§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 17 June 2002,Official Report, column 167W, on long-term care beds, how much in cash terms the 6 per cent. in real terms increase in personal social services will be in each of the next three years. [63867]
§ Jacqui SmithThe increases in personal social services resources over the next three years which were announced by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 17 April 2002 are in cash terms 10.3 per cent. for 2003–04, 6.9 per cent. for 2004–05 and 8.8 per cent. for 2005–06, an average annual increase of 8.7 per cent.