§ Mr. David PorterTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what monitoring her Department is undertaking of implementation of care in the community in respect(a) of local authority variations around the United Kingdom, (b) existing proposed provision of residential facilities in the private sector and (c) the effectiveness of dialogue between interested parties over each individual client's needs.
§ Mr. YeoThe social services inspectorate and regional health authorities are currently undertaking their fourth round of monitoring of the progress being made by English social services and health authorities towards the full implementation of the Government's community care reforms from April this year. This monitoring is paying particular attention to liaison between authorities arid between the statutory and independent sectors. The Department routinely collects data on the number of private residential care home places in England. Arrangment in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are a matter for my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Scotland and Wales and my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.