First elected: 1st May 1997
Left House: 30th March 2015 (Retired)
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If an e-petition reaches 100,000 signatures the petition becomes eligible for a Parliamentary debate (usually Monday 4.30pm in Westminster Hall).
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It is, however, worth noting that in November 2010 published its policy statement, “Securing the Post Office network in the digital age”, which made clear commitments to end the programmes of branch closure of the previous administration, and to instead invest in maintaining and modernising a network of at least 11,500 branches that meets strict access criteria that see, for example, 99.7% of the population nationally living within three miles of a post office outlet.
The number of full-time students, residing in the local authority of Suffolk when they applied for financial support, who were awarded student loans or grants in academic years 2008/09 to 2013/14 is shown in Table 1.
It was not possible to provide the proportions requested in the answer because estimates of the loan and grant eligible population are not available at that level of detail.
Table 1 -- Students awarded student loans or grants who were living in Suffolk Local Authority1 when they applied for financial support.
Local authority: Suffolk | Type of financial support | |
Academic Year | Loans [2] | Grants and Allowances [3] |
2008/09 | 10,300 | 6,500 |
2009/10 | 11,100 | 6,600 |
2010/11 | 11,300 | 6,700 |
2011/12 | 11,800 | 7,100 |
2012/13 | 11,700 | 6,600 |
2013/14 | 12,000 | 6,700 |
Source: Student Loans Company
[1] Suffolk Local Authority covers applicants with postcodes in Babergh, Forest Heath, Ipswich, Mid Suffolk, St Edmundsbury and Suffolk districts at the time of application
[2] Includes maintenance and tuition fee loans
[3] Includes Higher Education grants, Special Support grants, Maintenance grants, Tuition Fee grants, Disabled Student allowances, Travel grants, Childcare grants, Dependants grants, Parental Learning allowances and Adult Dependant grants.
[4] Data refer to the mid-November following the end of each respective academic year.
[5] Figures may differ slightly from the answer provided in March 2011 as a more recent postcode address file has been used.
The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes data on students at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). The number of undergraduate enrolments to UK HEIs, for students domiciled in Bury St Edmunds parliamentary constituency, Suffolk Local Authority and England and Wales prior to their course, has been provided in the following table.
Information for the 2013/14 academic year will become available from HESA in January 2015.
Undergraduate enrolments domiciled in Bury St Edmunds Parliamentary Constituency(1), Suffolk Local Authority and England and Wales, prior to their course
UK Higher Education Institutions(2)
Academic years 2008/09 to 2012/13
| 2008/09 | 2009/10 | 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 |
Bury St Edmunds Parliamentary Constituency | 2,890 | 3,045 | 3,125 | 3,210 | 2,860 |
Suffolk Local Authority | 17,020 | 17,885 | 17,645 | 17,975 | 16,340 |
England and Wales | 1,463,160 | 1,501,560 | 1,490,205 | 1,501,070 | 1,379,775 |
Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Student Record
Notes: Figures are based on a HESA standard registration population and have been rounded to the nearest five, so components may not sum to totals.
(1) Parliamentary constituency is derived from the student's postcode. Data for 2010/11 onwards is based on the revised boundaries since the 2010 General Election.
(2) Includes students attending Open University.
Figures for bankruptcies in England and Wales, East of England, Suffolk and Bury St Edmunds constituency in each of the last five years can be found in Table 1.
Table 1: Number of Bankruptcies in England and Wales, East of England, Suffolk and Bury St Edmunds, 2008 to 20121
Area | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
England & Wales | 67,428 | 74,670 | 59,173 | 41,876 | 31,787 |
East of England | 7,366 | 8,128 | 5,755 | 4,141 | 3,149 |
Suffolk | 1,041 | 1,089 | 848 | 548 | 406 |
Bury St Edmunds | 160 | 174 | 129 | 85 | 62 |
1 Where bankrupt has provided a valid postcode | |||||
Regional figures for 2013 are not currently available. They will be published in July 2014.
It should be noted that these figures do not account for any changes in the base population over time. Using the rate of bankruptcies per 10,000 adults allows for a like-for-like comparison across years.
