§ Mr. SimmondsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding(a) in absolute terms and (b) per head of population has been made available in (i) Lincolnshire and (ii) England for the provision of adult social services in each year since 1995. [148475]
§ Dr. LadymanThe information requested is shown in the table.
Resources provided for adult social services1 Total adult resources (£million)
Total per head of population (£)
Lincolnshire 1995–96 60 125 1996–97 67 139 1997–98 72 148 1998–99 73 149 1999–2000 78 156 2000–01 82 163 2001–02 88 173 2002–03 105 204 2003–04 114 221 2004–05 121 232 England 1995–96 5,220 140 1996–97 5,746 154 1997–98 6,081 162 1998–99 6,458 172 1999–2000 6,827 181 2000–01 7,176 189 2001–02 7,701 201 2002–03 8,766 228 2003–04 9,527 246 2004–05 10,117 260 1The funding figures include both FSS and grants. The figures include some grants which can be used to support all social care services. These are Carers, Training Support Programme, Human Resources Development Strategy, Performance Fund and National Training Strategy Grants. It is not possible to split these grants between adult and children's services.