§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what proposals he has to introduce a system of pooling arrangements, specific grants or cross billing between local authorities in order to improve the funding of the hospital social work service.
§ Mr. MellorOfficials have been engaged in discussion with the relevant local authority associations of a number of proposals for improving the distribution of funding for the hospital social work service within the local government system. No conclusion has yet been reached.