§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what inflationary element has been built into the special transitional grant for community care for(a) 1994–95 and (b) 1995–96.
§ Mr. BowisVarious components are taken into account in the assessment of resources for local authorities' new community care responsibilities, including the Government's forecast of inflation.
§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health when she expects the special transitional grant for community care to be incorporated within the standard spending assessment.
§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what account has been taken in the calculation of the 1994–95 and 1995–96 special transitional grants of increased costs on the infrastructure for administering the community care changes.
§ Mr. BowisLocal authorities' additional costs, which include, but are not limited to, administration costs, have been taken into account each year in the assessment of the additional resources needed for their new community care responsibilities. Not all elements of the additional costs initially incurred by local authorities have been increasing since the special transitional grant was introduced.