§ Mr. BoatengTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he is taking to ensure that the viability of registered care homes affording generalist provision for single homeless people is not put at risk by the implementation of the community care legislation on 1 April.
§ Mr. YeoI have been asked to reply.
From 1 April local social services authorities will be responsible for arranging residential care for people who
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NHS charitable trust funds 1991–92 Total income £ Total expenditure £ Total capital reserves as at 31 March 1992 £ Northern RHA 37,306 40,191 403,196 Hartlepool 106,680 93,092 218,955 North Tees 437,063 252,459 690,772 South Tees 1,361,321 540,624 1,660,114 East Cumbria 478,407 454,056 1,179,052 South Cumbria 419,508 594,992 610,198 West Cumbria 424,106 226,497 634,757 Darlington 303,816 224,549 1,424,155 Durham 157,483 164,286 328,469 North West Durham 134,721 103,750 213,704 South West Durham 285,780 310,688 444,080 Northumberland 501,013 851,363 1,353,052 Gateshead 154,080 159,520 314,886 North Tyneside 160,968 96,518 337,500 South Tyneside 224,749 145,990 246,296 Sunderland 856,824 781,244 1,193,623 Northern Region Total 6,043,625 5,017,799 11,252,807 Yorkshire RHA 207,883 152,013 947,645 Hull 558,608 442,629 1,256,433 East Yorkshire 392,129 372,860 463,235 Grimsby 161,957 146,860 301,702 Scunthorpe 228,647 255,250 359,127 Northallerton 192,221 141,542 426,904 York 573,691 443,939 1,212,757 Scarborough 468,155 364,286 757,150 Harrogate 356,752 470,425 1,451,158 Bradford 498,703 371,582 1,410,426 Airedale 394,097 316,628 709,376 Calderdale 133,615 83,650 497,277 Huddersfield 322,379 384,050 1,177,623 Dewsbury 230,202 282,470 217,642 Leeds 514,575 354,551 2,001,180 Wakefield 643,714 533,187 877,239 Pontefract 219,748 115,499 409,163 Yorkshire Region Total 6,097,076 5,211,421 14,476,039 Trent RHA 34,040 23,584 509,924 North Derbyshire 884,179 540,776 1,642,598 South Derbyshire 1,317,684 1,244,573 3,874,527 Leicestershire 2,385,040 2,101,954 6,596,662 North Lincolnshire 410,378 345,853 948,273 need it, whether or not they have a settled way of life. The money that the Department of Social Security would have spent supporting single homeless people in residential care homes is included within the resources being transferred to local authorities. We have made clear in guidance authorities' responsibilities for this group of people. It is for authorities themselves to decide how they spend their resources.