Headline figures for insolvencies in England and Wales can be found in the quarterly Insolvency Statistics release, a National Statistics publication. Figures for January-March 2014 were published on 29 April 2014, and can be found here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/insolvency-statistics-january-to-march-2014
Annual numbers and rates of bankruptcies by region for 2000-2012 are available in the Individual Insolvencies by Region publication, which can be found at the following link:
http://www.insolvencydirect.bis.gov.uk/otherinformation/statistics/regionalstatisticsmenu.htm
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The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
The attached spreadsheet provides the number of part time equivalent funded early education places from 1997 to 2014 and the number of children in receipt of some funded early education provision from 2008 to 2014. The variation between areas will reflect local demand.
The latest statistics can be found online at: www.gov.uk/government/statistics/provision-for-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2014
The development and use of digital media by local authorities is a matter for local decision by them.
I can confirm that traineeships provision is available in Bury St Edmunds, although traineeships data is not available at local authority or constituency level.
Traineeships are off to a strong start. Provisional data published on 16 October shows that 7,000 16 – 18-year-olds started a traineeship in the first year of the programme.
This data is published online at: www.gov.uk/government/statistics/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held
This is a matter for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw. A copy of his reply will be placed in the library of the House.
The following table provides the number of teachers in publicly-funded schools who took early retirement in Suffolk local authority and England in March 2008-09 to March 2012-13. This is the latest information available. Information for Bury St Edmunds constituency is not available.
Suffolk LA[1],[2] | England[1],[2] | |
March | ||
2008-09 | 130 | 8,570 |
2009-10 | 100 | 7,810 |
2010-11 | 130 | 9,380 |
2011-12[3] | 180 | 9,780 |
2012-13[3] | 150 | 8,630 |
Source: Pensioner Statistical System (PENSTATS).
[1] Figures are rounded to the nearest 10 teachers.
[2] Includes Premature Retirements, Actuarially Reduced Benefits and Ill Health.
[3]Provisional estimates. 2011-12 data will remain provisional until summer 2015 and 2012-13 data is likely to remain provisional until summer 2016.
The Statistical First Release (SFR) ‘Participation in education, training and employment, age 16 to 18' published on 13 March 2014 shows estimates of both the numbers and proportions of 16- and 17-year-olds not in full-time education or in work-based learning (almost exclusively apprenticeships). As well as those not participating in any education or training, the numbers include young people who were in part-time education and/or those undergoing training with a privately-funded training provider. Estimates are not available at sub-national level for 18-year-olds.
The SFR shows estimates for Suffolk Local Authority, the East of England, and England. The data is not available at parliamentary constituency level nor does an estimate exist that includes Wales.
The SFR is published online and is available at:
As part of the Red Tape Challenge Agriculture theme, we announced in January the Government's intention to scrap 156 regulations and improve 134 others. There were 11 reform proposals related to equine regulation in Defra's Agriculture theme. An implementation plan containing these proposals was contained in Defra's “Better for Business – Strategic Reform Plan” published on 09 April 2014 which is available publicly, online.
The UK continues to lead the world on aid transparency. DFID was a founder of (and the first to publish aid data under) the International Aid Transparency Initiative. Over 230 organisations have now followed this lead. 98% of civil society organisations receiving funding under DFID's Programme Partnership Arrangements are now publishing IATI compliant data.
DFID's Development Tracker has revolutionised the sharing of aid information, enabling public access to details on expenditure and recipients, alongside project documentation. These efforts have been recognised recently, with DFID assessed as the best performing donor in the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation's 2014 monitoring report.
The Multilateral Aid Review (MAR) included transparency and accountability as a key aspect of assessing multilateral partners' performance. DFID is pushing organisations to strengthen their disclosure policies and make project details readily available. This is likely to be examined again in 2015.
