§ Mr. RowlandsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the likely additional resources required to implement the Children Act 1989 in a full year.
§ Miss LestorTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how much money has been allocated, and to which local authorities, specifically for implementing the Children Act 1989.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyCentral Government do not specify in detail how local authorities should allocate the overall resource available to them but rather indicates its view of the appropriate spending through standard spending control totals. The total covering personal social services for children (including specific grants) was £1,540.9 million for 1991–92, an increase of £239.9 million (18.4 per cent.) over the equivalent figure for 1990–91. This increase allows for the part-year implementation of the Children Act from 14 October 1991. Information about personal social services standard spending assessments for
Region Ashworth Broadmoor Rampton Total Northern 5 — 2 1 Yorkshire 7 1 5 13 Trent 1 — 14 15 East Anglian 1 1 1 3 North West Thames 2 3 5 10 North East Thames 2 6 5 13 South East Thames — 10 3 13 South West Thames — 5 3 8 Wessex 1 6 2 9 Oxford — 6 8 14 South Western 1 4 3 8 West Midlands 12 3 5 20 Mersey 15 — — 15 North Western 9 — 1 10 Wales 8 1 — 9 Total 64 46 57 167 1 Defined as those detained under section 3 of the Mental Health Act 1983—that is, their detention did not arise from criminal proceedings or a prison sentence.