HC Deb 17 April 1985 vol 77 cc214-9W
Ms. Harman

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the latest available data on personal social services gross current expenditure, including joint finance, in similar form to that provided in 1984 to the Social Services Committee and published on page 14 of HC 395; and if he will publish a similar table showing (a) net current expenditure in constant prices, (b) gross unit costs, (c) net unit costs and (d) activity levels.

Mr. John Patten

[pursuant to his reply, 26 March 1985, c. 164]: The information requested on personal social services expenditure, unit costs and activity levels is given in the tables. In line with the Department's submission to the Social Services Committee in 1984, the expenditure and unit cost figures are expressed in in-put volume terms (that is after allowing for personal social services pay and price movements). Additionally, tables on personal social services net and gross current expenditure are also given in economic cost terms to provide a more complete picture of expenditure trends.

The figures are derived using the Department's programme budget methodology as described in last year's submission to the Social Services Committee and published in its fourth report (HC 395). These estimates of expenditure are valid for monitoring broad trends but not for making close comparisons between programmes.

It should also be noted that the expenditure and activity data are derived from separate returns, the activity figures are mostly based on a count at 31 March and may not always reflect the average position over the year: this is

TABLE 1
Personal Social Services Gross Current Expenditure including Joint Finance (J/F) In-put Volume 1983–84 Prices (£ million)
1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 *1983–84
Residential Elderly 533.4 545.6 566.4 586.7 592.3 572.8 582.3 601.1
Residential YPH 34.2 38.7 41.3 42.0 44.3 45.3 47.6 49.0
Residential Mental Illness 13.9 15.1 16.6 18.1 19.4 18.5 19.2 20.2
Residential MH Adults 45.1 51.5 56.6 61.8 66.2 70.9 78.4 87.2
Residential MH Children 16.2 17.9 19.5 22.8 25.8 27.9 30.0 33.1
Residential Children 349.0 344.9 353.0 359.2 363.5 345.5 323.2 302.6
Residential Children Other 8.7 10.0 12.6 16.8 16.0 14.6 16.1 12.1
Day Care Elderly 29.8 34.1 37.3 40.8 42.0 45.6 47.6 52.1
Day Care YPH 19.9 20.1 20.7 19.9 20.9 20.0 20.6 22.7
Day Care MI 8.4 9.1 10.5 11.6 12.1 12.3 14.5 15.9
Day Care ATC 73.3 77.6 82.1 83.7 85.7 89.2 95.0 98.6
Day Nurseries 69.5 70.4 72.1 71.7 77.7 78.6 80.4 82.7
Day Children Other 7.5 7.7 8.9 9.8 10.1 11.1 12.0 13.5
Social Workers 218.9 227.1 228.3 260.9 281.3 284.5 291.6 303.3
Home Helps 235.1 240.9 255.5 258.5 262.3 256.7 264.9 282.3
Boarding Out 44.4 48.2 55.1 56.9 59.3 66.1 73.6 78.7
Meals 42.9 44.2 47.6 49.1 46.7 44.6 46.8 49.6
Aids etc. 29.9 27.6 31.5 30.0 28.7 28.0 29.5 32.1
Intermediate Treatment 2.4 4.0 5.3 6.1 7.5 9.4 11.3 13.3
Other LA 58.9 60.8 65.9 70.2 69.5 72.9 81.3 91.7
LA Administration 295.1 290.2 297.3 295.0 303.2 296.6 300.2 313.8
Training 14.7 17.0 15.1 14.7 15.2 14.7 14.9 17.5
Total PSS (including J/F) 2,150.1 2,202.8 2,299.2 2,386.3 2,448.5 2,425.7 2,481.1 2,573.0
Joint Finance 2.6 16.8 28.2 34.8 46.6 56.0 59.6 64.5
Total PSS (excluding J/F) 2,147.5 2,186.0 2,271.0 2,351.5 2,401.9 2,369.7 2,421.5 2,508.5
* Provisional.