The table below lists the funding the Department for Transport has allocated to (a) Suffolk, (b) Bedfordshire, (c) Cambridgeshire, (d) Essex, (e) Hertfordshire and (f) Norfolk for road improvement since 2005:
| £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
Year | Suffolk | Bedfordshire* | Cambridgeshire | Essex | Hertfordshire | Norfolk |
05/06 | 22.6 | 9.4 | 21.0 | 31.9 | 21.2 | 29.3 |
06/07 | 23.6 | 9.6 | 21.4 | 30.0 | 23.9 | 30.5 |
07/08 | 21.5 | 7.8 | 20.3 | 34.9 | 24.2 | 32.5 |
08/09 | 23.0 | 8.7 | 21.4 | 33.6 | 25.6 | 31.4 |
09/10 | 21.7 | 9.2 | 19.4 | 39.4 | 25.9 | 30.5 |
10/11 | 23.2 | 9.5 | 18.9 | 60.0 | 26.5 | 32.1 |
11/12 | 27.2 | 10.4 | 17.8 | 61.2 | 30.6 | 35.2 |
12/13 | 21.8 | 9.1 | 14.8 | 34.4 | 24.8 | 26.7 |
13/14 | 24.3 | 17.3 | 16.8 | 33.1 | 27.2 | 30.4 |
14/15 | 33.9 | 14.8 | 20.3 | 44.5 | 32.9 | 60.8 |
* from 2010/11 Bedfordshire split into the 2 unitary authorities of Central Bedfordshire and Bedford and therefore this figure is the sum of their allocations.
The Department does not provide any funding directly to district councils. The table below lists the funding provided to the Unitary Authorities that fall within the historical counties of Suffolk, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire and Norfolk for road improvement since 2005:
| £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
Year | Bedford* | Central Bedfordshire* | Luton | Peterborough | Southend on Sea | Thurrock |
05/06 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 6.6 | ||
06/07 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 5.3 | ||
07/08 | 4.0 | 7.7 | 4.5 | 3.2 | ||
08/09 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 4.1 | 3.0 | ||
09/10 | 3.9 | 11.0 | 4.1 | 3.1 | ||
10/11 | 3.9 | 5.6 | 3.3 | 10.5 | 3.7 | 2.9 |
11/12 | 4.3 | 6.1 | 2.9 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
12/13 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
13/14 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 13.8 | 8.4 | 3.2 | 2.9 |
14/15 | 5.2 | 9.6 | 5.3 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 3.5 |
* from 2010/11 the 2 unitary authorities of Central Bedfordshire and Bedford came into being and therefore this figure is the sum of the allocations to Bedfordshire.
These tables include funding we have provided through the local Highways Maintenance Block, Integrated Transport Block, Severe Weather Funding, Local Major Projects and Local Pinch Point Fund schemes. The table does not include funding provided through the Bus Service Operators Grant, Local Sustainable Transport Fund, or Cycling Grant.
Local authorities are also able to use revenue funding, allocated by the Department of Communities and Local Government through the Revenue Support Grant for maintaining their local highways. It is for local highway authorities to decide upon their spending priorities across the whole range of services that they provide.
The number of reported road traffic a) accidents and b) fatalities there have been on the A14 in Suffolk involving drivers aged 21 years in each year since 2005 is shown in the attached table.
The table below lists the funding the Department for Transport has allocated to (a) Suffolk, (b) Bedfordshire, (c) Cambridgeshire, (d) Hertfordshire, (e) Norfolk and (g) England for road improvement for which records are available:
Year | Suffolk | Bedfordshire* | Cambridgeshire | Hertfordshire | Norfolk | England |
00/01 | 8.5 | 4.0 | 7.3 | 9.5 | 9.2 | 514.4 |
01/02 | 21.0 | 7.1 | 15.1 | 22.6 | 29.2 | 1,074.0 |
02/03 | 20.0 | 6.6 | 15.5 | 23.5 | 29.5 | 1,123.4 |
03/04 | 20.6 | 7.4 | 18.1 | 22.1 | 29.4 | 1,178.5 |
04/05 | 22.2 | 8.0 | 22.0 | 21.6 | 33.0 | 1,308.4 |
05/06 | 22.6 | 9.4 | 21.0 | 21.2 | 29.3 | 1,212.4 |
06/07 | 23.6 | 9.6 | 21.4 | 23.9 | 30.5 | 1,262.7 |
07/08 | 21.5 | 7.8 | 20.3 | 24.2 | 32.5 | 1,245.0 |
08/09 | 23.0 | 8.7 | 21.4 | 25.6 | 31.4 | 1,456.1 |
09/10 | 21.7 | 9.2 | 19.4 | 25.9 | 30.5 | 1,552.0 |
10/11 | 23.2 | 9.5 | 18.9 | 26.5 | 32.1 | 1,552.1 |
11/12 | 27.2 | 10.4 | 17.8 | 30.6 | 35.2 | 1,482.6 |
12/13 | 21.8 | 9.1 | 14.8 | 24.8 | 26.7 | 1,227.9 |
13/14 | 24.3 | 17.3 | 16.8 | 27/2 | 30.4 | 1,576.2 |
14/15 | 33.9 | 14.8 | 20.3 | 32.9 | 60.8 | 2,025.2 |
* from 2010/11 Bedfordshire split into the 2 unitary authorities of Central Bedfordshire and Bedford and therefore this figure is the sum of their allocations.
