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Dept of Health

Answer

Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much funding in addition to original expenditure plans has been given to (a) Barnet health authority and (b) Barnet council to improve continuing and community care since May 1997; and for what purposes the money has been allocated; [144699] (2) how much has been allocated to Barnet health authority from the Modernisation Fund; and on what the money has been spent; [144698] (3) how much money has been allocated to Barnet health authority since May 1997 to tackle (a) waiting lists and (b) winter pressures; [144694] (4) how much funding in addition to original expenditure plans has been allocated since May 1997 to Barnet health authority for additional cancer treatments; and what the money has been (a) spent on and (b) allocated to; [144695] (5) how much funding in addition to original expenditure plans has been allocated to mental health services in Barnet health authority area since May 1997; and on what the money has been (a) spent and (b) allocated; [144697] (6) how much funding in addition to original expenditure plans has been allocated to (a) Barnet health authority and (b) Barnet council since May 1997 for their care work. [144696] Mr. Denham: The additional allocations made to Barnet health authority since May 1997 total £77 million and are set out in the table. We do not collect information centrally on how each allocation has been spent. Between 1997-98 and 2000-01 the level of funding provided by central Government to the London borough of Barnet for social services increased by £10 million or 10.2 per cent. in real terms. Most of these additional resources have been provided through the revenue support grant and the council decides how to allocate and spend these additional resources. £000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Recurrent Non- recurrent Recurrent allocation increase 1998-99 6,178 -- 1999-2000{1} 12,899 -- 2000-01{2} 18,218 -- 2001-02{3} 17,919 2,399 Special allocations 1998-99 (drugs misuse HIV/AIDS, GMS cash 940 -- limited) 1999-2000 (drugs misuse, HIV/AIDS) 138 -- 2000-01 (drugs misuse, HIV/AIDS){4} 281 -- Cancer services {5} 1997-98 breast cancer services 66 -- 1998-99 colorectal cancer -- 63 1999-2000 lung cancer 68 -- Waiting lists {5} 1998-99 (including funding for whole systems 1,955 658 approach) 1999-2000 waiting list performance 198 34 fund/cancer out-patients 2000-01 cancer outpatients waiting times -- 64 2000-01 booked admissions pilots -- 256 2000-01 O/P long waiters (revenue rewards) -- 161 Winter pressures 1997-98 -- 1,057 1998-99 -- 1,190 1999-2000 -- -- 2000-01 -- 1,230 Mental Health{5} 1999-2000 67 -- 2000-01{6} 153 -- Other allocations increases 1997-98 -- 4,200 1998-99 -- 1,500 1999-2000 871 3,228 2000-01 363 1,096 Total additional allocations 60,314 17,136 Total recurrent and non recurrent 77,450 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Includes modernisation funding £3,170,000 of which £1,706,000 was allocated for waiting lists and times {2} Includes modernisation funding distributed as part of allocations. £446 million nationally of which £22 million was allocated for mental health, £276 million for waiting times and £9 million for cancer (gynaecological). These totals were not analysed across individual health authorities. {3} Includes cost of living allowance and health inequalities adjustment as well as hypothecated funds for cancer and coronary heart disease (£450 million nationally), waiting times and access (£423 million nationally). These sums are not attributed to individual HAs. {4} HA allocations for drugs misuse and HIV/AIDS treatment and care and prevention are not yet known for 2001-02. {5} Largely funded from modernisation fund moneys. {6} Includes £32,000 allocated with initial allocations.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

361 c684-5W;361 c686-7W; 144699;144698;144694;144695;144697;144696

Session

2000-01

Subjects

Community care Cancer Hospitals Health services Finance Expenditure Medical treatments Mental health services Waiting lists Social services Barnet Barnet Health Authority Community health services Barnet Council

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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