§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how much each London borough council spent in the provision of disabled facilities in homes in(a) 1996–97 and (b) 1997–98. [50904]
§ Mr. BoatengI have been asked to reply.
Expenditure on the provision of disabled facilities in residential care or nursing homes is not held centrally. Gross expenditure reported by local authority social services departments in 1996–97 on disability equipment for people in their own homes, and on adaptations to homes is set out in the table, for the City of London and London Boroughs. Further information on local authority personal social services expenditure in 1996–97 is available in the form of computer tables on the DH World Wide Web pages [Internet reference http:\\www.open.gov.uk/doh/publie/pss_stat.htm] for all local authorities in England. Data for 1997–98 are not yet available.
The amount spent by London Borough housing departments on the provision of adaptations and disabled facilities mainly to owners and tenants in the private sector using Disabled Facilities Grants is estimated to have been £15.9 million in 1996–97 and £13.6 million in 1997–98. These estimates are based on data provided to the Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions which are however, incomplete. Information is not available on the amount spent by London Borough housing departments on the provision of adaptations and disabled facilities to council housing using their own capital resources.
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Table: Local authority personal social services gross expenditure 1996–97: Adaptations to homes and disability equipment, adults £000 London Boroughs and City of London Barking and Dagenham 1,157 Barnet 635 Bexley 493 Brent 601 Bromley 16 Camden 61 Croydon 382 Ealing 166
Table: Local authority personal social services gross expenditure 1996–97: Adaptations to homes and disability equipment, adults £000 London Boroughs and City of London Enfield 264 Greenwich 612 Hackney 1,470 Hammersmith and Fulham 140 Haringey 337 Harrow 324 Havering 454 Hillingdon 526 Hounslow 164 Islington 76 Kensington and Chelsea 220 Kingston upon Thames 207 Lambeth 394 Lewisham 383 Merton 260 Newham 119 Redbridge 499 Richmond upon Thames 145 Southwark 843 Sutton 107 Tower Hamlets 389 Waltham Forest 234 Wandsworth 343 Westminster 701 City of London 16 Source:
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