This table includes funding we have provided through the local Highways Maintenance Block, Integrated Transport Block, Severe Weather Funding, Local Major Projects and Local Pinch Point Fund schemes. The table does not include funding provided through the Bus Service Operators Grant, Local Sustainable Transport Fund, or Cycling Grant.
The Department is also funding local highways maintenance projects in Portsmouth, Birmingham, Sheffield, Isle of Wight and the London Borough of Hounslow through the Private Finance Initiative.
Local authorities are also able to use revenue funding, allocated by the Department of Communities and Local Government through the Revenue Support Grant for maintaining their local highways. It is for local highway authorities to decide upon their spending priorities across the whole range of services that they provide.
The most recent traffic flow data for which figures are available is for the period 1 October 2013 to 30 September 2014. Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) flows for each section of the A14 are set out in the attached table (from Felixstowe to M1).
The Government is committed to improving the local road network. Road improvements in Wales are a devolved matter and therefore the responsibility of the Welsh Government.
The attached table includes funding we have provided through the local Highways Maintenance Block, Integrated Transport Block, Severe Weather Funding, Local Major Projects and Local Pinch Point Fund schemes. The table does not include funding provided through the Bus Service Operators Grant, Local Sustainable Transport Fund, or Cycling Grant.
The Department is also funding local highways maintenance projects in Portsmouth, Birmingham, Sheffield, Isle of Wight and the London Borough of Hounslow through the Private Finance Initiative.
Local authorities are also able to use revenue funding, allocated by the Department of Communities and Local Government through the Revenue Support Grant for maintaining their local highways. It is for local highway authorities to decide upon their spending priorities across the whole range of services that they provide.
The Department for Transport provides funding to local highway authorities through a number of funding programmes. This funding includes grant through both the Highways Maintenance and Integrated Transport Block grants. This funding can be used to improve local roads that the authorities are responsible for if they so wish.
The following tables provide the funding we have allocated to those authorities that fall within the East of England since 2010/11:
Local Highways Maintenance Capital Block Grant
Local Transport Plan Name | 2010/11 |
| £m |
Bedfordshire (Plan) | 7.031 |
Cambridgeshire | 12.809 |
Essex | 23.075 |
Hertfordshire | 17.456 |
Luton and Dunstable (Joint Plan) | 1.284 |
Norfolk | 23.948 |
Peterborough | 8.663 |
Southend-on-Sea | 2.019 |
Suffolk | 18.094 |
Thurrock | 1.484 |
Local Highway Authority | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 |
| £m | £m | £m | £m |
Bedford | 3.198 | 2.800 | 3.288 | 3.264 |
Cambridgeshire | 13.394 | 10.695 | 12.750 | 11.662 |
Central Bedfordshire | 4.645 | 3.920 | 4.728 | 5.469 |
Essex | 26.029 | 19.838 | 22.482 | 22.573 |
Hertfordshire | 23.611 | 18.585 | 20.962 | 22.019 |
Luton | 1.404 | 1.070 | 1.193 | 1.255 |
Norfolk | 29.354 | 21.403 | 24.230 | 24.963 |
Peterborough | 3.899 | 3.029 | 3.472 | 3.578 |
Southend-on-Sea | 2.219 | 1.720 | 1.795 | 1.948 |
Suffolk | 22.683 | 17.668 | 20.145 | 20.666 |
Thurrock | 2.194 | 2.132 | 2.023 | 1.990 |
Integrated Transport Capital Block Grant
Local Transport Plan Name | 2010/11 |
| £m |
Bedfordshire (Plan) | 2.539 |
Cambridgeshire | 6.104 |
Essex | 10.455 |
Hertfordshire | 8.755 |
