§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the method by which his Department will calculate the amount to be transferred from his Department to local authorities when community care is implemented.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyThe White Paper "Caring for People"—Cm. 849—set out the factors which will be taken into account in calculating the sums to be transferred from the social security system to local authorities. The amount to be transferred will be determined in the 1992 public expenditure survey following discussions with the local authority associations.