§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will give, for each district in 1984–85, the total expenditure on cleaning, the expenditure on services provided by private cleaning companies, the latter figure as a percentage of the former, and the difference between that percentage and the percentage in the previous year;
(2) if he will give for each district in 1984–85 the total expenditure on catering, the expenditure on services provided by private catering companies, the latter figure as a percentage of the former, and the difference between that percentage and the percentage in the previous year;
(3) if he will give for 1984–85 for each region the figures for payments to outside contractors for support services and for contractual arrangements for patient care indicating the services provided; if he will also give each figure as a percentage of the total expenditure on the relevant service in each region; and if he will also give the 1983–84 figures for comparison.
§ Mr. HayhoeI shall let the hon. Member have replies as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give for each year since 1979 the percentage of the expenditure on (a) laundry, (b) domestic-cleaning services and (c) catering which has been paid to private contractors in the National Health Service.
§ Mr. HayhoeFollowing is the information requested, derived from the annual accounts of regional and district health authorities in England together with those of the special health authorities for the London postgraduate teaching hospitals.
Percentages of the relevant current expenditure paid to private contractors Laundry Domestic-cleaning services Catering 1979–80 14.1 2.4 0.2 1980–81 12.0 2.5 0.3 1981–82 11.7 2.1 0.2 1982–83 11.5 2.0 0.2 1983–84 9.7 2.0 0.2 *1984–85 11.0 2.2 0.5 * Provisional figures. Note:
The figures are not strictly comparable over the whole period as value added tax on contracted out services became reclaimable by health authorities on 1 September 1983.
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give for each district in 1984–85 the total expenditure on laundry, the expenditure on services provided by private laundry companies, the latter figure as a percentage of the former and the difference between that percentage and the percentage in the previous year.
§ Mr. HayhoeI shall let the hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report details of the progress made by district health authorities in England in putting their services out to tender since 31 March in the manner of the answer to the hon. Member for Harborough (Sir J. Farr) on 12 June, Official Report, columns 489–493.
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§ Mr. HayhoeThe position as at 30 September is shown in the tables. We are aware of 107 contracts which have been let to private contractors and these will realise an estimated £15.1 million in annual savings. Two hundred and fifty-eight tenders have been secured by in-house organisations and these will produce estimated annual savings of £13.9 million.
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Districts Percentage of Service put out to Tender Estimated Annual Savings £ Catering Domestic Laundry Northern RHA Hartlepool 12 15 nil — North Tees nil 14 nil — South Tees 4 3 nil 45,000 East Cumbria nil nil nil — South Cumbria nil 100 100 — West Cumbria nil 3 nil 1,000 Darlington nil nil nil — Durham nil nil nil — North West Durham nil nil 100 18,000 South West Durham nil nil nil — Newcastle 21 56 22 1,025,000 North Tyneside nil 60 100 6,000 South Tyneside 38 80 nil 31,000 Sunderland 3 5 nil 15,000 Northumberland 11 15 29 108,000 Gateshead 51 43 nil 38,000 Yorkshire RHA Hull 13 15 nil 158,000 East Yorkshire nil 26 56 298,000 Grimsby 76 3 nil 83,000 Scunthorpe 61 nil nil 75,000 Northallerton 100 nil 100 16,000 York nil 21 nil 169,000 Scarborough 28 24 100 48,000 Harrogate 21 14 nil 8,000 Bradford nil 11 nil 17,000 Airedale nil nil nil — Calderdale 100 100 100 530,000 Huddersfleld nil 2 nil 24,000 Dewsbury nil nil 100 64,000 Leeds Eastern nil nil nil — Leeds Western 13 27 nil 197,000 Wakefield 11 nil 100 — Pontefract nil nil 100 49,000 Trent RHA North Derbyshire 34 29 nil 197,000 South Derbyshire nil 13 nil 60,000 Leicestershire nil 50 nil — North Lincolnshire 1 20 100 151,000 South Lincolnshire 31 35 nil 124,000 Bassetlaw nil 21 nil — C Notts nil 72 nil — Nottingham 5 8 9 260,000 Barnsley 23 23 nil 197,000 Doncaster 6 35 nil 55,000 Rotherham nil 6 nil — Sheffield 9 16 66 206,000 East Anglian RHA Cambridge 41 75 nil 455,000 Peterborough nil 68 nil 115,000 Huntingdon nil 100 100 490,000 Great Yarmouth/Waverley nil 64 100 261,000 West Norfolk/Wisbech 100 100 100 399,000 Norwich 13 55 100 837,000 West Suffolk nil 100 nil 160,000 501W