Luton and Dunstable (Joint Plan) | 2.014 |
Norfolk | 8.224 |
Peterborough | 1.818 |
Southend-on-Sea | 1.660 |
Suffolk | 5.061 |
Thurrock | 1.366 |
Local Authority | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 |
| £m | £m | £m | £m |
Bedford | 1.101 | 1.006 | 1.006 | 1.415 |
Cambridgeshire | 4.439 | 4.059 | 4.059 | 5.707 |
Central Bedfordshire | 1.464 | 1.338 | 1.338 | 1.882 |
Essex | 9.150 | 8.366 | 8.366 | 11.764 |
Hertfordshire | 6.804 | 6.221 | 6.221 | 8.748 |
Luton | 1.470 | 1.344 | 1.344 | 1.890 |
Norfolk | 5.824 | 5.324 | 5.324 | 7.487 |
Peterborough | 1.640 | 1.500 | 1.500 | 2.109 |
Southend-on-Sea | 1.245 | 1.138 | 1.138 | 1.600 |
Suffolk | 4.508 | 4.122 | 4.122 | 5.796 |
Thurrock | 0.960 | 0.878 | 0.878 | 1.235 |
Local authorities are also able to use revenue funding, allocated by the Department for Communities and Local Government through the Revenue Support Grant, for maintaining their local highways.
The Department has also provided funding to highway authorities for local major road schemes as set out below:
Local Highway Authority | 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 |
| £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
Essex | 26.4 | 26.0 | 6.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Herts | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Luton | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 11.3 | 2.0 |
Norfolk | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 19.0 |
Note - Figures for 10/11 to 13/14 are actual spend figures. 14/15 figures are allocations.
The Department has also agreed to provide funding to authorities through the Local Pinch Point Fund. The Fund is aimed at removing bottlenecks on the local highway network and supporting growth-enhancing development. The Fund has been allocated to the following authorities in the last five years:
Local Authority | Scheme | 2013/14 £m | 2014/15 £m |
Bedford Borough Council | Bedford Western Bypass Northern Section | 4.500 | 0 |
Central Bedfordshire Council | Woodside Link Houghton Regis (A5-M1) | 2.350 | 2.650 |
Essex County Council | A176 Nether Mayne, Basildon | 0.763 | 1.583 |
Essex County Council | A414/A1025 (Clock Tower) Junction, Harlow | 0.809 | 2.104 |
Essex County Council | Army and Navy Improvements: A1060 Parkway Widening | 0.441 | 0.675 |
Essex County Council | Army and Navy slip road | 0.260 | 1.191 |
Norfolk County Council | Great Yarmouth A12-A143 Link Road | 0.835 | 3.910 |
Peterborough City Council | Junction 17 A1(M) - Junction 2 Fletton Parkway Widening Scheme | 3.385 | 1.115 |
Southend on Sea Council | A127 B1013 Tesco Junction | 0.320 | 2.943 |
Suffolk County Council | Completion of Lowestoft Northern Spine Road (phase 5) | 0 | 4.635 |
Note: Pinch Point Funding is available in Financial Years 2013-14 and 2014-15 only.
No money from the public purse has been spent in the last 5 years on rebranding of rolling stock or engines used on rail services in Bury St Edmonds and Suffolk. The Department does not hold this level of disaggregated information for the East of England or for England and Wales.
Decisions on claims to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) are made by Departmental Decision Makers and are based on all the evidence presented by the claimant, evidence from health care professionals and advice received by the independent Assessment Providers following an assessment.
The available information on registrations, clearances and awards for claims to PIP by claimants in receipt of Disability Living Allowance, at parliamentary constituency, local authority and regional level, have been published in the data tables accompanying the latest, quarterly statistical release: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-october-2014.
