§ Mr. Tugendhatasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether additional resources will be allocated to the health and personal social services in Northern Ireland, in view of the Government's decision announced some months ago to increase spending on these services in Great Britain by £118 million.
§ Mr. ChannonYes. I am glad to be able to announce that an additional £3½ million is to be allocated to the development of health and personal social services in Northern Ireland. This matches additional resources made available for these services in Great Britain and will similarly be spent over the next four years commencing this year. It will be used to improve services for the elderly, and the mentally ill; to facilitate the integration of health and personal social services; to boost the capital building programme and to give further support to396W voluntary social services. It will also directly or indirectly generate additional employment, thus contributing to one of the main objectives of our policy.