Districts Percentage of Service put out to Tender Estimated Annual Savings £ Catering Domestic Laundry East Suffolk 19 27 100 421,000 North West Thames RHA North Bedfordshire 100 nil 100 66,000 South Bedfordshire nil 34 100 285,000 North Hertfordshire nil 1 100 17,000 North West Hertfordshire 16 21 100 192,000 South West Hertfordshire nil 46 nil — East Hertfordshire nil nil 100 — Barnet 100 nil 100 8,000 Harrow 100 nil 100 15,000 Hillingdon 82 100 100 106,000 Ealing nil 100 100 526,000 Hounslow/Spelthorne nil 100 100 1,412,000 Riverside (Hammersmith/Fulham) nil 42 100 (Victoria) 33 59 49 1,086,000 Paddington & North Kensington 49 81 100 345,000 North East Thames RHA Brent nil nil nil — Barking 100 26 nil 101,000 Basildon nil nil 100 74,000 Bloomsbury nil nil 100 — City & Hackney nil nil nil — Enfield nil nil nil — Hampstead nil nil nil — Haringey nil 59 nil 334,000 Islington 2 nil nil 7,000 Mid Essex nil 80 100 494,000 Newham nil 18 100 45,000 Redbridge nil 19 nil 130,000 Tower Hamlets nil 59 nil 271,000 Waltham Forest 10 7 40 100,000 West Essex 35 32 100 156,000 Southend nil 8 100 209,000 North East Essex 35 12 nil 159,000 South East Thames RHA Bexley nil 97 100 9,000 Brighton 19 13 nil 15,000 Bromley 100 98 100 1,040,000 Camberwell nil nil 100 56,000 Canterbury Thanet nil 100 — 403,000 Dartford Gravesham nil nil nil — Eastbourne 57 18 nil 124,000 Greenwich nil nil nil — Hastings nil 29 — 8,000 Lewisham North Southwark nil nil nil — Maidstone 45 70 100 496,000 Medway 56 83 nil 188,000 South East Kent 100 19 nil 154,000 Tunbridge Wells 13 nil 100 — West Lambeth nil nil 100 100,000 South West Thames RHA North West Surrey nil 87 100 382,000 West Surrey North East Hants 10 30 94 32,000 502W
Districts Percentage of Service put out to Tender Estimated Annual Savings £ Catering Domestic Laundry East Surrey nil 66 36 620,000 Mid Surrey 30 nil 30 55,000 South West Surrey 15 17 nil 165,000 Mid Downs 25 70 100 220,000 Chichester 45 59 nil 344,000 Worthing 100 51 nil 228,000 Kingston Esher 8 44 79 532,000 Croydon nil 18 62 180,000 Richmond Twickenham Roehampton 72 66 93 799,000 Wandsworth nil 98 100 248,000 Merton Sutton 29 85 26 1,116,000 Wessex RHA East Dorset 28 17 100 63,000 West Dorset 2 nil nil — Portsmouth nil nil nil — Southampton nil 8 17 45,000 Winchester 8 6 100 75,000 Basingstoke nil nil 1 15,000 Salisbury nil nil nil — Swindon 5 7 nil 30,000 Bath nil nil nil — Isle of Wight nil nil nil — Oxford RHA East Berkshire 8 6 nil 61,000 West Berkshire 7 5 nil 88,000 Aylesbury Vale 52 100 nil 360,000 Milton Keynes nil 100 nil 98,000 Wycombe nil 100 nil 134,000 Kettering nil 22 nil 77,000 Northampton 2 nil 100 6,000 Oxford 7 75 nil 510,000 South Western RHA Cheltenham 100 nil 100 31,000 Gloucester nil nil 100 53,000 Frenchay 37 20 nil 76,000 Bristoil/Weston nil 8 nil 63,000 Southmead 4 16 100 51,000 Somerset 53 57 100 887,000 Exeter nil nil nil — North Devon nil 100 100 131,000 Torbay 100 30 nil 29,000 Plymouth nil nil 100 60,000 Cornwall/Isles of Scilly 26 44 56 520,000 West Midlands RHA Mid Staffordshire 12 nil nil 15,000 South Warwickshire nil 16 nil 84,000 Kidderminster nil nil nil — Shropshire nil 4 nil 43,000 North Staffordshire 19 7 nil 67,000 Coventry nil 1 nil 3,000 Bromsgrove and Redditch nil 33 nil 97,000 Herefordshire nil 1 nil 3,000 Rugby 100 26 100 10,000 North Warwickshire nil 3 100 73,000 Solihull 38 48 nil 366,000 Wolverhampton nil nil nil — Walsall 26 nil nil 11,000 North Birmingham nil 9 nil 24,000 Dudley nil 8 nil 57,000 Sandwell nil nil nil — East Birmingham nil 27 nil 154,000
Districts Percentage of Service put out to Tender Estimated Annual Savings £ Catering Domestic Laundry Central Birmingham 6 18 nil 104,000 South Birmingham nil nil nil — South East Staffordshire 29 52 nil 162,000 Worcester nil 12 nil 21,000 West Birmingham nil nil nil — Mersey RHA Southport/Formby nil 28 nil 17,000 South Sefton nil 2 nil 12,000 St Helens/Knowsley 100 nil nil — Wirral 36 43 nil 59,000 Liverpool nil nil nil — Macclesfield nil 87 nil 156,000 Halton 18 19 100 46,000 Warrington nil 96 nil 589,000 Chester 53 100 100 795,000 Crewe 42 89 nil 478,000 North Western RHA North Manchester nil nil nil — Central Manchester 56 nil 100 144,000 Wigan 33 25 nil 31,000 Stockport 70 nil nil 163,000 Tameside/Glossop 28 nil nil 2,000 Bolton nil 3 nil — Bury 65 13 nil 37,000 Chorley/South Ribble nil 14 nil — Preston nil nil nil — Lancaster 4 nil nil 35,000 Blackpool nil nil nil — Burnley 9 6 nil — South Manchester nil 2 nil 9,000 Trafford nil 10 100 — Oldham 36 nil nil — Salford nil nil nil — West Lancashire nil 3 nil 4,000 Blackburn nil nil nil — Rochdale 12 19 nil 4,000