§ Mr. Alan HowarthTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the value of the independent living transfer element of the community care transfer funding for 1996–97 and future years(a) in total and (b) for each local authority; how it will be identified; and what plans he has to make new arrangements relating to it. [29769]
§ Mr. BowisFinal decisions on these matters have yet to be taken. I shall be consulting the local authority associations later this year.