HC Deb 15 March 1999 vol 327 cc540-3W
Mr. Livsey

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will list the amount as a percentage of their special transitional grant for the last five years spent by each local authority in Wales in the independent sector; [76910]

(2) if he will list the amount spent on home care by each local authority in Wales as a percentage of their special transitional grant for the last five years. [76911]

Mr. Jon Owen Jones

In Wales the Care in the Community initiative was not funded through a special transitional grant, as it was in England, but was instead distributed as part of the revenue support grant settlement. The distribution of the additional resources was identified as part of the settlement announcement each year and are given in table 1. The amounts spent by each local authority on personal social services in the independent sector are given in table 2. The latest available information on home care expenditure for each local authority in Wales is given in table 3.

Table 1: distribution of the additional resources made available in each local government settlement for care in the community
£000
1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99
Merthyr Tydfil — — — 574 444 435
Caerphilly — — — 1,367 1,051 1,158
Blaenau Gwent — — — 634 490 533
Torfaen — — — 692 530 615
Monmouthshire — — — 666 522 560
Newport — — — 1,107 846 920
Cardiff — — — 2,387 1,833 2,092
Total 37,514 48,449 38,457 25,224 19,565 21,000

Table 2: the amounts spent by each local authority on personal social services in the independent sector
£000
1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99
County councils
Clwyd 4,142 11,184 17,179 — — —
Dyfed 4,442 8,852 11,418 — — —
Gwent 3,740 n/a 17,086 — — —
Gwynedd n/a 6,372 6,277 — — —
Mid Glamorgan 2,125 5,926 11,369 — — —
Powys 2,290 n/a 5,394 — — —
South Glamorgan 7,204 15,169 19,477 — — —
West Glamorgan 3,156 10,356 13,614 — — —
County/county borough councils
Isle of Anglesey — — — 3,240 3,904 3,647
Gwynedd — — — 5,633 7,533 8,645
Conwy — — — 5,557 5,443 5,692
Denbighshire — — — 5,817 5,534 5,469
Flintshire — — — 4,112 7,204 7,962
Wrexham — — — 4,178 4,625 5,043
Powys — — — 6,799 7,112 6,019
Ceredigion — — — 3,383 4,086 3,232
Pembrokeshire — — — 4,269 4,763 7,404
Carmarthenshire — — — 6,907 7,706 8,111
Swansea — — — 10,903 11,370 13,283
Neath Port Talbot — — — 5,959 7,479 7,912
Bridgend — — — 3,810 4,613 5,292
The Vale of Glamorgan — — — 2,578 5,874 4,509
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff — — — 9,150 7,557 11,021
Merthyr Tydfil — — — 1,663 2,610 2,238
Caerphilly — — — 5,053 5,734 6,583
Blaenau Gwent — — — 2,442 4,100 4,243
Torfaen — — — 3,743 3,457 4,131
Monmouthshire — — — 3,810 5,312 6,281
Newport — — — 7,116 8,433 9,521
Cardiff — — — 18,239 18,027 21,280
Total 1 1 101,784 124,352 142,476 157,518
1 incomplete data

Table 3: Local authority expenditure on home care and home help1
£000
1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97
County councils
Clwyd 4,979 5,250 8,808 10,570 —
Dyfed 3,579 3,523 5,438 6,294 —
Gwent 7,014 7,461 11,106 13,513 —
Gwynedd 3,587 3,981 5,962 686 —
Mid Glamorgan 9,350 10,683 18,142 18,871 —
Powys 1,799 2,103 2,494 2,354 —
South Glamorgan 3,398 4,315 8,112 9,987 —
West Glamorgan 7,078 6,978 8,905 9,934 —
County/county borough councils
Isle of Anglesey — — — — 2,059
Gwynedd — — — — 3,621
Conwy — — — — 3,509

Table 3: Local authority expenditure on home care and home help1
£000
1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97
Denbighshire — — — — 2,669
Flintshire — — — — 2,689
Wrexham — — — — 2,734
Powys — — — — 3,052
Ceredigion — — — — 1,202
Pembrokeshire — — — — 2,084
Carmarthenshire — — — — 3,668
Swansea — — — — 6,255
Neath Port Talbot — — — — 4,074
Bridgend — — — — 4,313
The Vale of Glamorgan — — — — 3,048
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff — — — — 10,145
Merthyr Tydfil — — — — ,3542
Caerphilly — — — — 4,407
Blaenau Gwent — — — — 2,797
Torfaen — — — — 2,757
Monmouthshire — — — — 1,893
Newport — — — — 2,654
Cardiff — — — — 8,281
Total 40,784 44,294 66,967 73,478 80,265
1 Information for 1992–93 and 1993–94 is for home care related to the elderly and physically/sensory disabled adults. Information for 1994–95 onwards also includes home care for children and their families, the learning disabled and adults with mental health needs