HC Deb 09 February 2001 vol 362 cc712-4W
Mr. Cash

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the levels of spending on social services per head of population were in(a) Staffordshire and (b) each other county of England (i) in the current year and (ii) in each of the last three years, distinguishing in each case the element represented by standard spending assessment. [148293]

Mr. Hutton

The information requested is shown in the table.

Current expenditure on personal social services per head of population
£
1997–98 gross (final outturn) 1998–99 gross (final outturn) 1999–2000 gross (provisional outturn)
Bedfordshire 166.26 175.29 186.06
Berkshire1 192.07 — —
Buckinghamshire 160.09 169.87 180.05
Cambridgeshire1 149.16 167.95 178.78
Cheshire1 167.25 179.66 201.59
Cornwall 180.50 186.86 199.22
Cumbria 168.77 172.95 185.55
Derbyshire 184.85 171.71 215.53
Devon1 206.03 209.59 227.59
Dorset 169.32 170.32 185.37
Durham 175.55 183.96 233.54
East Sussex 218.03 225.78 244.77
Essex1 183.53 187.65 203.72
Gloucestershire 133.93 173.87 184.37
Hampshire 138.87 147.47 160.25
Hertfordshire 179.39 185.96 201.01
Isles of Scilly 145.99 182.77 181.69
Kent1 179.74 193.40 224.45
Lancashire1 205.30 211.75 227.14
Leicestershire 128.17 136.10 149.94
Lincolnshire 145.07 188.09 208.34
Norfolk 192.69 207.33 225.70
North Yorkshire 164.90 177.45 189.39
Northamptonshire 165.96 183.67 202.98
Northumberland 214.70 234.73 —
Nottinghamshire1 204.22 195.64 204.29
Oxfordshire 149.21 162.59 183.15
Shropshire1 173.89 178.02 192.06
Somerset 147.50 157.62 185.93
Staffordshire 152.85 163.89 177.04
Suffolk 167.07 174.84 193.43
Surrey 155.97 186.24 174.91
Warwickshire 154.48 163.64 170.31
West Sussex 190.73 193.41 203.27
Wiltshire 143.08 150.98 186.78
Worcestershire1 163.95 175.30 193.26
Shire Counties 172.80 181.41 —
1 1997–98 data relate to county prior to local government reorganisation on 1 April 1998.

Note:

Not comparable with figures for earlier years as these figures are net of income from client contributions etc.

Standard spending assessment for personal social services per head of population
£
1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01
Bedfordshire 113.86 118.94 122.56 130.19
Berkshire1 114.66 — — —
Buckinghamshire 106.52 110.98 113.19 119.54
Cambridgeshire1 115.85 113.01 118.40 125.02
Cheshire1 119.73 122.94 132.79 139.88
Cornwall 135.98 146.07 155.67 164.12
Cumbria 128.02 138.50 149.31 157.19
Derbyshire 128.32 134.23 143.59 153.85
Devon1 141.81 140.93 145.94 153.57
Standard spending assessment for personal social services per head of population
£
1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01
Dorset 128.55 134.73 140.79 149.55
Durham 155.77 156.79 175.24 185.21
East Sussex 156.35 165.49 165.87 174.71
Essex1 129.75 133.09 142.07 150.48
Gloucestershire 119.22 127.29 134.44 140.39
Hampshire 111.29 113.20 116.17 122.56
Hertfordshire 131.40 135.99 139.92 148.19
Isles of Scilly 143.79 129.36 107.10 119.51
Kent1 133.13 142.46 146.98 154.20
Lancashire1 140.41 147.68 153.83 160.78
Leicestershire £99.19 107.23 113.95 119.61
Lincolnshire 130.13 132.12 138.50 145.78
Norfolk 135.05 135.99 143.24 152.90
North Yorkshire 125.22 126.68 126.24 133.39
Northamptonshire 117.01 122.51 130.96 137.49
Northumberland 141.38 137.45 148.27 156.48
Nottinghamshire1 141.98 130.11 139.05 147.38
Oxfordshire 116.01 118.23 117.98 124.81
Shropshire1 122.65 127.64 135.70 144.09
Somerset 128.41 133.37 138.16 146.34
Staffordshire 113.00 119.22 128.92 135.81
Suffolk 124.90 131.65 138.07 145.15
Surrey 123.32 126.37 127.25 133.09
Warwickshire 114.66 122.11 131.81 139.02
West Sussex 136.70 141.60 140.54 148.12
Wiltshire 114.97 114.91 118.45 125.32
Worcestershire1 120.26 124.23 130.90 137.88
Shire Counties 126.87 130.80 136.73 144.23
1 1997–98 data relate to county prior to local government reorganisation on 1 April 1998.
Per cent. excess of SSA
Percentage
1997–98 gross (final outturn) 1998–99 gross (final outturn) 1999–2000 gross (provisional outturn) 2000–2001 net (budgeted)
Bedfordshire 46 47 52 25
Berkshire1 68 — — —
Buckinghamshire 50 53 59 25
Cambridgeshire1 29 49 51 21
Cheshire1 40 46 52 16
Cornwall 33 28 28 4
Cumbria 32 25 24 5
Derbyshire 44 28 50 18
Devon1 45 49 56 12
Dorset 32 26 32 3
Durham 13 17 33 6
East Sussex 39 36 48 12
Essex1 41 41 43 15
Gloucestershire 12 37 37 12
Hampshire 25 30 38 10
Hertfordshire 37 37 44 21
Isles of Scilly 2 41 70 36
Kent1 35 36 53 33
Lancashire1 46 43 48 19
Leicestershire 29 27 32 6
Lincolnshire 11 42 50 10
Norfolk 43 52 58 16
North Yorkshire 32 40 50 10
Northamptonshire 42 50 55 37
Northumberland 52 71 — 31
Nottinghamshire1 44 50 47 15
Oxfordshire 29 38 55 32
Shropshire1 42 39 42 10
Somerset 15 18 35 9
Staffordshire 35 37 37 9
Suffolk 34 33 40 13
Surrey 26 47 37 20
Warwickshire 35 34 29 9
West Sussex 40 37 45 13
Wiltshire 24 31 58 25
Per cent. excess of SSA
Percentage
1997–98 gross (final outturn) 1998–99 gross (final outturn) 1999–2000 gross (provisional outturn) 2000–2001 net (budgeted)
Worcestershire1 36 41 48 13
Shire Counties 36 39 — 16
1 1997–98 data relate to county prior to local government reorganisation on 1 April 1998.