§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the total payments for winter emergencies to each local authority and each health district in London; and what(a) conditions and (b) monitoring requirements are attached to such payments. [17373]
§ Mr. MilburnThe allocation of additional resources to health authorities in London is set out in the table. The table also shows how much each of the London HAs will be transferring to its local authority social services departments.
London Has Additional resources allocated to each HA Amount of HA allocation for socialservices initiatives £000 £000 £000 Barnet 1,057 367 Barking and Havering 1,092 808 Brent and Harrow 1,419 340 Camden and Islington 1,429 171 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 2,919 1,080 East London and The City 3,563 1,603 Enfield and Haringey 1,431 286 Hillingdon 1,100 396 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 690 282 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 2,121 890 Bexley and Greenwich 1,097 347 Bromley 650 52 Croydon 969 324 Kingston and Richmond 988 195 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham1 3,980 828 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 2,332 528 Information correct as at 24 November 1997. 1 Includes an extra £300,000 allocated to London Ambulance Services to be administered by the HA. The allocations were made to health authorities and trusts to manage additional winter emergency service 522W pressures and are directed towards specific schemes which should prove of lasting benefit. Considerable investment has been targeted at developments in primary and community health services, and social services, which help care for people at home or expedite their discharge from hospital when it is appropriate.
Both North and South Thames Regional Offices will monitor progress on all schemes via their regular contact with health authorities and trusts.