§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will issue guidance to the Local Government Commission indicating the evidence he will expect to be put forward in any recommendation for a new unitary local authority of effective arrangements for the provision of personal social services within a new authority and for the co-ordination of such services with health services.
§ Mr. CurryAnnex B of the Department's policy guidance to the Local Government Commission sets out considerations relevant to a range of local government functions, including personal social services. A copy of the guidance is in the Library.
It is for the Commission to decide what evidence it will submit in support to its recommendations. After receiving the Commission's report on an area it is, however, open to my right hon. Friend to direct the Commission to supply him with additional information.