Home Care Services

Mr. Stephen O'Brien
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what percentage of home help contact hours in each region were provided by (a) council authorities and (b) the independent sector according to the results of his Department's home help returns in the latest period for which figures are available;

(2) if he will publish the results of the 2008 home help returns for each (a) region, (b) shire county, (c) unitary authority and (d) metropolitan district.

Phil Hope
Information on the number of people receiving home care/home help services during a sample week in September each year is collected on the HHl return and published by the NHS Information Centre for health and social care.

The following table shows the percentage of home help contact hours in each region provided by councils with adult social services responsibilities (CASSRs) and the independent sector during the sample week in September 2008.

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|Region                       |All sectors|CASSR|Independent|
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|North East                   |242,300    |18.7 |81.3       |
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|North West                   |848,900    |21.9 |78.1       |
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|Yorkshire and The Humber     |391,300    |30.4 |69.6       |
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|East Midlands                |352,900    |22.2 |77.8       |
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|West Midlands                |426,200    |17.8 |82.2       |
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|South West                   |352,000    |19.6 |80.4       |
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|Eastern                      |442,800    |14.6 |85.4       |
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|London                       |506,700    |11.9 |88.1       |
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|South East                   |519,800    |12.6 |87.4       |
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|England                      |4,082,900  |18.7 |81.3       |
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|Source:HHl return, table 1.1.|           |     |           |
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The full HHl data for 2008—the latest available—has been published and is available on the NHS Information Centre website at:

www.ic.nhs.uk/statistics-and-data-collections/social-care/adult-social-care-information/community-care-statistics-2008:-help-care-services-for-adults-england

A copy has been placed in the Library.