§ Mr. George HowarthTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many cases the Legal Services Ombudsman has(a) found in favour of, (b) declined to investigate and (c) rejected after investigation in each year since his office was established. [32579]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonThe information requested is provided in the table.
1031W
Health authority Extra A&E nurses North Yorkshire 8 Northumberland 4 Sunderland 2 Tees 6 Wakefield 2 Barnsley 2 Doncaster 6 Leicestershire 8 Lincolnshire 6 North Derbyshire 2 North Nottinghamshire 2 Nottingham 8 Rotherham 2 Sheffield 2 South Derbyshire 8 South Humber 4 Birmingham 20 Coventry 2 Dudley 2 Herefordshire 2 North Staffordshire 2 Sandwell 2 Shropshire 4 South Staffordshire 4 Walsall 2 £40 million has been allocated to buy additional elective cases in the private sector this year. It has been targeted on those health authorities most in need of short term support.
Health authority Extra A&E nurses Warwickshire 4 Wolverhampton 2 Worcestershire 4 Bury and Rochdale 10 East Lancashire 4 Liverpool 8 Manchester 12 Morecambe Bay 4 North Cheshire 2 North West Lancashire 10 Salford and Trafford 4 Sefton 10 South Cheshire 6 South Lancashire 2 St. Helens and Knowsley 8 Stockport 2 West Pennine 4 Wigan and Bolton 4 Wirral 2 Bedfordshire 10 Cambridgeshire 6 Hertfordshire 32 Norfolk 6 North Essex 12 South Essex 10 Suffolk 4 Barking and Havering 16 Barnet, Enfield and Haringey 24 Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich 24 Brent and Harrow 16 Camden and Islington 6 Croydon 2 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 26 East London and The City 24 Hillingdon 8 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 4 Kingston and Richmond 8 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 24 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 18 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 8 Berkshire 4 Buckinghamshire 12 East Kent 6 East Surrey 16 East Sussex, Brighton and Hove 18 Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 4 North and Mid Hampshire 4 Northamptonshire 10 Oxfordshire 16 Southampton and South West Hampshire 8 West Kent 14 West Surrey 26 West Sussex 6 Avon 22 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 2 Dorset 6 Gloucestershire 4 North and East Devon 4 Somerset 4 South and West Devon 4 Wiltshire 4 The funding will be used to free up NHS capacity but the exact number of cases purchased is not yet known. This will depend on the final details of contracts negotiated with the private sector. We will make the final 1032W figures available after the end of the financial year. However, the allocations by health authority are shown in the table.
1033W
Health authority £000 Avon 2,650 Barking and Havering 534 Barnet, Enfield and Haringey 989 Bedford 669 Berkshire 235 Birmingham 1,607 Brent and Harrow 586 Bromley, Bexley and Greenwich 577 Buckinghamshire 1,150 Calderdale and Kirklees 310 Cambridge 460 Camden and Islington 424 Coventry 300 Croydon 197 Dudley 320 Durham and Darlington 285 East London and City 245 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 850 East Kent 1,590 East Surrey 488 East Sussex, Brighton and Hove 1,245 Herefordshire 144 Hertfordshire 600 Hillingdon 282 Isle of Wight, Portsmouth, South East Hampshire 816 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 894 Kingston and Richmond 207 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 1,010 Leeds 500 Leicestershire 219 Lincolnshire 420 Liverpool 2,04 Manchester 1,958 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 604 Morecambe Bay 400 Newcastle and North Tyne 500 Norfolk 265 North and Mid Hampshire 438 North Cheshire 525 North Cumbria 228 North Derbyshire 150 North Essex 562 North Staffordshire 1,516 North Yorkshire 350 Northamptonshire 74 Nottingham 800 Oxfordshire 1,425 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 520 Salford and Trafford 300 Sheffield 882 Shropshire 42 Solihull 50 South and West Devon 250 South Cheshire 270 South Essex 573 South Humber 90 South Staffordshire 460 Southampton and South West Hampshire 672 Suffolk 164 Tees 261 Wakefield 300 Walsall 250 Warwickshire 180 West Kent 372 West Surrey 1,470 West Sussex 579 Wirral 300 Worcestershire 1,200
§ Dr. Richard TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to increase the number of NHS patients treated privately by allowing consenting patients to contribute a part of the cost; and if he will make a statement. [33532]
§ Mr. HuttonThere are no plans to increase the number of national health service patients treated privately by allowing consenting patients to contribute a part of the cost of treatment.