§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give a regional analysis of new kidney patients accepted per million of population in 1980, 1981 and 1982, an estimate of the numbers for 1983 and a projection of the numbers for 1984, 1985 and 1986.
§ Mr. John Patten[pursuant to his reply, 18 January 1984, c. 249]: Following are the figures supplied by the European Dialysis and Transplant Association for 1980 and 1981.
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New kidney patients per million total population Region 1980 1981 Northern 32.3 29.4 Yorkshire 20.8 22.2 Trent 24.0 30.7 East Anglian 35.3 28.9 North West Thames 24.0 22.6 North East Thames 32.4 32.2 South East Thames* 45.1 42.0 South West Thames* 9.0 12.3 Wessex 17.0 27.4 Oxford 21.3 25.7
New kidney patients per million total population Region 1980 1981 South Western 19.7 22.0 West Midlands 21.9 22.5 Mersey 21.2 14.2 North Western 16.0 20.2 * A combined service is provided for the South East and South West Thames regions. Figures for 1982 are not yet available, and it is not possible at this stage to provide either estimates for 1983 or projections for later years.
§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give a regional analysis of patients who received a kidney transplant in the years 1980, 1981 and 1982; and if he will provide an estimate of the numbers for 1983.
§ Mr. John Patten[pursuant to his reply, 18 January 1984, c. 249]: Following are the figures supplied by the European Dialysis and Transplant Association for 1980 and 1981:
Region Number of kidney transplants 1980 1981 Northern 50 34 Yorkshire 41 37 Trent 72 69 East Anglian 35 40 North-West Thames 48 50 North-East Thames 74 73 South-East Thames 159 142 South-West Thames 14 14 Wessex 45 49 Oxford 51 39 South Western 30 33 West Midlands 101 69 Mersey 48 40 North Western 53 37 The 1982 United Kingdom total was 1,030 and the provisional 1983 total 1,160, but it is not yet possible to provide a regional breakdown.
§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will break down (a) claims and (b) awards of invalidity benefit, non-contributory invalidity pension and housewives' non-contributory invalidity pension, respectively, in the last 12 months for which figures are available by each five year age band from 16 to 65 years.
§ Mr. Newton[pursuant to his reply, 18 January 1984, c. 250]: Information regarding claims is not available. The number of awards commencing in the period June 1981 to May 1982 analysed by age at May 1982 is as follows:
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Invalidity benefit Non-contributory invalidity pension Housewives non-contributory invalidity pension Under 20 3,900 4,800 — 20–24 24,000 1,500 — 25–29 25,200 1,300 200 30–34 26,600 900 400 35–39 27,400 900 300 40–44 27,000 1,800 500 45–49 28,500 1,400 800 50–54 33,600 1,900 700 55–59 49,300 2,000 1,700 60–64 51,400 400 — 65+ 6,000 — — Source: 1 per cent. sample of claimants.