§ Mr. Matthew BanksTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list for(a) the shire counties and (b) metropolitan areas, the amount each district authority received in special transitional grants for care in the community for (a) 1993–94 and (b) 1994–95; and what was the percentage increase or decrease for 1994–95 in each case.
§ Mr. Matthew BanksTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much money was made available in 1993–94 for care in the community in the form of special transitional grant;
(2) how much money is available in the form of special transitional grant for care in the community in 1994–95;
(3) what is the percentage increase in the amount of money available for care in the community in the special transitional grant scheme for 1994–95 compared with 1993–94.
§ Mr. BowisA special transitional grant of £565.4 million was made available in 1993–94 to local authorities in England for their new community care responsibilities.
The grant will be £735.9 million in 1994–95, an increase of 30 per cent. on the 1993–94 figure. In addition, £538.6 million from the 1993–94 grant will be rolled into local authorities' 1994–95 baseline funding, making a total of over £1.2 billion available. 'These figures are in addition to the personal social services standard spending assessment, which contributes to the cost of community care as well as other social services areas of spending.