Information on the number of claimants currently in receipt of PIP, by a range of regional breakdowns, has been published and can be found at: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk. Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at: https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm.
The Department does not hold this information.
As no central record is kept detailing the information the MP is requesting, this information could only be provided by examining individual investigation files. This could only be conducted at disproportionate time and cost.
The information we have up to February 2013, by local authority area within each of the geographies requested, is published and available from Table 1of the publications found at:
Council Tax Benefit (CTB) was replaced in April 2013 by the Local Council Tax Reduction Scheme and in England the Department for Communities and Local Government is now responsible for these statistics. The Scottish and Welsh Governments have similar responsibility.
The information requested is not readily available. This is because the data is not collated in the format requested. This information could only be provided by examining individual investigation files. This could only be conducted at disproportionate time and cost.
Access to Work does not have an historic means of reporting on DWP programme participant volumes nor do we have a means of reporting DWP programme participant volumes for specific constituencies, or geographical districts. Cases are recorded by disability type, not by the categories specific to your request.
The information requested is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate costs.
Bury St Edmunds Jobcentre and all Suffolk Jobcentres provide public computers with internet access for jobseekers to use. Staff are available to offer individual coaching and to support jobseekers completing online applications.
Several partner organisations including New Careers Service and F1 Training support jobseekers through online job applications and up skill them to be self-sufficient in online recruitment processes. FiftyON East and TCHC also offer this support specifically for older jobseekers.
Access to Work does not have a means of reporting DWP programme volumes for specific constituencies, or geographical districts. Cases are recorded by disability type, not by the categories specific to your request.
Information on the number of National Insurance Numbers registered to individuals including new workers, via constituency, county and country, can be found at:
https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk
Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:
https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm
The information is in the table below. Housing Benefit expenditure by Parliamentary Constituency is not available prior to 2011/12.
Table: Housing Benefit spending between 2008/09 and 2012/13 | |||||
£ million, nominal | 2008/09 | 2009/10 | 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 |
Bury St Edmunds constituency | N/A | N/A | N/A | 23.5 | 25.5 |
Suffolk | 145.5 | 169.1 | 183.3 | 192.9 | 204.0 |
England & Wales | 15,711.7 | 18,433.4 | 19,766.4 | 21,092.5 | 22,104.2 |
Source: Mid-year statistical data and Local authority subsidy returns.
The figure for England and Wales in 2012/13 is slightly different from that previously published due to inclusion of updated information from some local authorities.
The Government does not issue temporary National Insurance numbers. DWP on behalf of HMRC follows a secure and validated allocation process which results in an individual receiving a permanent National Insurance number.
Due to changes in medical condition definitions breakdown data is only available from 2011/12 for Disability Living Allowance, this can be found in the attached Excel document: Expenditure and Caseloads by medical condition.
Breakdowns prior to 2010/11 are not available for Employment and Support Allowance.
Ministers will not direct the Department to collect this information centrally.
However, we expect National Health Service organisations to have a firm grip on their workforce planning and management including their use of medical and non-medical agency staff. Trusts have access to a wide range of advice, guidance and best practice to help them with this.
Information is not available in the format or for the period requested.
Information on the sum of alcohol attributable fractions of finished admission episodes for hospital providers in the east of England with an admission through accident and emergency departments from 2005-06 to 2012-13 is shown in the attached table.
The information requested is not collected centrally. The Health and Social Care Information Centre’s Hospital Episode Statistics database classes all admissions through accident and emergency as emergency admissions.
Information is not available in the format or for the period requested.
Information on the sum of alcohol attributable fractions of finished admission episodes for hospital providers in the east of England with an admission through accident and emergency departments from 2005-06 to 2012-13 is shown in the attached table.
The Health and Social Care Information Centre publish an annual workforce census, which shows staff working in the National Health Service in England. The latest information from the census was published in March 2014 and shows the position at 30 September 2013; the next annual census will be published in March 2015 showing the position as at 30 September 2014. The Health and Social Care Information Centre also publish monthly National Health Service workforce statistics. The latest data as at September 2014 was published on 17 December.
