HC Deb 01 February 1990 vol 166 c354W
Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether moneys will continue to be transferred to local authorities from the social security budget after 1995–96.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

There will be a single formal transfer of provision from DSS to local authorities in the 1990 public expenditure survey, covering the years 1991–92, 1992–93 and 1993–94. Provision for both social security and local authorities in subsequent surveys will be determined in the light of the declining number of cases with preserved entitlement under social security rules and the rising demand for local authority services, including demographic changes.