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To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set out, including statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effect on the Walthamstow constituency of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. - Inc tables and ref to 'Department of Health -...

Asked by

Neil Gerrard (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

13 March 2001

For answer on

6 April 2001

Answered on

6 April 2001

Mr. Gerrard: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will set out, including statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effect on the Walthamstow constituency of his Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [154177] Mr. Denham: Detailed information on the impact of Department of Health policies nationally is set out in the Department of Health Annual reports. A copy of the most recent report "Department of Health--Government Expenditure Plans 2000/01" is available in the House of Commons Library and on the Department of Health website at www.doh.gov.uk/dhreport. The impact of policies is not examined by constituency and statistics collected centrally by the Department are not collected on a constituency basis. My hon. Friend's constituency falls within the geographical area covered by Redbridge and Waltham Forest health authority and Redbridge and Waltham Forest social services authorities. Increases in allocations between 1996-97 and 2001-02 for Redbridge and Waltham Forest health authority are shown in the table. Increases in allocations between 1996-97 and 2001-02 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Increase £ million (cash) 86.3 £ million (real terms) 52.1 Percentage (cash) 34.55 Percentage (real terms) 19.22 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: Increases for 1999-2000 onwards are for unified allocations which cover hospital and community health services, prescribing and discretionary family health services. Those for previous years cover hospital and community health services only. Redbridge and Waltham Forest health authority and the National Health Service trusts within it have also received additional funding for certain policies. This includes: £1.8 million for accident and emergency modernisation in 2000-01; £96,000, £192,000, £292,000 and £185,000 for improving cancer services (breast, colorectal, lung and cancer outpatients) in 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-00 and 2000-01 respectively; Redbridge and Waltham Forest health authority has also received: £55,000 for the investment of cancer equipment which has already been delivered and is now in use; £3.2 million, £355,000 and £334,000 to reduce waiting lists and times in 1998-99, 1999-2000 and 2000-01 respectively; £1.8 million to expand critical care services in 2000-01; £3.3 million and £1.6 million to deal with winter pressures in 1998-99 and 2000-01 respectively £149,000 for heart disease services 2000-01; and £57,700 invested into dentistry in 2000-01. In addition, my hon. Friend's constituents will benefit from the new the £184 million proposed capital scheme at Forest Healthcare NHS Trust. Redbridge local authority's personal social services standard spending assessment for 2001-02 compared with 1996-97 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1996-97 2001-02 £ million 33.481 45.514 Percentage increase (real) -- 20.4 Percentage increase (cash) -- 35.9 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. In addition to the SSAs referred to, Redbridge local authority received additional funding in the form of a number of special and specific grants as set out in the table. £000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 Special Transitional 1,782 -- -- -- Grant{1} Partnership grant{2} -- 1,270 1,082 | 1,472 Prevention grant{2} -- 98 146 | Carers grant{3} -- 97 244 343 Children's grant{3} -- 376 593 1,434 Mental Health Core grant 263 444 580 582{4} Training Support Grant 162 160 155 158{4} _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} The special transitional grant ended in 1998-99 {2} The partnership and prevention grants have been combined in 2001-02 and called the promoting independence grant {3} The carers' and children's grants were introduced in 1999-2000 {4} Indicative allocations Waltham Forest local authority's personal social services standard spending assessment for 2001-02 compared with 1996-97 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Percentage increase £ million Real Cash 1996-97 46.853 -- -- 2001-02 56.900 7.6 21.4 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. In addition to the SSAs referred to, Waltham Forest local authority received additional funding in the form of a number of special and specific grants as set out in the table. £000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 Special Transitional 2,056 -- -- -- Grant{1} Partnership grant{2} -- 1,480 1,246 | 1,623 Prevention grant{2} -- 112 166 | Carers grant{3} -- 110 304 422 Children's grant{3} -- 670 1,056 2,561 Mental Health Core grant 446 660 822 824{4} Training Support Grant 204 205 200 194{4} _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} The special transitional grant ended in 1998-99 {2} The partnership and prevention grants have been combined in 2001-02 and called the promoting independence grant {3} The carers' and children's grants were introduced in 1999-2000 {4} Indicative allocation

Date

6 April 2001

Reference

154177; 366 c342-3W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will set out, including statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effect on the Walthamstow constituency of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. - Includes figures.