The numbers of qualified nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff in West Suffolk Hospital, Ipswich Hospital, Health Education East of England region and England in each year from September 2004 are set out in the attached table.
The Department does not collect any information for the National Health Service by county or English region. Individual trusts have therefore been grouped together by region based on their geographical location.
Capital spend per head of population for 2007-08 to 2013-14 for primary care trusts, NHS trusts and foundation trusts collectively, and the Department of Health Group as a whole (England only) are shown in the table below.
Region | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 |
Bedfordshire | 24.12 | 31.90 | 31.00 | 42.15 | 32.30 | 34.46 | 40.60 |
Suffolk | 23.66 | 25.98 | 27.87 | 29.51 | 33.09 | 42.48 | 22.10 |
Cambridgeshire | 72.58 | 85.45 | 66.35 | 62.53 | 45.00 | 49.02 | 52.83 |
Essex | 44.79 | 43.77 | 59.60 | 46.75 | 31.06 | 23.30 | 58.11 |
Hertfordshire | 34.25 | 41.52 | 40.66 | 33.28 | 36.74 | 30.77 | 49.61 |
Norfolk | 27.69 | 43.80 | 51.34 | 43.16 | 28.90 | 36.31 | 26.87 |
England | 78.23 | 85.30 | 99.73 | 79.42 | 71.65 | 71.39 | 80.74 |
Source: Audited summarisation schedules of NHS bodies, 2007-08 to 2013-14; Departmental Group Resource Account 2007-08 to 2013-14; Monitor
Running costs per head of population for 2007-08 to 2013-14 by primary care trust and the Department of Health Group (England only) are shown in the table below.
Region | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 |
Bedfordshire | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 44.15 | 54.03 | n/a |
Suffolk | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 30.60 | 32.84 | n/a |
Cambridgeshire | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 43.35 | 41.44 | n/a |
Essex | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 48.63 | 46.20 | n/a |
Hertfordshire | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 41.00 | 42.02 | n/a |
Norfolk | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 29.06 | 33.39 | n/a |
England | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 62.83 | 66.09 | 56.36 |
Source: Audited summarisation schedules of Primary Care Trusts, 2011-12 to 2012-13; Departmental Group Resource Account 2011-12 to 2013-14
Running costs per head of population for the clinical commissioning groups have been summarised within the following NHS England Area Team areas for 2013-14 in the table below.
Area Team | 2013-14 £ |
East Anglia | 20.82 |
Essex | 21.43 |
Hertfordshire and the South Midlands | 21.04 |
Source: NHS England
Information on running costs was not separately identified in the accounts prior to 2011-12.
Information on NHS trust and foundation trust running costs is not available centrally.
The information requested is shown in the following tables.
Number of dentists in England between schedule period December 2013 to November 2014 | |||
Number of performers operating under GDS Contracts | 21,573 | ||
Number of performers operating under PDS Agreements | 3,687 | ||
Total | 25,260 | ||
Number of dentists in selected Area Teams and local authority area between schedule period December 2013 to November 2014
Babergh | East Anglia | 25 | 19 |
Forest Heath | East Anglia | 30 | 19 |
Ipswich | East Anglia | 74 | 29 |
Mid Suffolk | East Anglia | 41 | 18 |
St Edmundsbury | East Anglia | 65 | 12 |
Suffolk Coastal | East Anglia | 54 | 2 |
Waveney | East Anglia | 67 | 7 |
| Sub Total | 356 | 106 |
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Luton | Hertfordshire and the South Midlands | 95 | 3 |
Bedford | Hertfordshire and the South Midlands | 87 | 55 |
Central Bedfordshire | East Anglia | - | 1 |
Central Bedfordshire | Hertfordshire and the South Midlands | 144 | 11 |
Milton Keynes | Hertfordshire and the South Midlands | 101 | 11 |
| Sub Total | 427 | 81 |
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Cambridge | East Anglia | 109 | 66 |
East Cambridgeshire | East Anglia | 31 | 2 |
Fenland | East Anglia | 31 | 11 |
Huntingdonshire | East Anglia | 59 | 30 |
South Cambridgeshire | East Anglia | 56 | 4 |
Peterborough | East Anglia | 77 | 31 |
| Sub Total | 363 | 144 |
