HC Deb 09 January 1996 vol 269 c77W
Mr. Denham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the additional costs to local authorities in providing residential care for the elderly as a result of the raising of capital allowances in the Budget. [8160]

Mr. Bowis

Additional resources of £60 million have been made available for 1996–97 to reflect the additional cost to the Department of Social Security and social services departments in the United Kingdom of the changes announced in the Budget to levels of capital disregard.