§ Jackie BallardTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he plans to disburse the balance of funds available under Investing in Dentistry by the end of the current financial year; and if he will make a statement. [64249]
§ Mr. MilburnDispersal of the balance of funds depends on receiving bids from local health authorities and dentist that meet the criteria for grants under the investing in dentistry initiative.
§ Jackie BallardTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 9 December 1998,Official Report, columns 201–02, on Investing in Dentistry, if he will list for each health authority area (a) the number of applications received, and (b) the gross funding awarded; and if he will make a statement. [64262]
§ Mr. MilburnThe table gives details of the number of Investing in Dentistry funding requests health authorities have submitted to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health, and the gross funding awarded to health authorities whose requests have been approved.
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Health authority Number of funding requests 1,2 Gross funding approved3 £ Avon 12 81,000 Barnet 6 — Barnsley 5 72,900 Bedfordshire 2 30,000 Berkshire 6 85,000 Bexley and Greenwich 3 — Birmingham 2 57,000 Bradford 4 52,700 Bury and Rochdale 2 — Calderdale and Kirklees 4 —
§ Mr. HuttonThe Department collects anonymised statistical profiles of a one-third sample of all children who are looked after by local authorities in England, including those placed in children's homes. This information includes details of each child's placements, legal status, and reason for being looked after. A copy of the form on which these data are reported was published as an appendix to "Children Looked After by Local Authorities, Year Ending 31 March 1997, England", copies of which are available in the Library.