HC Deb 19 July 2001 vol 372 c442W
Mr. Burstow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will set out the timetable for commencement of section 49 of the Health and Social Care Act 2001 for each group affected by the provision; [4924]

(2) what arrangements will be made to monitor the adequacy of the money allocated for free nursing care from October to April and to allocate additional funds in the event of a shortfall of allocation to actual expenditure; [4923]

(3) if he will make a statement on the draft guidance and directions he plans to issue to implement the provisions of section 49 of the Health and Social Care Act 2001; [4869]

Jacqui Smith

I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave my hon. Friend the Member for Stafford (Mr. Kidney) on 17 July 2001,Official Report, columns 113–14W.