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£96 million boost to improve healthcare and employment prospects for those with learning disabilities

£96 million boost to improve healthcare and employment prospects for those with learning disabilities

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH News Release issued by The Government News Network on 6 August 2008

People with learning disabilities are to benefit from £96million in Government funding that will help provide them with better healthcare, community support and employment prospects, Care Services Minister Ivan Lewis announced today.

The new £96m of revenue funding, ring-fenced for three years from 2008/09 until 2010/11 will pay for costs incurred as a result of people with learning disabilities moving from campuses to housing in the community.

This will include support for health action planning, workforce training and development, advocacy support for more inclusive community based activities and help to get people into employment.

This follows on from the £175million announced last year for Primary Care Trusts to help with the capital costs of closing institutional NHS accommodation and providing more appropriate community arrangements for those with learning disabilities.

This new and improved accommodation will give people the opportunity to develop important social skills and the freedom to make everyday decisions.

Ivan Lewis said:

"This funding opens the door to a better way of life for hundreds of people with learning disabilities, who will now be able to integrate into communities across the country, while given high quality support to lead a full life as equal citizens.

"We are providing funding for both PCTs and local authorities to help close inappropriate NHS accommodation and to support people with learning disabilities make the transition to the community a smooth one. I am proud that Government has been able to help make it happen."

Anne Williams, the new National Director for Learning Disabilities said:

"This is excellent news for people with learning disabilities. It will enable many more people to live in their own homes in local communities, supported to get good health care. More choice, employment and volunteering opportunities and social and leisure activities will all come from this new development."

The package means that by 2010 up to 1,800 people, (692 in 2008/9 alone) will be helped to move out of institutional NHS accommodation and into housing in the community where they will be supported to live independently and make decisions for themselves.

Before leaving the NHS campus each person will be individually assessed and given a 'person centred care plan' to ensure they will continue to receive the correct support in their new way of living.

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Notes to Editors

1. Ivan Lewis announced in 2007 that £175m capital funding had been made available to help people with a learning disability living in NHS accommodation move to housing in the community by 2010. The 'Our Health Our Care Our Say' White Paper said that all NHS campuses would close by 2010 and the campus capital helps to meet that commitment.

£43m has been allocated to PCTs as a result of the second stage capital bidding programme for 2008/09 to support the capital costs of the closure of NHS campuses and the move to more appropriate independent living for people with a learning disability. Bidding for the third and final stage of the campus capital programme will open for PCTs in the autumn.

2. The funding announced today breaks down as follows:

Campus capital (funding for PCTs to help with the capital costs of people with learning disabilities moving from campuses to more appropriate accommodation in the community)

£43m total for 2008/09

CAMPUS CAPITAL PROGRAMME: OUTCOME 2008/9 STAGE 2


SHA                  PCT East Midland         Northamptonshire
                           Derbyshire County
                           Leicester City Leicestershire County & Rutland
      Total allocation     £3,844,000
      Eastern              SuffolkGreat Yarmouth & Waveney
                           Norfolk
                           BedfordshireLuton
                           West Essex
                           West HertfordshireEast & North Hertfordshire
      Total allocation     £13,369,000 London               Barnet
                           Bromley
                           Sutton & Merton
      Total allocation     £6,127,000 North East           Middlesbrough
                           Middlesbrough & North Tees
                           Sunderland Total allocation     £523,000
      South Central        Southampton City
      Total allocation     £603,000
      South East Coast     Eastern & Coastal Kent
                           West Kent                      West Sussex
      Total allocation     £11,500,000
      South West           Bath & North East Somerset
                           DorsetBournemouth & Poole
      Total allocation     £4,550,000
      West Midlands        South StaffordshireNorth Staffordshire Stoke
                           on Trent                      Warwickshire
      Total allocation     £2,379,000 Yorks & Humberside   Hull
                           Sheffield                      Doncaster
      Total allocation     £275,000 



The allocation amounts vary between different regions because the spread of people still living in campuses is uneven across the country. Funding was also provided in 2007/8 and further funding of up to £127m will also be available in 2009/10

3. Campus revenue (funding to help local authorities provide a smooth transition for people with a learning disability moving from the NHS to community accommodation.)

