§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will set out the finances he proposes to make available to local authorities in Wales in each year of his timetable for the implementation of those parts of the National Health Service and Community Care Act that relate to the development of community-based care for elderly and disabled people in Wales.
§ Mr. GristThe cost of implementing the first stage of the changes in 1991–92 has been taken into account in the figures for the revenue support grant settlement announced in July. The indicative amount for local authority expenditure on personal social services will be announced later in the year, along with the level of specific grant for community care training and support purposes. In addition, central expenditure of £330,000 is planned for 1991–92 for the continuation of demonstration projects on assessment and care management begun in 1990–91 with a similar level of central expenditure.
The allocation of earmarked central resources in respect of bids for schemes to promote more flexible forms of community care for elderly people and those with physical or sensory disabilities will be announced in January 1991.
320WFor future years central support for local authority expenditure will be determined as part of each year's local authority revenue settlement and the public expenditure survey. The level of resources to be transferred from social security programmes to the local authorities in 1993–94 to enable them to carry out the full range of their new responsibilities for assessment and the procurement of care will be determined in the 1992 public expenditure survey.
§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will set out his timetable for the implementation of those parts of the National Health Service and Community Care Act that relate to the development of community-based care for the elderly and disabled people in Wales.
§ Mr. GristI refer the hon. Gentleman to the statement made by my right hon. Friend on 18 July and the detailed programme of implementation sent to him under cover of the Department's letter of 10 September—a copy of which was placed in the Library of the House.