HC Deb 10 May 1993 vol 224 cc352-3W
Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement on progress made with the national disability information project; what applications for resource support have been received from federations of local information providers from the national disability information project fund; and what allocations of resources have been made.

Mr. Yeo

We received 101 applications from federations to become pilot sites. 12 pilot sites were selected, with funding as follows:

1991–92 1992–93 1993–94
Berkshire 18,400 33,590 36,400
Birmingham 70,850 62,500 64,344
Devon 26,100 38,500 51,000
1991–92 1992–93 1993–94
North East Yorkshire 24,161 59,697 72,873
Gateshead 48,000 62,820 67,380
Gloucestershire 30,301 38,100 37,300
Kent 64,000 53,660 65,000
Manchester 19,931 54,700 70,000
Norfolk 16,565 49,631 62,500
Oldham 37,589 56,119 81,982
Southwark 21,338 49,282 65,450
Walsall 32,963 46,850 48,000

The project is being co-ordinated on the Department's behalf by the Policy Studies Institute (PSI). The PSI report that the pilots have made important developments in the dissemination of information to disabled people. A formal evaluation is being carried out by the Research Institute for Consumer Affairs, who will' report to the Department of Health after the project ends in 1994–95.