§ Tim LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been invested in the(a) planning and (b) establishment of Early Intervention Services; how much has been allocated to each primary care trust; how many Early Intervention Services have been establshed; and where they are. [138475]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonThe funds necessary to set up early intervention teams, as envisaged in the Priorities and Planning Framework 2003–06, have been made available to primary care trusts within their general allocations.
The numbers of early intervention teams in operation, according to local implementation team catchment areas, are shown in the table.
Local implementation team Number of services Birmingham 3 Croydon 1 Devon and Torbay 1 Dewsbury 1 East Yorkshire 1 Hartlepool 1 Lambeth 2 Lincolnshire 1 Luton 1 Northumberland 1 Plymouth 1 Salford 1 Sheffield 1 Suffolk 1 Sutton and Merton 1 Tameside and Glossop 1 Tower Hamlets 1 Trafford 1 Wandsworth 1 Wolverhampton 1 Worcestershire 1 Total 24