§ Helen JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what amounts were spent by(a) social services and (b) the NHS on providing mental health care through voluntary organisations and small independent service providers in the Warrington, North constituency for each of the past five years. [73762]
§ Mr. HuttonInformation is not available by constituency for social services or National Health Service expenditure for mental health provision in the voluntary and private sector. Information on social services expenditure is available only for the Warrington Social Services Department, from its institution in April 1998, and Cheshire Social Services Department for the four years 1995–96 to 1998–99, and this is given. The NHS information given is the expenditure by North Cheshire Health Authority on mental health provision in the voluntary and private sector for the whole of Warrington for the five years 1994–95 to 1998–99.
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Social Services expenditure £ 1995–96 209,726 1996–97 273,502 1997–98 370,040 1998–991 537,314 1Projected figure
North Cheshire Health Authority £ 1994–95 9,270 1995–96 30,653 1996–97 47,755 1997–98 1,448,929 1998–99 1,439,759
§ Helen JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent per head of the population on mental health in(a) the Warrington, North constituency, (b) the North Cheshire Health Authority and (c) each other health authority in the North West Region in each of the past five years. [73761]
§ Mr. HuttonThis information requested is available only by health authority and not by constituency. Due to health authority boundary/population changes in the North West region consistent information is available only for the years 1997–98 and 1996–97 and this is given.
£ Health authority 1996–97 1997–98 Bury and Rochdale 35.22 38.00 East Lancashire 50.16 51.21 Liverpool 63.10 73.02 Manchester 87.38 85.53 Morecambe Bay 69.74 73.52 North Cheshire 68.29 75.53 North West Lancashire 56.75 58.86 Salford and Trafford 62.28 59.34 Sefton 39.19 40.67 South Cheshire 56.35 56.53 South Lancashire 26.69 30.89 St. Helens and Knowsley 48.76 47.19 Stockport 38.06 40.17 West Pennine 47.80 53.59 Wigan and Bolton 47.46 46.58 Wirral 42.59 34.72
§ Helen JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent on each health authority in the North West Region on(a) in-patient psychiatric facilities, (b) mental health provision through voluntary organisations and small independent service providers and (c) other community mental health services for each of the past 10 years. [73759]
§ Mr. HuttonThe total mental health spend by health authority is attached and this includes expenditure on National Health Service community mental health services. Owing to health authority boundary/population changes in the North West region, consistent information is available only for the years 1997–98 and 1996–97.
Figures are not available for mental health provision through voluntary organisations and small independent service providers.
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£000 Health authority 1997–98 1996–97 South Lancashire 9,750 8,325 Liverpool 34,157 29,857 Manchester 36,853 37,596 Morcambe Bay 22,877 21,666 St. Helens and Knowsley 17,066 16,287 Salford and Trafford 26,570 27,653 Sefton 11,814 11,499 Stockport 11,685 11,021 West Pennine 25,513 22,507 Bury and Rochdale 14,934 14,105 North Cheshire 23,563 22,507 South Cheshire 38,106 35,732 East Lancashire 26,235 25,363 North West Lancashire 27,665 26,560 Wigan and Bolton 26,991 27,734 Wirral 11,507 11,480 North West Region Total 365,286 350,192 Source:
Health Authority Annual Accounts 1997–98 and 1996–97
§ Mr. Laurence RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how much money was spent on mental health services(a) nationally and (b) in Gloucestershire; and what is the average amount spent by (i) shire counties and (ii) all local authorities in each of the last three years. [73816]
§ Mr. HuttonIn 1997–98, the latest year for which information is available, £2,767 million was spent on the purchase of mental illness healthcare in England including £23.6 million by Gloucestershire Health Authority.
Total expenditure and the average spend on services for people with mental health needs by social services departments for the latest 3 years for which information is available, is set out in the table:
Local authority Gross expenditure (£000) Average spend per local authority (£000) Average spend per person aged 18 to 64 (£) Gloucestershire 1994–95 2,174 2,174 7 1995–96 3,295 3,295 10 1996–97 3,733 3,733 11 All shire counties 1994–95 163,074 4,181 9 1995–96 197,411 5,062 11 1996–97 207,680 5,769 11 All local authorities 1994–95 339,126 3,111 11 1995–96 406,261 3,727 14 1996–97 467,767 3,931 16 Source:
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