§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many new entrants to the civil service were employed in his Department in each of the last five years; and how many in each year were aged 50 and over. [36488]
§ Ms Blears[holding answer 25 February 2002]: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by the Cabinet Office on 25 February 2002, Official Report, columns 875-80W.
Annexe A: length of delayed discharge—patients of all ages—quarter 2 2001–02 National and regional summary Total delayed Percentage delays Area Less than 8 days Between 8-14 days 14-28 days More than 28 days Less than 8 daysM1 Between 8-14 days1 Between 14-28 days1 Greater than 28 days1 Percentage HAs included in analysis England 1,607 1,268 1,401 2,789 22.7 17.9 19.8 39.5 96.8 Northern and Yorkshire 165 145 164 355 19.9 17.5 19.8 42.8 100.0 Trent 144 95 65 88 36.7 24.2 16.6 22.4 100.0 West Midlands 278 169 202 371 27.3 16.6 19.8 36.4 100.0 North West 164 107 122 214 27.0 17.6 20.1 35.3 93.8 Eastern 108 105 90 332 17.0 16.5 14.2 52.3 85.7 London 136 244 191 406 13.9 25.0 19.5 41.6 92.9 South East 387 242 402 812 21.0 13.1 21.8 44.1 100.0 South West 225 161 165 211 29.5 21.1 21.7 27.7 100.0
Health authority summary Total delayed Percentage delays Health authority Less than 8 days Between 8-14 days 14-28 days More than 28 days Less than 8 days1 Between 8-14 days1 Between 14-28 days1 More than 28 days1 HA included Bardford 11 0 1 0 91.7 0.0 8.3 0.0 Yes County Durham and Darlington 24 7 13 38 29.3 8.5 15.9 46.3 Yes East Riding and Hull 4 20 2 1 14.8 74.1 7.4 3.7 Yes Gateshead and South Tyneside 1 6 12 23 2.4 14.3 28.6 54.8 Yes Leeds 11 16 27 92 7.5 11.0 18.5 63.0 Yes Newcastle and North Tyneside 45 13 16 17 49.5 14.3 17.6 18.7 Yes North Cumbria 14 15 29 75 10.5 11.3 21.8 56.4 Yes Northumberland 2 0 0 0 11.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Yes Sunderland 10 5 11 28 18.5 9.3 20.4 51.9 Yes Tees 19 25 28 11 22.9 30.1 33.7 13.3 Yes Wakefield 17 3 4 10 50.0 8.8 11.8 29.4 Yes North Yorkshire 9 13 15 55 9.8 14.1 16.3 59.8 Yes Calderdale and Kirklees -2 22 6 5 -6.5 71.0 19.4 16.1 Yes Barnsley 2 3 1 0 33.3 50.0 16.7 0.0 Yes North Derbyshire 3 3 0 0 50.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 Yes Southern Derbyshire 3 1 0 0 75.0 25.0 0.0 0.0 Yes Doncaster 2 2 4 9 11.8 11.8 23.5 52.9 Yes Leicestershire 27 19 8 6 45.0 31.7 13.3 10.0 Yes Lincolnshire 6 15 11 11 14.0 34.9 25.6 25.6 Yes North Nottinghamshire 7 11 12 20 14.0 22.0 24.0 40.0 Yes Nottingham 22 4 3 4 66.7 12.1 9.1 12.1 Yes Rotherham 9 12 3 17 22.0 29.3 7.3 41.5 Yes Sheffield 59 16 6 3 70.2 19.0 7.1 3.6 Yes South Humber 4 9 17 18 8.3 18.8 35.4 37.5 Yes Birmingham 86 35 52 157 26.1 10.6 15.8 47.6 Yes Coventry 8 10 6 25 16.3 20.4 12.2 51.0 Yes Dudley 31 12 13 8 48.4 18.8 20.3 12.5 Yes Herefordshire 13 2 4 2 61.9 9.5 19.0 9.5 Yes Sandwell 9 0 8 17 26.5 0.0 23.5 50.0 Yes Shropshire 4 13 5 4 15.4 50.0 19.2 15.4 Yes Solihull 10 3 9 21 23.3 7.0 20.9 48.8 Yes North Staffordshire 17 23 20 26 19.8 26.7 23.3 30.2 Yes South Staffordshire 2 25 38 49 1.8 21.9 33.3 43.0 Yes Walsall 10 3 10 19 23.8 7.1 23.8 45.2 Yes Warwickshire 57 27 14 11 52.3 24.8 12.8 10.1 Yes Wolverhampton 29 1 1 0 93.5 3.2 3.2 0.0 Yes Worcestershire 2 15 22 32 2.8 21.1 31.0 45.1 Yes South Lancashire 8 3 1 1 61.5 23.1 7.7 7.7 Yes Liverpool 5 22 10 39 6.6 28.9 13.2 51.3 Yes Manchester 12 0 6 20 31.6 0.0 15.8 52.6 Yes Morecambe Bay 4 6 17 47 5.4 8.1 23.0 63.5 Yes St. Helens and Knowsley 10 3 9 40 16.1 4.8 14.5 64.5 Yes