TABLE 2
Personal Social Services Net Current Expenditure including Joint Finance In-put Volume 1983–84 Prices (£ million)
1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 Provisional
Residential Elderly 335.0 334.4 348.0 375.0 383.6 364.8 364.4 374.6
Residential YPH 25.2 29.3 31.4 32.7 34.8 36.1 38.2 39.2
Residential Mental Illness 9.8 10.9 12.1 13.5 14.8 14.1 14.6 15.4
Residential MH Adults 31.4 36.6 40.6 45.5 49.9 54.0 59.9 67.1
Residential MH Children 15.0 16.7 18.4 21.8 24.9 26.9 29.0 31.9
Residential Children 295.1 294.2 299.9 307.8 316.5 303.2 286.8 270.7
Residential Children Other 8.7 9.9 12.4 16.6 15.9 14.5 16.1 12.0
Day Care Elderly 27.9 32.1 35.1 38.5 39.7 43.2 45.0 48.9
Day Care YPH 18.7 18.9 19.5 18.8 19.8 18.9 19.4 21.3
Day Care MI 7.9 8.6 9.9 11.0 11.5 11.6 13.7 14.9
Day Care ATC 64.3 68.0 72.3 74.3 76.7 80.7 86.0 89.4
Day Nurseries 64.6 65.6 67.6 67.4 73.6 74.9 76.9 79.2
Day Children Other 7.4 7.6 8.7 9.6 10.0 10.9 11.8 12.0
Social Workers 218.7 226.8 228.0 260.6 281.0 283.9 290.9 302.1
Home Helps 224.8 229.3 242.8 244.7 242.7 238.5 247.0 262.7
Boarding Out 40.8 46.1 52.7 54.6 56.9 63.6 71.1 76.0
Meals 32.7 32.3 34.7 35.4 32.3 29.7 30.4 31.5
Aids etc. 26.8 24.6 27.9 26.3 24.9 24.4 25.7 28.4
Intermed Treatment 2.1 3.9 5.3 6.1 7.5 9.4 11.3 13.2
Other LA 54.9 57.0 61.7 66.1 66.1 69.4 77.5 87.6
LA Administration 287.8 285.6 292.5 290.1 299.0 292.8 296.9 310.9
Training 14.7 17.0 15.1 14.7 15.2 14.7 14.9 17.5
Total PSS (incl. J/F) 1,814.2 1,855.5 1,936.6 2,030.9 2,097.2 2,080.1 2,127.4 2,206.5
Joint Finance 2.6 16.8 28.2 34.8 46.6 56.0 59.6 64.5
Total PSS (excl. J/F) 1,811.6 1,838.7 1,908.4 1,996.1 2,050.6 2,024.1 2,067.8 2,142.0

thought to be particularly relevant to data on residential care (especially those for mentally handicapped children) which are currently the subject of a Departmental review.

TABLE 3
Personal Social Services Unit Costs including Joint Finance
Input Volume 1983–84 Prices (£)
1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 *1983–84
Residential Elderly 4,576 4,629 4,835 4,938 5,042 4,902 5,040 5,352
Residental YPH 3,312 3,776 4,129 4,503 4,556 4,966 5,274 5,642
Residential Mental Illness 3,137 3,204 3,420 3,630 4,368 4,111 4,485 5,052
Residential MH Adults 4,352 4,504 4,724 4,835 4,915 5,023 5,261 5,643
Residential MH Children 10,089 10,755 11,576 12,696 14,198 15,921 17,001 20,233
Residential Children 9,696 9,970 10,716 11,042 12,241 13,111 14,605 ‡15,207
Day Care Elderly 1,429 1,435 1,456 1,499 1,543 1,515 1,578 1,698
Day Care YPH 1,429 1,435 1,456 1,499 1,543 1,518 1,579 1,698
Day Care MI 1,429 1,435 1,456 1,499 1,543 1,502 1,582 1,698
Day Care ATC 1,884 1,899 1,936 1,969 1,975 1,976 2,041 2,080
Day Nurseries 2,399 2,418 2,404 2,367 2,575 2,561 2,675 2,732
Boarding Out 1,384 1,455 1,606 1,616 1,658 1,792 2,016 ‡2,112
* Provisional
‡ Highly provisional

