§ Mr. Raceasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list those topics on which it is not his practice to answer parliamentary questions; and if he will list any changes in the practice of his Department since 9 November 1979.
§ Mr. FowlerI have nothing to add to my right hon. Friend's reply to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Perry Barr (Mr. Rooker) on 9 November 1979.—[Vol. 973, c.382] I reiterate his hope that hon. Members will be willing to approach the responsible health and local authority in the first instance for details of
Locally determined policies and priorities;The application locally of national priorities;Statistics and so on which would only be available locally;Operational cases where responsibility rests locally, and where the local mechanisms for inquiry have not yet been exhausted.