Asked by

Neil Gerrard (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

13 March 2001

For answer on

29 March 2001

Answered on

29 March 2001

Mr. Gerrard: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will set out, including statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effect on the Walthamstow constituency of his Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [154179] Ms Armstrong: The principal funding that this Department has provided to Waltham Forest in the years 1997-98 to 2001-02 is shown in the table. These include grants and borrowing approvals for revenue and capital expenditure. It is not possible to determine how much of this money has been spent in the Walthamstow constituency. It is for the local authority to decide where within its boundary these resources are applied. Waltham Forest £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Nature of funding 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02{ 1} Revenue Support Grant {2} 119.632 127.547 131.501 131.124 139.903 Income from National 48.277 50.137 54.129 61.461 59.480 Non-Domestic Rates {2} Neighbourhood Renewal 0 0 0 0 .638 Funding Transport Supplementary .150 .150 .270 n/a n/a Grant Transport Annual Capital .075 .075 .135 n/a n/a Guideline Transport Block .996 .789 1.247 1.439 n/a Supplementary Credit Approval Capital Challenge 1.800 3.564 2.430 0 0 (Supplementary Credit and Basic Credit Approvals) ERDF funding 0 1.520 1.379 0 0 Housing Investment 6.247{3} 6.605 7.922 {4}22.418 {5}24.435 Programme Housing Revenue Account 27.028 25.146 24.141 24.478 n/a Subsidy Capital receipts Initiative 1.289 4.221 4.967 n/a n/a Cash Incentive Scheme 1.028 .731 .044 0 0 SRB funding n/a n/a n/a 5.793 n/a _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Where known {2} The amounts of Revenue Support Grant and Income from National Non-Domestic Rates shown for 1997-98 and 1998-99 are the revised amounts allocated under "The Local Government Finance Report (England) 1997-98 Amending Report 1999" and "The Local Government Finance Report (England) 1998-99 Amending Report 2000" respectively. {3} 1997-98 HIP allocation inherited from the previous Government's spending plans. Present Government introduced CRI from 1997-98. {4} Single Housing Pot introduced from 2000-01 resulting in CRI being merged with HIP. {5} Resource accounting has resulted in a change to the way capital resources are allocated for 2001-02, with the introduction of a new Major Repairs Allowance (MRA) to cover the cost of maintaining local authority housing in a sound condition. Waltham Forest's MRA allocation for 2001-02 is £9.937 million and, for comparison purposes, is included in the 2001-02 HIP allocation above. n/a = not available

Date

29 March 2001

Reference

154179; 365 c734-6W;365 c734-5W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will set out, including statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effect on the Walthamstow constituency of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. - Includes fact that details placed in Library...

Asked by

Neil Gerrard (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

26 March 2001

Reference

154174; 365 c512W;365 c514W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will set out, including statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effect on the Walthamstow constituency of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. - Includes figures and ref to Home Office...

