§ Mr. Jim CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what action he(a) has taken and (b) will be taking, following the 1995 Association of Metropolitan Authorities paper entitled "Adults in Need Index". [14205]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordThe AMA paper "Adults in Need Index" was presented to the standard spending assessments—SSA—sub-group in 1995. Two of the options which it included were exemplified in the report of the SSA sub-group. These possible changes were considered, when the changes proposed to SSAs for 1996–97 were being decided. We were not convinced that a strong enough case had been made for the introduction of such an index.
The local authority associations may wish to present further information on the "Adults in Need Index". During discussion in the SSA sub-group in 1996, we will consider whatever material is brought forward.