HC Deb 14 February 1995 vol 254 cc638-9W
20. Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when she next expects to meet disability organisations to discuss the implications for disabled persons of the Government's community care policy.

Mr. Bowis

I meet disability organisations on a regular basis and discuss a range of issues including community care. I also meet the national user and carer group every six months. The group is made up of users from a wide range of community care client groups and carers and provides information on the progress being made with the community care reforms by local and health authorities from a user's and carer's perspective.

Mr. Thurnham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health which local authorities have not submitted audited returns detailing community care spending in 1993–94.

Mr. Bowis

Audited returns detailing community care spending in 1993–94 for 29 local authorities have not yet been received by the Department. The outstanding returns are being followed up through the Audit Commission. A list of the relevant authorities is as shown.

List of local authorities whose audited returns have not yet been received by the Department of Health. Metropolitan Authorities

  • Birmingham
  • Bolton
  • Bury
  • Coventry Manchester
  • Rochdale Sheffield Wirral
County Councils
  • Berkshire Cheshire Gloucestershire
  • Hampshire
  • Hereford and Worcester
  • Hertfordshire
  • North Yorkshire
  • Northamptonshire
    • 639
  • Northumberland
  • Nottinghamshire
London Boroughs
  • Bexley
  • Brent
  • Ealing
  • Greenwich
  • Hackney
  • Haringey
  • Hillingdon
  • Islington
  • Kensington
  • Richmond Upon Thames
  • Sutton