§ Mr. DrewTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish statistics for levels for the provision of care, broken down by area. [650161
§ Jacqui Smith[holding answer 27 June 2002]The Department publishes a wide range of health and social care statistics for relevant areas and some of these statistics are available broken down by level of care. As well as printed publications available in the Library, these statistics may be found on the Department's website.
The address for health care statistics is: www.doh.gov.uk/ public/pub_health_care.htm.
The address for social care statistics is: www.doh.gov.uld public/pub_social_care.htm.
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Details of the numbers of approved foster carers taken from the TSP application forms for the five years 1998–99 to 2002–03 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 Local authority names Directly contracted by local council Contracted via independent agency Total number of foster carers Directly contracted by local council Contracted via independent agency Total number of foster carers Directly contracted by local council Contracted via independent agency Total number of faster carers Barking and Dagenham 116 10 126 89 10 99 77 33 110 Barnet 66 0 66 79 18 97 83 40 123 Barnsley 147 0 147 137 0 137 122 7 129 Bath and North East Somerset 101 2 103 97 6 103 99 6 105 Bedfordshire 156 12 168 139 13 152 190 13 203 Bexley 113 32 145 87 31 118 108 15 123 Birmingham 707 67 774 670 62 732 657 0 657 Blackburn 78 0 78 80 0 80 63 1 64 Blackpool 88 0 88 97 4 101 91 0 91 Bolton 150 1 151 149 1 150 152 1 153 Bournemouth 84 0 84 72 0 72 84 4 88 Bracknell Forest 45 0 45 32 1 33 70 0 70 Bradford 186 0 186 185 0 185 190 0 190 Brent 162 23 185 150 45 195 114 58 172 Brighton and Hove 233 8 241 344 6 350 336 9 345 Bristol 272 40 312 232 40 272 232 40 272 Bromley 103 29 132 77 82 159 77 82 159 Buckinghamshire 141 0 141 126 9 135 275 0 275 Bury 124 4 128 133 5 138 108 6 114 Calderdale 132 0 132 120 6 126 120 2 122 Cambridgeshire 323 0 323 295 4 299 281 3 284 Camden 93 0 93 106 40 146 132 33 165 Cheshire 444 0 444 444 0 444 360 0 360 City of London 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cornwall 355 0 355 325 0 325 342 1 343 Coventry 229 9 238 208 32 240 210 40 250 Croydon 0 0 0 149 6 155 281 14 295 Cumbria 298 3 301 295 0 295 250 2 252 Darlington 48 0 48 54 8 62 59 7 66 Derby City 368 0 368 210 3 213 184 4 188 Derbyshire 444 0 444 444 0 444 447 2 449 Devon 326 6 332 363 8 371 363 8 371 Doncaster 130 0 130 130 0 130 233 2 235 Dorset 276 0 276 276 0 276 263 0 263 Dudley 152 0 152 150 4 154 150 4 154 Durham 237 1 238 256 1 257 215 0 215 Ealing 110 0 110 180 0 180 125 0 125 East Riding of Yorkshire 109 0 109 205 0 205 170 0 170 East Sussex 347 0 347 347 0 347 300 0 300 Enfield 0 0 0 107 1 1 118 107 11 118 Essex 514 34 548 625 5 630 430 0 430 Gateshead 133 0 133 120 2 122 120 0 120 Gloucestershire 330 0 330 266 0 266 650 140 790 Greenwich 135 0 135 150 35 185 150 35 185 Hackney 250 0 250 160 12 172 183 50 233 Figures on national health service in-patient care are available for a range of areas from the hospital episode statistics (HES) database and may be found at the HES website at: www.doh.gov.uk/hes/index.html.