Asked by

Neil Gerrard (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

13 March 2001

For answer on

20 March 2001

Answered on

20 March 2001

Mr. Gerrard: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will set out, including statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effect on the Walthamstow constituency of his Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [154176] Mr. Charles Clarke: The Home Office is working to build a safe, just and tolerant society in which the rights and responsibilities of individuals, families and communities are properly balanced, and the protection and security of the public are maintained. Detailed information on the impact of Home Office policies across the full range of responsibilities is set out in Home Office Annual Reports. A copy of the most recent report, Home Office Annual Report 1999-2000, is available in the Library. The next report will be published shortly. Information on recorded crime and policing is also published. "Recorded Crime England and Wales, 12 months to September 2000" and "Police Service Strength England and Wales, 30 September 2000" can be found in the Library. The recorded crime statistics include information on recorded crime by Basic Command Unit and Crime and Disorder partnerships. The impact of Home Office policies and actions is not normally examined by constituency and the statistics which the Department collects, such as recorded crime, cannot be matched in the way requested although set out are examples relating to the Walthamstow constituency or the immediate locality: Youth Offending The area of Waltham Forest (Chingford Hall) has been involved in the Youth Justice Board Easter and Summer Splash scheme in 2000 and 2001. During school holiday periods in summer 2000, 102 Summer Splash projects were run in England and Wales in disadvantaged neighbourhoods to address offending by young people (especially 13 to 17-year-olds). Each project was awarded up to £25,000. The results have been extremely encouraging. The five areas traditionally associated with youth crime--burglary, motor crime, criminal damage, street robbery and juvenile nuisance--all showed significant reductions compared with the corresponding period in the previous year. The combined drop for these crimes was 14 per cent. and the Home Secretary recently agreed a further £2.1 million from the Home Office Crime Reduction Programme to run 150 Easter and summer school holiday Splash programmes in 2001. Drug Action Team (DAT) As of November 2000, Redbridge and Waltham Forest Drug Action Team split into two borough based DATs. Waltham Forest now has its own DAT that met for the first time on 2 March 2001. The DATs have local targets to meet the National Drugs Strategy. Objectives for young people include: to increase drug education and decrease drug-related incidents in Waltham Forest primary and secondary schools; develop service agreements with the local Youth Offending Team regarding drugs education for high risk young people; explore the development of drug referral programmes for first time offenders; co-ordinate and increase the access to treatment services for under-18s. Other interventions for adults include: the establishment of Arrest Referral, which aims to reduce drug-related crime by increasing numbers of arrested problem drug users attending treatment; extend the Redbridge Court Referral project to Waltham Forest; roll-out of Drug Treatment and Testing Orders (DTTOs). Since roll-out of DTTOs in October 2000, seven Orders have been made (six male, one female) and two of these are receiving residential treatment and five participated in a Day Programme based in Walthamstow. Information sharing protocols have been established between police, probation and housing services, and a collaborative approach against raising awareness has been undertaken between Safer Clubbing, Community Drug Awareness Project and treatment services. More generally, all of the policies of the Home Office will impact on the residents of Walthamstow to a greater or lesser extent. For example: 376 Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships have been established; racial harassment and racially motivated crimes have been made criminal offences by the Crime and Disorder Act 1998; the asylum backlog has been cut from 103,495 at the end of January 2000 to 66,195 by the end of December 2000; and good progress is being made in reducing the incidence of fire deaths in England and Wales. They have dropped from 605 in 1997 to 534 in 1999. Information on the Home Office and its policies is also published on its website www.homeoffice.gov.uk.

Date

20 March 2001

Reference

154176; 365 c146-8W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Social Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will set out, including statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effect on the Walthamstow constituency of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. - Inc figures and ref to "Opportunity for all...

Asked by

Neil Gerrard (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Social Security