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Basildon | Essex | 113 | 10 |
Braintree | Essex | 66 | 20 |
Brentwood | Essex | 37 | 3 |
Castle Point | Essex | 55 | - |
Chelmsford | Essex | 90 | 9 |
Colchester | Essex | 93 | 13 |
Epping Forest | Essex | 53 | 3 |
Harlow | Essex | 47 | - |
Maldon | Essex | 19 | 6 |
Rochford | Essex | 56 | - |
Tendring | Essex | 67 | 11 |
Uttlesford | Essex | 27 | - |
Southend-on-Sea | Essex | 93 | 19 |
Thurrock | Essex | 67 | 1 |
| Sub Total | 883 | 95 |
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Broxbourne | Hertfordshire and the South Midlands | 61 | 12 |
Dacorum | Hertfordshire and the South Midlands | 107 | 10 |
East Hertfordshire | Hertfordshire and the South Midlands | 95 | 14 |
Hertsmere | Hertfordshire and the South Midlands | 58 | 5 |
North Hertfordshire | Hertfordshire and the South Midlands | 96 | 10 |
St Albans | Hertfordshire and the South Midlands | 126 | 18 |
Stevenage | Hertfordshire and the South Midlands | 50 | 3 |
Three Rivers | Hertfordshire and the South Midlands | 49 | 57 |
Watford | Hertfordshire and the South Midlands | 67 | 11 |
Welwyn Hatfield | Hertfordshire and the South Midlands | 56 | 6 |
| Sub Total | 765 | 146 |
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Breckland | East Anglia | 81 | 6 |
Broadland | East Anglia | 84 | 24 |
Great Yarmouth | East Anglia | 60 | 5 |
King's Lynn and West Norfolk | East Anglia | 58 | - |
North Norfolk | East Anglia | 49 | 17 |
Norwich | East Anglia | 79 | 17 |
South Norfolk | East Anglia | 77 | 1 |
| Sub Total | 488 | 70 |
Sources:
NHSBSA Dental Services Payments on line (POL)
Information entered by commissioners to administer and monitor contracts to enable payments to dentists.
NHSBSA Dental Services data warehouse
The information we collect from dental activity forms (FP17s) combined with the information taken from POL
Notes:
Caveats:
Data included is for contracts in England entered on POL by commissioners from Area Teams (AT).
Number of performers. This will be the performer reported on an FP17 or where this is not reported this will be the provider number where there is only one performer; else the form is rejected.
Performers will be counted in each contract type where they have submitted an FP17. This could be both GDS and PDS type contracts during the time period.
Performers in East of England may be counted more than once as they will be counted in each local authority that they have submitted FP17s from.
Definitions:
FP17: Dentists are required to submit a form called an FP17 for every course of NHS dental treatment they provide. The FP17 form can be submitted either on paper or electronically. The information contained on the FP17 form is either scanned (if a paper submission) and imported or imported directly (if an electronic submission) and stored electronically in the NHS dental services data repository (NHS DS data warehouse).
FP17O: Dentists are required to submit a form called an FP17O for every course of NHS orthodontic dental treatment they provide. The FP17O form can be submitted either on paper or electronically. The information contained on the FP17O form is either scanned (if a paper submission) and imported or imported directly (if an electronic submission) and stored electronically in the NHS dental services data repository (NHS DS data warehouse).
Contract Type Name :
GDS – General Dental Services
PDS – Personal Dental Services
Time Period:
Active Performers identified are those submitting FP17s between scheduled months of December 2013 and November 2014 where the treatment completion date falls within the financial years 2013-14 and 2014-15.
Local Authority Name - The identifying local Authority name of the Performer
Number of performers - The count of the active performers
Area Team Name - The identifying Area Team code of the Performer
Data extracted from the Data Warehouse on 9 December 2014
NHS Business Services Authority
Information Services
Information is not available in the format requested.
Information on the cost of (a) Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting staff, (b) Administrative and Clerical Staff and (c) Total Senior Managers and Managers, from 2009-10 to 2011-12, for West Suffolk NHS Trust (now Foundation Trust) and Ipswich NHS Trust has been attached.