TABLE 4
Personal Social Services Unit Costs including Joint Finance
In-put Volume 1983–84 Prices £
1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 *1983–84
Residential Elderly 2,874 2,837 2,971 3,156 3,265 3,122 3,154 3,336
Residential YPH 2,441 2,860 3,142 3,504 3,576 3,952 4,232 4,518
Residential Mental Illness 2,215 2,329 2,500 2,701 3,346 3,131 3,423 3,840
Residential MH Adults 3,026 3,206 3,392 3,558 3,706 3,830 4,017 4,344
Residential MH Children 9,301 10,041 10,947 12.152 13,690 15,337 16,410 19,508
Residential Children 8,196 8,505 9,105 9,462 10,656 11,505 12,961 ‡13,601
Day Care Elderly 1,341 1.351 1,372 1,416 1,459 1,434 1,491 1,595
Day Care YPH 1,341 1,350 1,372 1,416 1,459 1,436 1,492 1,594
Day Care MI 1,341 1,351 1,372 1,416 1,459 1,421 1,495 1,595
Day Care ATC 1,652 1,664 1,703 1,748 1,768 1,787 1,847 1,884
Day Nurseries 2,228 2,253 2,255 2,224 2,441 2,439 2,559 2,614
Boarding Out 1,272 1,391 1,535 1,549 1,591 1,725 1,947 ‡2,039
* Provisional
‡Highly provisional

TABLE 5
Personal Social Services Activities
1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 *1983–84
Residential Elderly 116,564 117,878 117,136 118,813 117,483 116,845 115,538 112,303
Residential YPH 10,331 10,243 10,008 9,321 9,719 9,129 9,024 8,687
Residential Mental Illness 4,444 4,699 4,852 4,983 4,432 4,493 4,276 4,007
Residential MH Adults 10,370 11,429 11,976 12,783 13,464 14,107 14,911 15,452
Residential MH Children 1,609 1,666 1,684 1,792 1,817 1,755 1,765 1,636
Residential Children 36,000 34,590 32,940 32,534 29,700 26,353 22,131 119,900
Day Care Elderly 20,828 23,757 25,593 27,222 27,244 30,118 30,167 30,658
Day Care YPH 13,957 13,977 14,192 13,287 13,552 13,150 13,033 13,374
Day Care MI 5,886 6,358 7,201 7,740 7,856 8,196 9,143 9,373
Day Care ATC 38,900 40,891 42,427 42,517 43,407 45,152 46,558 47,419
Day Nurseries 28,985 29,125 29,979 30,297 30,158 30,695 30,051 30,283
Boarding Out 32,100 33,132 34,324 35,241 35,749 36,876 36,524 137,263
*Provisional
† Highly provisional

TABLE 6
Personal Social Services Gross Current Expenditure including Joint Finance
Economic cost 1983–84 Prices
£ million
1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 *1983–84
Residential elderly 525.8 521.5 533.9 557.2 571.8 564.8 578.0 601.1
Residential YPH 33.7 37.0 39.0 39.9 42.7 44.7 47.2 49.0
Residential mental illness 13.7 14.4 15.6 17.2 18.7 18.2 19.0 20.2
Residential MI-I adults 44.5 49.2 53.3 58.8 63.9 69.8 77.9 87.2
Residential MH children 16.0 17.1 18.4 21.6 24.9 27.5 29.8 33.1
Residential children 344.2 329.5 332.7 341.1 350.9 340.7 320.9 302.6