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

13 March 2001

For answer on

19 March 2001

Answered on

19 March 2001

Mr. Gerrard: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will set out, including statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effect on the Walthamstow constituency of his Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [154175] Mr. Rooker: The Department's policies and initiatives have made a significant contribution to the Government's overall objectives of: Eradicating child poverty in 20 years, and halving it within 10; Promoting work as the best form of welfare for people of working age while protecting the position of those in greatest need; and, Combating poverty and promoting security and independence in retirement for today's and tomorrow's pensioners. These goals are being pursued nationwide and our achievements are set out in our annual "Opportunity for all reports". Our second report, "Opportunity for all--One year on: making a difference" (CM4865, September 2000) sets out what progress has been made in the past year, as well as highlighting what more needs to be done. Nationwide statistical information is necessarily more complete than constituency level data, but the following provides a comparative guide to the effect of the Department's policies and actions in Walthamstow since May 1997. Measures in our five Budgets so far will lift over 1.2 million children out of poverty. These include record increases to Child Benefit, the introduction of the Working Families Tax Credit, increases in the income- related benefits, the minimum wage and tax changes. Child Benefit will be worth £15.50 a week for the eldest child and £10.35 a week for other children from April 2001: nationally about 7 million families receive Child Benefit, and in Walthamstow 11,980 families benefit. We now have the lowest unemployment rate in 25 years. The New Deals have helped lone parents, the young unemployed, the long-term unemployed, the over 50s and partners of the unemployed to move from benefit into work. In the period since May 1997 the number of people claiming Jobseekers' Allowance nationally has reduced from 1,562,400 to 960,600; in Walthamstow the number has reduced from 4,800 to 2,700. Since May 1997 the number of lone parents who claim Income Support has decreased from 1,013,500 to 894,100 nationally and in Walthamstow from 2,800 to 2,200. Older people are disproportionately affected by fuel poverty. So we have introduced Winter Fuel Payments to help with their heaviest fuel bill. This winter, the payment is £200 for households who qualify. Around 11,900 older people in Walthamstow have received a Winter Fuel Payment for this winter. To demonstrate our commitment to combating pensioner poverty, this year we will spend £4.5 billion extra in real terms on pensioners. Some 11,000 pensioners in Walthamstow will benefit from the substantial increases in the basic state pension this April and next; this year's increase is £5 a week for single pensioners and £8 for couples. In addition we have introduced free TV licences for the over 75s of whom we estimate there are about 5,200 in Walthamstow. 3,500 pensioner families in Walthamstow are receiving the Minimum Income Guarantee, which we introduced in April 1999 to help our poorest pensioners. From April they will be at least £15 a week, or £800 a year, better off in real terms as a result of Government measures since 1997. Other reforms in the pipeline include: the new Pension Credit in 2003 designed to ensure that pensioners benefit from their savings; the launch of Stakeholder Pensions in April this year; and the introduction of the State Second Pension in April 2002 both of which will help provide greater security for tomorrow's pensioners.

Date

19 March 2001

Reference

154175; 365 c79-80W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will set out, including statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effect on the Walthamstow constituency of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Neil Gerrard (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 March 2001

Reference

154185; 365 c2W

House

House of Commons

Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will set out, including statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effect on the Walthamstow constituency of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. - Including figures.

Asked by

Neil Gerrard (Labour)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

13 March 2001

For answer on

15 March 2001

Answered on

15 March 2001

Mr. Gerrard: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will set out, including statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effect on the Walthamstow constituency of his Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [154178] Miss Melanie Johnson: Walthamstow, along with the rest of the United Kingdom, is benefiting from the long-term action we have taken to build economic stability and secure high and stable levels of growth and employment. Since the General Election, claimant unemployment in the constituency has fallen by 1,864, or 41 per cent. youth unemployment is down by 83 per cent. and long-term unemployment has fallen by 70 per cent. Macroeconomic stability is being complemented at the microeconomic level by the Government's policies to ease the transition from welfare into work and to make work pay. To the end of December 2000, the New Deal for 18-24 year olds had helped 1,475 young people in Walthamstow constituency gain valuable skills and experience 585 (40 per cent.) of whom had moved into employment. The Working Families Tax Credit (WFTC), introduced in October 1999, is helping to make work pay for low and middle-income families. In August 2000, 1,300 families in Walthamstow constituency were benefiting from WFTC. The Government are also committed to policies which enable pensioners to share in the country's rising prosperity. All pensioners, including 11,000 in Walthamstow constituency, will receive an above- inflation increase in the basic state pension from April 2001. Single pensioners will receive an extra £5 a week, and couples will receive an extra £8 a week. All pensioners aged 75 or over have also been entitled to a free TV licence since November 2000--including around 7,400 in Walthamstow constituency.

Date

15 March 2001

Reference

154178; 364 c690-1W

House

House of Commons

ODEON CINEMAS

That this House deplores the actions of Odeon Cinemas in selling the one remaining cinema in Walthamstow while putting conditions in the contract of sale so that the cinema cannot show English language films under its new ownership, despite the willingness of the new owner to use the three screens...

Primary sponsor

Neil Gerrard (Labour)

Type

Early day motions

Date

13 March 2001

Reference

435

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what change has occurred in the last three years in the number of aircraft on flight paths above Walthamstow. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Neil Gerrard (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 February 2001

Reference

148500; 362 c381W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what changes in flight paths into Heathrow have taken place within the last three years which have affected flight paths above Walthamstow. - Inc figure.

Asked by

Neil Gerrard (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 February 2001

Reference

148499; 362 c381-2W

House

House of Commons

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