§ Mr. David PorterTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make it his policy that mentally handicapped adults and children moving into a local authority area shall carry with them a sum of money for local authority grant purposes taken from the area they have left and transferred to their new local authority in the year after they have moved; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Key[holding answer 1 July 1991]: In cases where a local authority has responsibility for such persons, financial arrangements resulting from moves to another area are a matter for the authorities concerned. A local authority's standard assessment will reflect, in due course, changes which influence the cost of providing a standard level of social services, including those for people with learning disabilities.
§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will show for each local authority(a) the budgeted increase or reduction in financial reserves for 1990–91 and 1991–92, expressed both in million pounds and pounds per adult, using the appropriate figure for relevant population and (b) political control in each of the above financial years.
§ Mr. Portillo[holding answer 1 July 1991]: I have today arranged for the available information to be placed in the Library of the House.