealing

360

460

125

775

160

723

Enfield

335

435

15

515

20

703

Greenwich

270

335

80

395

170

704

Hackney

285

270

35

400

215

705

Hammersmith and Fulham

235

255

125

310

275

724

Haringey

260

300

715

400

1,270

725

Harrow

245

620

305

690

530

726

Havering

260

350

0

425

0

727

Hillingdon

310

360

10

380

20

728

Hounslow

335

375

85

440

105

706

Islington

210

255

90

330

120

707

Kensington and Chelsea

325

360

5

1,245

0

729

Kingston upon Thames

205

265

130

305

170

708

Lambeth

285

325

5

355

110

709

Lewisham

180

455

20

485

220

730

Merton

180

245

20

340

45

731

Newham

370

470

5

(5)-

(5)-

732

Redbridge

280

350

55

580

40

733

Richmond upon Thames

430

425

215

495

210

710

Southwark

200

220

0

250

(3)-

734

Sutton

215

425

230

465

370

711

Tower Hamlets

235

260

185

340

380

735

Waltham Forest

215

335

95

570

185

712

Wandsworth

225

625

310

365

335

713

Westminster

405

510

210

595

155

South East

10,930

13,765

4,495

16,115

(5)-

614

Bracknell Forest

205

330

0

325

195

816

Brighton and Hove

220

320

140

400

175

612

Buckinghamshire

700

710

(5)-

675

710

815

East Sussex

725

1,040

1,710

1,225

1,715

812

Hampshire

1,205

1,775

40

1,530

965

803

Isle of Wight

255

260

35

325

55

820

Kent

1,680

2,340

0

2,935

0

821

Medway Towns

245

335

25

495

35

613

Milton Keynes

360

430

55

1,200

(5)-

608

Oxfordshire

855

925

350

880

755

813

Portsmouth

170

195

35

235

40

616

Reading

135

275

115

275

360

617

Slough

200

220

140

280

260

814

Southampton

335

425

0

575

0

805

Surrey

(5)-

1,525

965

1,865

1,295

615

West Berkshire

225

265

100

235

155

807

West Sussex

800

945

165

1,260

370

618

Windsor and Maidenhead

1,515

1,200

15

1,115

20

619

Wokingham

230

255

20

280

20

England

66,790

86,110

30,425

(5)-

(5)-

(1) Information on carers receiving direct payments was not collected for the period 1 April 2007 to 31 March 2008.
(2) Data for 2009-10 are provisional. No estimates have been made for councils who failed to provide data so some regional totals and the national total are not provided. These will be available when final data are published for 2009-10.
(3 )Data less than or equal to five.
(4) Data not available.
(5) Data not provided.
Source:
RAP P2f, SD1, SD3 and PSSEX

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