HC Deb 26 February 1998 vol 307 cc340-2W
>Mr. McDonnell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list expenditure on the care of the elderly per health authority and per capita over 65 years for each health authority. [31208]

Mr. Boateng

Information on expenditure by individual health authorities on the care of older people is not collected centrally. However, expenditure in England in 1995–96, the latest year for which figures are available, for the consultant speciality of geriatrics (in and out patient) and geriatric day care only was £1,377,752,000.

Estimated gross current expenditure (cash) on all hospital and community health services in 1995–96 by age for people aged 65 and over is as follows:

£ million
Age Group Expenditure
Age 65–74 3,604
Age 75–84 3,952
Age 85+ 2,059

Estimated gross current expenditure (cash) on hospital and community health services in 1995–96 per head for people aged 65 and over is as follows:

Age Group £
Age 65–74 844.04
Age 75–84 1,539.10
Age 85+ 2,305.31

Mr. Burstow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to end the policy of allowing social services departments to(a) sell and (b) transfer management of council-owned care homes for the elderly. [31467]

Mr. Boateng

We are encouraging authorities to develop a mix of public, private and voluntary sector provision that best suits their local circumstances and ensures an improvement in the efficiency and quality of care delivered.

Mr. McDonnell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list by local authority the population over the age of 65 years in each London borough. [31243]

Mrs. Liddell

I have been asked to reply.

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Chief Executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.

Letter for Tim Holt to Mr. John McDonnell, dated 26 February 1998: As the Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your parliamentary question asking for the population over the age of 65 years in each London borough. The attached table provides the information requested. These data, which are the most recent available, are the mid-1996 population estimates.

Mid-1996 population estimate of resident population by age for London Boroughs
£000
London Borough Persons Aged over 65
City of London 0.9
Barking and Dagenham 24.0
Barnet 43.7
Bexley 31.0
Brent 25.7
Bromley 47.3
Camden 23.0
Croydon 40.0
Ealing 33.0
Enfield 35.7
Greenwich 27.9
Hackney 19.4
Hammersmith and Fulham 16.9
Haringey 21.5
Harrow 27.8
Havering 35.8
Hillingdon 32.5
Hounslow 24.2
Islington 19.6
Kensington and Chelsea 17.8
Kingston upon Thames 19.6
Lambeth 26.9
Lewisham 29.6
Merton 23.3
Newham 22.3
Redbridge 32.0
Richmond upon Thames 25.4
Southwark 26.7
Sutton 25.0
Tower hamlets 19.4
Waltham Forest 26.8
Wandsworth 30.8
Westminster, City of 25.5

Source:

ONS, Population Estimates Unit.