§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the pilot schemes announced since 1 May by his Department that involve local authorities in a lead or partnership capacity; if he will list each of the local authorities involved in each case; and what revenue and capital funding each local authority will receive through the pilot in (i) 1997–98, (ii) 1998–99, (iii) 1999–2000 and (iv) 2000–2001.[45334]
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§ Mr. BoatengMy right hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced the first wave of successful Health Action Zone pilots on 31 March 1998,Official Report, columns 1033–36. These are listed in Table 1. We have not yet announced the funding arrangements.
Table 1: First Wave HAZs Local authorities Plymouth Plymouth City Council East London and the City The Corporation of London London Borough of Hackney London Borough of Newham London Borough of Tower Hamlets Manchester and Salford and Trafford Manchester City Council Salford City Council Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council Sandwell Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council Bradford Bradford Metropolitan Borough Council Northumberland Northumberland County Council Berwick District Council Alnwick District Council Castle Morpeth District Council Wansbeck District Council Blyth Valley District Council Tynedale District Council Tyne and Wear Gateshead Metropolitan District Council Sunderland City Council Newcastle City Council North Tyneside Metropolitan District Council Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham London Borough of Lambeth London Borough of Southwark London Borough of Lewisham Luton Luton Borough Council South Yorkshire Coalfields Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council North Cumbria Allerdale Borough Council Copeland Borough Council Carlisle City Council Cumbria County Council Eden District Council Twelve of the thirty-five Best Value pilots, which started in April 1998, have a personal social services element. Table two lists the PSS pilots, which are expected to be self-financing. Successful bids were announced by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions which has the lead on Best Value in local government.
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Table 2: Authority Subject Area Birmingham Services for the elderly Bradford Home care and domiciliary services; youth justice Cumbria Residential facilities; day care and home care Exeter Community care Greenwich Domiciliary care Harrow Domiciliary care Leeds Social services Lincolnshire Children in care; home care Northamptonshire Residential care for the elderly Portsmouth Social services Redcar Occupational therapy Sunderland Youth justice; After care My hon. Friend the Minister for Public Health launched the Health Schools Initiative on 14 May 1998. Eight pilot health education partnerships will each receive £150,000 from the Healthy Schools Initiative. The partnerships are:
- Cornwall
- Doncaster
- Durham
- Hounslow
- Manchester
- Norfolk
- Staffordshire
- West Sussex.