HC Deb 28 February 1994 vol 238 cc610-1W
Mr. Hinchliffe

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the answer of the Secretary of State for the Environment of 21 February,Official Report, column 7: What is the percentage of the implicit element within the standard spending assessment calculation for personal social services relating to charges for services other than residential care; and if she will make a statement.

Mr. Bowis

Within the calculations of the standard spending assessments for personal social services other than residential care for the elderly, it is uniformity between authorities in the rate of recovery of gross expenditure through income from charges which is implicitly assumed, not any specific rate of recovery.