HC Deb 22 June 2004 vol 422 cc1344-6W
Dr. Iddon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many of the assessments of need for carers of adult mental health service users under the Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000 resulted in(a) a care plan, (b) service provision and (c) a direct payments package in (i) 2001–02 and (ii) 2002–03; [179271]

(2) how many of the assessments of need for carers of adult mental health service users under the Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000 were (a) sole assessments by social services departments and (b) joint assessment with health service partners or by joint authorities in (i) 2001–02 and (ii) 2002–03. [179272]

Dr. Ladyman

This information is not held centrally.

Dr. Iddon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many local authority social services departments provided assessments of need for carers of adult mental health service users under the Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000 in(a) 2001–02 and (b) 2002–03; and how many assessments were completed in each year. [179273]

Dr. Ladyman

146 of the 150 councils with social service responsibilities provided data on provision of carers assessments in 2001-–02 and 2002–03. This information is not broken down by primary client group of the cared-for person. There were 243,000 carers' assessments in 2001–02 and 287,000 in 2002–03.

Dr. Iddon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many assessments of need to adults with mental health needs under section 47 of the NHS and Community Care Act 1990 resulted in(a) a care plan, (b) service provision and (c) a direct payments package in (i) 2001–02 and (ii) 2002–03. [179274]

Dr. Ladyman

Following an assessment, the number of clients with mental health needs receiving direct payments in 2001–02 and 2002–03 was 200 and 300 respectively for England.

In each of the years 2001–02 and 2002–03 an estimated 73,000 adults aged 18 and over with mental health needs received services following a community care assessment.

Information on the number of assessments of adults with mental health needs that resulted in a care plan is not collected centrally.

Dr. Iddon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many local authority social services Departments provided assessments of need to adults with mental health needs under section 47 of the NHS and Community Care Act 1990 in(a) 2001–02 and (b) 2002–03; and how many assessments were completed in each year. [179275]

Dr. Ladyman

All 150 councils with responsibility for social services provided assessments for people aged 18 and over with mental health needs. There were 129,000 such assessments in 2001–02 and 121,000 in 2002–03.

Dr. Iddon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many of the assessments of need to adults with mental health needs under section 47 of the NHS and Community Care Act 1990 were sole assessments by local authority social services departments in(a) 2001–02 and (b) 2002–03; and how many joint assessments were carried out with health service partners or by joint authorities in each year. [179276]

Dr. Ladyman

This information is not held centrally.

Mrs. Browning

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many in-patient deaths there were in each of the mental health hospital trusts in each of the past five years. [179824]

Ms Rosie Winterton

Information is not available in the requested format.

Information on the number of episodes under mental illness specialities ending in death by provider in each of the last five years has been placed in the Library.