§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list for each local authority(a) the amount of grant that will be payable in each year to support the National Carers Strategy, (b) the estimated number of carers and (c) the product of dividing (a) by (b). [71104]
§ Mr. HuttonAs one part of the carers strategy, we have announced a new special grant to local authorities of £140 million over three years to improve the range and diversity of provision aimed at giving carers a break. Under community care legislation, this provision can be made only for carers who are caring for someone assessed as needing community care services. A special grant report, listing the allocations for each local authority for the carers' grant, will be laid before Parliament shortly. Information is not currently available to allow an estimate to be made of the number of such carers in each local authority area.