Heart Operations (Hansard, 3 May 2000)

§ Mr. Waterson
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many heart operations were performed in each of the last 10 years. [119991]

§ Yvette Cooper
The table shows the number of finished consultant episodes where a heart operation was performed, and the number of finished consultant episodes where a coronary artery bypass graft was performed, in National Health Service hospitals in England for the years 1989–90 to 1998–99.

§ Mr. Hutton
The table shows the maximum amounts that local authorities were eligible to claim per week for single adults and families with children in 1997–98 and 1998–99.
Local authorities could not claim in excess of these sums. Although a local authority's total relevant expenditure may have exceeded the maximum grant 175W payable, any excess expenditure incurred above that sum would have to be met locally and not by central government.
The maximum amount payable in respect of each grant was as follows:

Amount payable

1997–98

Adults £140 per week

Families 80 per cent. of relevant expenditure above relevant local authority threshold

1998–99

Adults £165 per week

Families £230 per family per week, or £240 in the case of any family of asylum seekers provided with services in Inner London prior to 23 November 1998

	Amount payable
1997–98
Adults	£140 per week
Families	80 per cent. of relevant expenditure above relevant local authority threshold
1998–99
Adults	£165 per week
Families	£230 per family per week, or £240 in the case of any family of asylum seekers provided with services in Inner London prior to 23 November 1998