Worcestershire Social Services (Hansard, 20 July 2001)

HC Deb 20 July 2001 vol 372 cc731-2W 731W

§ Mr. Luff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the level of funding available to Worcestershire social services department. [5748]
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§ Yvette Cooper
For 2001–02, we have made available just over £84 million to Worcestershire county council for social services; this is 6.4 per cent. more than in 2000–01. Within this increase, Worcestershire's social services standard spending assessment has increased by 5.2 per cent.