§ Mr. DrewTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent discussions he has had with colleagues in the Department for Work and Pensions on the designation of
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Table 1: Expenditure per financial year on social care of the elderly per resident aged 65 or over for each council with social services responsibilities £ 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 Avon 516 — — — — Barking and Dagenham 631 702 766 831 933 Barnet 633 669 730 789 848 Barnsley 505 543 542 569 616 Bath and North East Somerset UA — 421 544 557 594 Bedfordshire (old) 541 592 — — — Bedfordshire (remaining) — — 610 615 643 Berkshire 534 555 720 — — Bexley 551 662 714 722 760 Birmingham 628 695 781 842 915 Blackburn with Darwen UA — — — 890 971 Blackpool UA — — — 723 755 Bolton 552 642 750 755 809 Bournemouth UA — — 606 602 595 Bracknell Forest UA — — — 650 681 Bradford 564 614 840 894 942 Brent 756 798 881 847 880 Brighton and Hove UA — — 672 730 795 Bristol UA — 741 712 859 943 Bromley 434 474 504 657 719 Buckinghamshire (old) 514 540 — — — Buckinghamshire (remaining) — — 592 621 671 Bury 689 838 740 806 864 Calderdale 735 801 858 924 963 Cambridgeshire (old) 409 372 434 — — Cambridgeshire (remaining) — — — 511 558 Camden 1,148 1,254 1,317 1,589 1,599 Cheshire (old) 459 601 653 — — Cheshire (remaining) — — — 691 747 City of London 2,102 2,241 2,216 2,227 2,167 Cleveland 452 — — — — Cornwall 348 458 543 569 548 Coventry 525 594 611 670 737 Croydon 590 730 775 787 814 the cases of children who suffer from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder as eligible for disability living allowance. [39386]
§ Jacqui SmithI have had no such discussions but understand that parents of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder can claim disability living allowance and have their child's entitlement assessed in the normal way.