§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) what account will be taken of the incidence of rural areas in transfer of DSS funds to local authorities under community care proposals;
(2) what account will be taken of levels of poverty in transfer of DSS funds to local authorities under community care proposals;
(3) what account will be taken of the proportionately larger long-term hospital population in Scotland in transfer of DSS funds to local authorities under the Government's community care proposals;
(4) whether, under the Government's community care proposals, the transfer of DSS funds to English, Welsh and Scottish local authorities will be arranged under the Barnett formula.
§ Mr. BurtThe funds which are to be transferred to the Department of Health for distribution to local authorities for community care purposes are those which the Department would otherwise have expended from April 1993 on the higher levels of social security entitlement for people newly entering residential care and nursing homes.