§ Mr. DrewTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish his Department's criteria for distributing the additional funds recently announced for increasing spending on mental health. [97257]
§ Mr. HuttonThree main principles were used to guide the allocation of funds for the first tranche of new investment in 1999–2000
An assessment of need, assessed partly by the weighted population score for each health authority (based on population, size, deprivation indices and other factors)Evidence concerning the gaps in services gathered during a review of mental health services in 1996–97The vision for safe, sound and supportive services described in the Government's strategy "Modernising Mental Health Services".Criteria to be used for allocating funds in the next two years have yet to be decided.