§ Ms ShipleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to(a) Stourbridge and (b) Dudley metropolitan borough the effects on the area of his Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [154729]
§ Yvette Cooper[holding answer 20 March 2001]: Detailed 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 are not examined by constituency and statistics collected centrally by the Department are not collected on a constituency basis.
600WMy hon. Friend's constituency falls within the geographical area covered by Dudley health authority and Dudley social services authority.
Increases in allocations between 1996–97 and 2001–02 for Dudley health authority are shown in the table.
Increases in allocations between 1996–97 and 2001–02 Increase £ million (cash) 57.6 £ million (real terms) 36.8 Percentage (cash) 38.52 Percentage (real terms) 22.73 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.
Dudley health authority has also received additional funding for certain policies. This includes: £0.6 million for accident and emergency modernisation at Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley; £28,000, £57,000, £177,000 and £105,000 for improving cancer services (breast, colorectal, lung and cancer outpatients) in 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000 and 2000–01 respectively; £3.86 million on action to reduce waiting lists and times; £0.32 million to expand critical care services in 2000–01; £2.6 million winter pressures in 2000–01; and £0.064 million for heart disease services 2000–01.
In addition, my hon. Friend's constituents will benefit from the new £68 million major hospital development that is being developed at Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust.
Dudley's personal social services standard spending assessment for 2001–02 compared with 1996–97 Percentage increase £ million Real Cash 1996–97 37,476 — — 2001–02 53,637 26.8 43.1 In addition to the SSAs referred to, Dudley 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 2,239 — — — Partnership grant2 — 1,608 1,364 Prevention grant2 — 121 179 1,864 Carers grant3 — 123 291 403 Children's grant3 — 324 507 1,295 Mental Health Core grant 282 476 550 733 Training Support Grant 233 280 309 4291 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 children's and carers' grants were introduced in 1999–2000 4 Indicative allocation