HC Deb 01 February 2000 vol 343 cc520-1W
Mrs. Spelman

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions by what percentage the average local authority social services budget exceeds the corresponding SSA element. [107986]

Ms Beverley Hughes

The average local authority social services budget exceeds its corresponding SSA for 1999–2000 by 10.9 per cent.