§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what steps he is taking to ensure correlation between local authority community care plans and future standard spending assessments for personal social services.
§ Mr. PortilloStandard spending assessments are the Government's measure of the cost of providing a standard level of service across all local authorities taking account of their social, geographic and demographic characteristics and the services for which they are responsible. Community care plans reflect locally determined service priorities within available resources.