HC Deb 23 March 1998 vol 309 cc47-9W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the spending on care of the elderly per resident of pensionable age in each social services authority and in England as a whole in the last year for which figures are available. [35566]

Mr. Boateng

Figures of gross current expenditure on care of elderly per head of population aged 65 and over in each social services department and in England in 1995–96, the latest year for which information is available, are given in the table.

Gross expenditure on care of elderly per head of population aged 65 and over in each social services department in England,1995–96
Social services department £ per head
Avon 516
Barking & Dagenham 631
Barnet 633
Barnsley 505
Bedfordshire 541
Berkshire 534
Bexley 551
Birmingham 628
Gross expenditure on care of elderly per head of population aged 65 and over in each social services department in England,1995–96
Social services department £ per head
Bolton 552
Bradford 564
Brent 756
Bromley 434
Buckinghamshire 514
Bury 689
Calderdale 735
Cambridgeshire 409
Camden 1,148
Cheshire 459
City of London 2,102
Cleveland 452
Cornwall 348
Coventry 525
Croydon 590
Cumbria 427
Derbyshire 558
Devon 465
Doncaster 654
Dorset 349
Dudley 526
Durham 479
Ealing 627
East Sussex 377
Enfield 608
Essex 453
Gateshead 613
Gloucestershire 297
Greenwich 742
Hackney 1,386
Hammersmith & Fulham 1,105
Hampshire 433
Haringey 1,027
Harrow 600
Havering 500
Hereford & Worcester 414
Hertfordshire 494
Hillingdon 602
Hounslow 639
Humberside 523
Isle of Wight UA 383
Isles of Scilly 549
Islington 1,279
Kensington & Chelsea 930
Kent 504
Kingston Upon Thames 606
Kirklees 616
Knowsley 472
Lambeth 973
Lancashire 527
Leeds 571
Leicestershire 499
Lewisham 887
Lincolnshire 344
Liverpool 827
Manchester 802
Merton 554
Newcastle Upon Tyne 533
Newham 1,160
Norfolk 448
North Tyneside 350
North Yorkshire 453
Northamptonshire 486
Gross expenditure on care of elderly per head of population aged 65 and over in each social services department in England,1995–96
Social services department £ per head
Northumberland 505
Nottinghamshire 630
Oldham 676
Oxfordshire 438
Redbridge 517
Richmond Upon Thames 622
Rochdale 635
Rotherham 575
Salford 605
Sandwell 609
Sefton 531
Sheffield 641
Shropshire 443
Solihull 402
Somerset 306
South Tyneside 587
Southwark 1,194
St. Helens 594
Staffordshire 505
Stockport 598
Suffolk 466
Sunderland 563
Surrey 442
Sutton 606
Tameside 560
Tower Hamlets 1,203
Trafford 417
Wakefield 499
Walsall 508
Waltham Forest 679
Wandsworth 922
Warwickshire 421
West Sussex 432
Westminster 1,009
Wigan 520
Wiltshire 382
Wirral 555
Wolverhampton 688
England 526

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