§ Mr. David HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the current resources allocations are for(a) social care, (b) preventive health and education and (c) public health; and how they will change as a result of the departmental reorganisation. [153685]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonBefore the departmental reorganisation, there were 652 whole-time equivalent (WTE) staff working in the social care field (including children, older people, mental health and prison health services) within the Department. Post re-organisation, there will be 140 WTE staff representing the target number of posts planned for the new care services directorate within the Department. The figure also takes into account work transferring to other Government departments or agencies and an expected reduction of 94 WTE posts.
The departmental reorganisation will see 418 WTE posts associated with social care transfer to the National Health Service, the National Institute for Mental Health in England (NIMHE), the Department for Constitutional Affairs (in respect to the Mental Health Tribunal and the Care Standards Tribunal), the Commission for Social Care Inspection and the Department for Education and Skills (in respect to services for children).
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1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Strategic health authority Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 175 188 214 215 233 243 245 236 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 143 139 164 170 169 186 179 181 Birmingham and the Black Country 211 217 211 203 216 201 255 248 Cheshire and Merseyside 202 229 248 261 281 280 290 288 County Durham and Tees Valley 114 122 136 148 158 172 160 165 Coventry, Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire 175 172 182 186 192 198 226 190 Cumbria and Lancashire 213 205 229 217 267 239 258 290 Dorset and Somerset 104 102 110 110 111 128 117 115 Essex 124 127 136 157 172 155 172 163 Greater Manchester 306 342 374 372 410 403 428 428 Hampshire and Isle of Wight 126 146 142 147 161 182 191 176 Kent and Medway 160 203 176 209 212 215 202 221 Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland 134 111 132 143 140 154 133 139 Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire 190 194 201 210 225 244 231 242 North and East Yorkshire and Northern 164 175 176 188 175 191 204 256 North Central London 149 151 163 182 181 187 217 251 North East London 199 194 196 203 216 207 220 254 North West London 252 242 254 269 286 327 315 319 Northumberland, Tyne and Wear 115 118 127 115 131 139 137 148 Shropshire and Staffordshire 173 153 178 192 194 194 237 228 South East London 208 177 181 202 211 222 219 207 South West London 107 147 140 146 175 180 181 197 South West Peninsula 123 143 155 162 170 181 173 193 South Yorkshire 156 156 168 158 170 181 178 169 Surrey and Sussex 200 236 236 245 258 270 286 309 Thames Valley 190 196 190 210 210 225 248 241 Trent 255 256 280 295 270 284 292 302 West Yorkshire 195 186 220 210 228 249 235 265 Region East Midlands 1,974 2,098 2,589 2,562 2,589 2,992 2,852 3,162 Eastern 1,562 1,668 2,034 2,260 2,679 2,811 3,086 3,270 London 3,489 4,211 4,554 5,282 5,719 7,045 7,747 8,306 North East 1,070 1,212 1,432 1,482 1,701 1,722 1,692 1,927 North West 2,565 2,947 3,565 3,838 4,663 5,121 5,629 6,331 South East 2,165 2,736 3.078 3,549 4,095 4.527 4,510 5,072 South West 1,678 1,827 2,197 2,418 2,582 2.928 2,979 3,233 West Midlands 1,879 2,151 2,477 2,623 2,922 3,327 3,974 4,116 Yorkshire and Humberside 2,391 2,712 3,217 3,495 3,836 3,868 4,571 5,404 Source: KC60 statutory returns from GUM clinics Before the departmental reorganisation, there were 314 WTE staff working in the public health field (including preventative health and education services) within the Department. Post re-organisation, there will be 250 WTE staff, who will work both within the newly created health improvement directorate in the Department and in public health posts planned in each of the nine regional public health areas. The post re-organisation staffing figure already takes into account the planned transfer of nine WTE posts to the Department for Education and Skills (in respect to teenage pregnancy services), and an expected reduction of 64 WTE posts.