§ Helen JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the proportion of non-executive posts filled by people living in Warrington, North in health authorities and trusts covering the Warrington, North constituency(a) in 1997 and (b) at the latest available date. [28056]
§ Jacqui Smith[holding answer 17 January 2002]: The information requested is given in the table:
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Non-executive posts on national health service boards serving the Warrington North constituency occupied by people living in Warrington North1 1997(April) 2002(January) Clatterbridge Centre Oncology NHS Trust 0(6) 0(6) Mersey Regional Ambulance Service NHS Trust 0(5) 0(5) North Cheshire Health Authority 1(6) 1(6) North Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust 2— 1(6)
Non-executive posts on national health service boards serving the Warrington North constituency occupied by people living in Warrington North1 1997 (April) 2002 (January) Warrington Community Trust 2(6) 2(6) Warrington Primary Care Trust 2— 30(0) Warrington Hospital NHS Trust 0(6) 2— 5 Boroughs NHS Trust 2— 30(0) Cheshire and Merseyside Strategic Health Authority 2— 40(l) Total 3(29) 4(30) 1Figures in brackets give total number of non-executives on board. 2Body did not exist or no longer exists 3No appointments made to date 4Only chair appointment made to date
Table 1: Number of nursing homes and private hospitals and clinics, 1997 to 2001—as at 31 March Health authority1 19972 19982 19992 20002 20012 Barking and Havering 18 22 23 24 24 Barnet 29 34 35 36 32 Bexley and Greenwich 19 29 28 24 23 Brent and Harrow 24 32 37 35 37 Bromley 35 34 29 29 29 Camden and Islington 14 14 17 18 17 Croydon 33 36 40 3— 38 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 23 33 30 34 32 East London and The City 15 16 26 19 20 Enfield and Haringey 30 32 31 28 29 Hillingdon 13 12 13 14 15 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 40 57 63 63 71 Kingston and Richmond 23 23 22 22 22 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 49 58 68 69 67 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 61 61 66 66 68 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 24 27 26 27 24 1Information on nursing homes is collected at health authority rather than local authority level. 2The number of homes in 1997 refers to the period 1 October 1996 to 31 March 1997 3Not available Source:
Department of Health annual returns
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Table 2: Number of residential care homes1,21997 to 2001 At 31 March London Borough3 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Barking and Dagenham 29 33 33 33 31 Barnet 112 130 127 132 126 Bexley 58 64 67 67 63 Brent 92 95 97 87 87 Bromley 112 100 107 107 99 Camden 70 66 56 55 47 City of London 0 0 0 0 0 Croydon 143 185 183 192 207 Ealing 101 120 100 72 100 Enfield 113 126 124 117 123 Greenwich 46 50 19 45 47 Hackney 39 39 34 38 46 Hammersmith and Fulham 34 33 4— 33 32 Haringey 104 94 109 116 122 Harrow 77 76 75 77 76 Havering 66 61 64 63 65 Hillingdon 68 70 67 71 68 Hounslow 39 44 43 48 40 Islington 43 42 55 41 40 Kensington and Chelsea 22 21 18 18 16 Kingston-upon-Thames 71 70 71 66 65 Lambeth 119 115 114 108 105 Lewisham 83 76 87 84 85 Merton 54 52 60 56 61 Newham 47 52 50 55 57 Redbridge 69 77 72 75 70 Richmond-upon-Thames 54 63 59 55 55 Southwark 78 46 73 72 72 Sutton 62 64 62 60 59 Tower Hamlets 31 28 28 28 23 Waltham Forest 99 98 118 109 108 Wandsworth 80 77 78 98 95 Westminster 40 41 35 36 35