§ Mr. Bill MichieTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement on the present funding for care in the community.
§ Mr. YeoWe have fully honoured our commitment to fund community care fairly. We have made available £565 million by way of a ring-fenced special transitional grant for English local authorities in 1993–94. This amount includes an additional 35 per cent. over and above the transfer of funds from social security for authorities' new community care responsibilities, and a further substantial sum for responsibilities for severely disabled people. Total resources for personal social services including community care for 1993–94 will be £5,585 million. This represents a 15 per cent. increase on 1992–93, and a real terms increase of more than 33 per cent. over the three year-period from 1990–91.