1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 *1983–84
Residential children other 8.6 9.6 11.8 16.0 15.5 14.4 16.0 12.1
Day care elderly 29.4 32.6 35.1 38.8 40.6 45.0 47.3 52.1
Day care YPH 19.7 19.2 19.5 18.9 20.2 19.7 20.4 22.7
Day care MI 8.3 8.7 9.9 11.0 11.7 12.1 14.4 15.9
Day care ATC 72.3 74.2 77.4 79.6 82.8 87.9 94.3 98.6
Day nurseries 68.6 67.3 67.9 68.1 75.0 77.5 79.8 82.7
Day children other 7.4 7.4 8.4 9.3 9.8 10.9 11.9 13.5
Social workers 215.9 217.0 215.2 247.9 271.6 280.5 289.5 303.3
Home helps 231.8 230.2 240.8 245.6 253.3 253.0 263.0 282.3
Boarding out 43.8 46.1 51.9 54.1 57.2 65.2 73.1 78.7
Meals 42.3 42.2 44.8 46.6 45.1 44.0 46.4 49.6
Aids etc. 29.4 26.3 29.7 28.5 27.7 27.6 29.2 32.1
Intermed treatment 2.3 3.8 5.0 5.8 7.2 9.2 11.2 13.3
Other LA 58.1 58.1 62.1 66.7 67.1 71.8 80.7 91.7
LA Administration 291.0 277.3 280.2 280.2 292.7 292.4 298.0 313.8
Training 14.5 16.2 14.2 14.0 14.7 14.5 14.8 17.5
Total PSS (including J/F) 2,120.1 2,104.9 2,167.0 2,266.9 2,363.8 2,391.5 2,463.0 2,573.0
Joint finance 2.6 16.1 26.5 34.0 45.2 54.8 59.2 64.5
Total PSS (excluding J/F) 2.117.5 2,088.8 2,140.5 2,232.9 2,318.6 2,336.7 2,403.8 2,508.5
* Provisional.

TABLE 7
Personal Social Services Net Current Expenditure including Joint Finance
Economic cost 1983–84 Prices
£ million
1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84*
Residential elderly 330.4 319.5 328.0 356.2 370.3 359.6 361.7 374.6
Residential YPH 24.9 28.0 29.6 31.0 33.6 35.6 37.9 39.2
Residential mental illness 9.7 10.5 11.4 12.8 14.3 13.9 14.5 15.4
Residential MH adults 30.9 35.0 38.3 43.3 48.2 53.2 59.5 67.1
Residential MH children 14.8 16.0 17.4 20.7 24.0 26.5 28.8 31.9
Residential children 291.0 281.1 282.7 292.3 305.5 298.9 284.8 270.7
Residential children other 8.6 9.5 11.6 15.8 15.3 14.3 15.9 12.0
Day care elderly 27.5 30.7 33.1 36.7 38.4 42.5 44.7 48.9
Day care YPH 18.5 18.0 18.3 17.9 19.1 18.6 19.3 21.3
Day care MI 7.8 8.2 9.3 10.4 11.1 11.5 13.6 14.9
Day care ATC 63.4 65.0 68.1 70.6 74.1 79.5 85.3 89.4
Day nurseries 63.7 62.7 63.7 64.0 71.1 73.8 76.3 79.2
Day children other 7.3 7.3 8.2 9.1 9.6 10.7 11.7 12.0
Social workers 215.6 216.7 214.9 247.6 271.3 279.9 288.7 302.1
Home helps 221.7 219.1 228.8 232.5 234.3 235.1 245.2 262.7
Boarding out 40.3 44.0 49.7 51.9 54.9 62.7 70.6 76.0
Meals 32.3 30.8 32.7 33.6 31.2 29.3 30.2 31.5
Aids etc. 26.5 23.5 26.3 25.0 24.0 24.1 25.5 28.4
Intermed treatment 2.1 3.7 5.0 5.8 7.2 9.2 11.2 13.2
Other LA 54.1 54.5 58.I 62.9 63.9 68.4 76.9 87.6
LA administration 283.8 272.9 275.7 275.6 288.7 288.7 294.8 310.9
Training 14.5 16.2 14.2 13.9 14.7 14.5 14.8 17.5
Total PSS (including J/F) 1,789.1 1,772.8 1,825.1 1,929.5 2,024.7 2,050.6 2.111.9 2.206.5
Joint finance 2.6 16.1 26.5 34.0 45.2 54.8 59.2 64.5
Total PSS (excluding J/F) 1,786.5 1,756.7 1,798.5 1,895.6 1,979.5 1,995.8 2,052.7 2,142.0
* Provisional.

Notes to tables:

YPH = Young physically handicapped.

MH = Mentally handicapped.

MI = Mentally ill.

ATC = Adult training centre.