§ Dr. KumarTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will set out, including statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effect on the Middlesbrough, South and Cleveland, East constituency of his Department's policies and action since 2 May 1997. [153282]
§ Mr. HuttonDetailed information on the impact of Department of Health policies nationally is set out in the Department of Health Annual reports. A copy of the most recent report "Department of Health—Government Expenditure Plans 2000–01" is available in the House of Commons Library and on the Department of Health website at www.doh.gov.uk/dhreport.
The impact of policies is not examined by constituency and statistics collected centrally by the Department are not collected on a constituency basis.
My hon. Friend's constituency falls within the geographical area covered by Tees health authority and Redcar and Cleveland social services authority and Middlesbrough social services authority.
Increases in allocations between 1996–97 and 2000–01 for Tees health authority are shown in the table.
Increases in allocations between 1996–97 and 2000–02 Increase £ million (cash) 119.8 £ million (real terms) 77.9 Percentage (cash) 40.12 Percentage (real terms) 24.15 Note:
Increases for 1999–2000 onwards are for unified allocations which cover hospital and community health services, prescribing and discretionary family health services. Those for previous years cover hospital and community health services only.
Tees health authority has also received additional funding for certain policies. This includes: £1 million for accident and emergency modernisation in 2000/01; £83,000, £172,000, £237,000 and £159,000 for improving cancer services (breast, colorectal, lung and cancer outpatients) in 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000 and 2000–01 respectively; £1.06 million to reduce waiting lists and times in 2000/01; £1.4 million to expand critical care services in 2000/01; £873,000 to deal with winter pressures in 2000–01 and £1.5 million, £2.1 million in 1997–98 and 1998–99 respectively; £648,000 for heart disease services in 2000–01; and £27,000 invested into dentistry in 2000–01.
In addition, my hon. Friend's constituents will benefit from the new £149 million major hospital development that is being developed at South Cleveland Hospital.
Redcar and Cleveland personal social services standard spending assessment for 2001–02 compared with 1996–97 is set out in the table.
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Percentage increase £ million Real Cash 1996–97 19.817 — — 2001–02 25.398 13.5 28.2 In addition to the SSAs referred to, Redcar and Cleveland local authority received additional funding in the form of a number of special and specific grants as set out in the table.
£00 1998–99 1999–2000 2001–01 2001–02 Special Transitional Grant1 1.940 — — — Partnership grant2 — 1.368 1.173 1.660 Prevention grant2 — 111 168 Carers grant3 — 113 257 362 Children's grant3 — 216 344 863 MH Core grant 140 237 273 4434 Training Support Grant 192 189 193 4233 1 The special transitional grant ended in 1998–99 2 The partnership and prevention grants have been combined in 2001–02 and called the promoting independence grant 3 The carers' and children's grants were introduced in 1999–2000 4 Indicative allocation Middlesbrough local authority's personal social services standard spending assessment for 2001–02 compared with 1996–97 is set out in the table.
Percentage increase £ million Real Cash 1996–97 22.672 — — 2001–02 29.825 16.5 31.5 In addition to the SSAs referred to, Middlesbrough local authority received additional funding in the form of a number of special and specific grants as set out in the table.
£000 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 Special Transitional Grant1 1,023 — — — Partnership grant2 — 771 668 903 Prevention grant2 — 60 91 Carers grant3 — 59 161 225 Children's grant3 — 313 495 1.190 MH Core grant 149 251 290 4571 Training Support Grant 177 192 210 4204 1 The special transitional grant ended in 1998–99 2 The partnership and prevention grants have been combined in 2001–02 and called the promoting independence grant 3 The carers' and children's grants were introduced in 1999–2000 4 Indicative allocation