£96million in total

£14million in 2008/09

£31million in 2009/10

£51million in 2010/11

ALLOCATIONS FOR THE LEARNING DISABILITY CAMPUS CLOSURE PROGRAMME REVENUE GRANT 2008 - 2011*

 1                              2          3           4
       Local Authorities              2008/2009  2009/2010   2010/2011
       County Councils                £          £           £
       Bedfordshire **                594,370    1,316,105   2,165,205
       Buckinghamshire                287,494    636,594     1,047,300
       Cambridgeshire                 45,224     100,138     164,744
       Cheshire **                    74,296     164,513     270,651
       Cornwall                       713,890    1,580,757   2,600,600
       Derbyshire                     106,599    236,041     388,325
       Devon                          22,612     50,069      82,372
       Dorset                         297,185    658,053     1,082,603
       Durham                         83,987     185,971     305,953
       Essex                          646,054    1,430,549   2,353,484
       Gloucestershire                310,106    686,664     1,129,672
       Hampshire                      888,325    1,967,005   3,236,041
       Hertfordshire                  129,211    286,110     470,697
       Kent                           700,969    1,552,146   2,553,530
       Lancashire                     3,230      7,153       11,767
       Leicestershire                 80,757     178,819     294,186
       Lincolnshire                   636,364    1,409,091   2,318,182
       Norfolk                        429,626    951,315     1,565,067
       North Yorkshire                41,994     92,986      152,976
       Northamptonshire               251,961    557,914     917,859
       Northumberland                 32,303     71,527      117,674
       Nottinghamshire                239,040    529,303     870,789
       Oxfordshire                    12,921     28,611      47,070
       Shropshire                     19,382     42,916      70,605
       Staffordshire                  148,593    329,026     541,301
       Suffolk                        436,087    965,621     1,588,602
       Surrey                         788,186    1,745,270   2,871,251
       Warwickshire                   106,599    236,041     388,325
       West Sussex                    439,317    972,773     1,600,369
       Wiltshire                      64,605     143,055     235,348
       Worcestershire                 67,836     150,208     247,116
       London Boroughs
       Barnet                         58,145     128,749     211,814
       Bexley                         3,230      7,153       11,767
       Brent                          67,836     150,208     247,116
       Bromley                        394,093    872,635     1,435,625
       Camden                         19,382     42,916      70,605
       Croydon                        203,507    450,623     741,347
       Ealing                         22,612     50,069      82,372
       Harrow                         12,921     28,611      47,070
       Hillingdon                     32,303     71,527      117,674
       Hounslow                       51,684     114,444     188,279
       Kensington and Chelsea         25,842     57,222      94,139
       Lambeth                        19,382     42,916      70,605
       Merton                         80,757     178,819     294,186
       Newham                         9,691      21,458      35,302
       Redbridge                      3,230      7,153       11,767
       Richmond upon Thames           41,994     92,986      152,976
       Sutton                         213,198    472,081     776,650
       Tower Hamlets                  6,461      14,305      23,535
       Waltham Forest                 35,533     78,680      129,442
       Wandsworth                     83,987     185,971     305,953
       Westminster                    38,763     85,833      141,209
       Metropolitan Borough Councils
       Barnsley                       113,060    250,346     411,860
       Birmingham                     142,132    314,721     517,766
       Bolton                         3,230      7,153       11,767
       Bradford                       113,060    250,346     411,860
       Coventry                       16,151     35,764      58,837
       Doncaster                      3,230      7,153       11,767
       Dudley                         19,382     42,916      70,605
       Gateshead                      87,217     193,124     317,720
       Leeds                          284,264    629,442     1,035,533
       Newcastle                      41,994     92,986      152,976
       North Tyneside                 16,151     35,764      58,837
       Rotherham                      38,763     85,833      141,209
       Sandwell                       148,593    329,026     541,301
       Sheffield                      41,994     92,986      152,976
       Solihull                       51,684     114,444     188,279
       South Tyneside                 6,461      14,305      23,535
       Sunderland                     167,974    371,943     611,906
       Wakefield                      58,145     128,749     211,814
       Walsall                        239,040    529,303     870,789
       Wigan                          35,533     78,680      129,442
       Wolverhampton                  58,145     128,749     211,814
       Unitary Authorities
       Bath and North East Somerset   22,612     50,069      82,372
       Bournemouth                    206,737    457,776     753,115
       Bristol                        58,145     128,749     211,814
       Darlington                     35,533     78,680      129,442
       Derby                          96,908     214,582     353,023
       East Riding of Yorkshire       38,763     85,833      141,209
       Halton                         25,842     57,222      94,139
       Hartlepool                     22,612     50,069      82,372
       Isle of Wight                  29,072     64,375      105,907
       Kingston Upon Hull             12,921     28,611      47,070
       Leicester                      232,580    514,998     847,254
       Luton                          54,915     121,597     200,046
       Medway                         19,382     42,916      70,605
       Middlesbrough                  6,461      14,305      23,535
       Milton Keynes                  45,224     100,138     164,744
       North Lincolnshire             22,612     50,069      82,372
       North Somerset                 9,691      21,458      35,302
       Nottingham                     67,836     150,208     247,116
       Peterborough                   248,731    550,761     906,091
       Poole                          167,974    371,943     611,906
       Portsmouth                     64,605     143,055     235,348
       Reading                        25,842     57,222      94,139
       Redcar & Cleveland             6,461      14,305      23,535
       South Gloucestershire          16,151     35,764      58,837
       Southampton                    251,961    557,914     917,859
       Southend                       38,763     85,833      141,209
       Stockton on Tees               35,533     78,680      129,442
       Stoke-on-Trent                 145,362    321,874     529,534
       Swindon                        38,763     85,833      141,209
       Telford & Wrekin               9,691      21,458      35,302
       Warrington                     3,230      7,153       11,767
       Windsor and Maidenhead         6,461      14,305      23,535
       York                           122,750    271,804     447,162
       TOTAL GRANT ALLOCATED          14,000,000 31,000,000  51,000,000 


* This allocation is based on census returns at 10 April 2008

** Allocations for 2009/10 and 2010/11 will reflect the new unitary authorities

4. Revenue funding is ring-fenced for three years from 2008/9.

5. Allocations are based on a census of local authorities in April 2008. The census asked for the number of people in campuses, and those in assessment and treatment units for upward of 18 months (reduced to 12 months from 1 April 2008) who met the definition of 'campus', at 1 April 2001.

6. There will be local authorities who no longer have people living in campuses. In these cases, the revenue will be used for other ongoing support for those people who have left campuses since 1 April 2001 including support in considering housing options where people want further changes

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