§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the total amount of grant which could have been claimed by each local authority, and how much was claimed by each authority, for(a) community care special transitional grant, (b) projects working with people with HIV-related illness and (c) for other health and community care projects, in each year for which such grants were claimable.
Mr. Bowls[holding answer 6 May 1994]: The community care special transitional grant was allocated to local authorities on the basis of a formula for both 1993–94 and 1994–95 and not on the basis of claims made. Details of the allocations are set out in special grant reports 6 and 7—HC 404 and HC 405—for 1993–94 and special grant report 10—HC 218—for 1994–95, copies of which are available in the Library.
From its introduction in 1989–90 to 1993–94, local authorities were invited to submit bids for the HIV/AIDS specific grant without reference to indicative allocations but subject to an agreed national total. Details of the bids submitted and grants awarded will be placed in the Library. For 1994–95, local authorities were invited to submit expenditure plans which were assessed against indicative allocations of grant based on information provided to the Department by the Public Health Laboratory Service and 672W available for the first time on the distribution of AIDS cases by local authority area. Details of the indicative allocations and grants awarded will be placed in the Library.
Two other specific grants support health and community care projects: they are for services for people with a mental illness and for people who misuse alcohol and drugs. For each year since its introduction in 1991–92, local authorities have been invited to bid for the mental illness specific grant against indicative allocations issued by the Department of Health. Details of the indicative allocations and the grants awarded will be placed in the Library. From its introduction in 1991–92, the alcohol and drugs specific grant has been allocated on the basis of open-ended bids invited by the Department of Health from local authorities supporting voluntary sector projects. Information about the original bids made could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Details of the successful bids made by voluntary organisations for each year since 1991–92, together with details of the local authority supporting each project, will be placed in the Library.