§ Mr. HealdTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the implementation of the recommendations of the Tilt report concerning security at special hospitals and the amount of money so far spent on implementation by his Department. [16621]
§ Jacqui SmithThe report of the review of security at the high security hospitals (the Tilt report) was published on 22 May 2000. All the recommendations in the report were accepted by the Government and the implementation process is on-going. Central funding for 2000–01 and 2001–02 is set out in the table:
£ million Current expenditure Capital expenditure 2000–01 1.0 3.0 2001–02 5.0 38.0 £1 million of current expenditure funding was provided in 2000–01 to meet some of the costs of implementation arising in that year. The £5 million for current expenditure for 2001–02 has been provided specifically in response to the recommendation that additional funding should be made available to facilitate the movement out of the hospitals of patients no longer needing high security care. Other current expenditure for 2001–02 arising from Tilt report recommendations has been met by the health authority commissioners of the services out of the overall expenditure allocations available to them. The capital expenditure relates to improvements to the physical security of the high security hospitals, particularly the upgrading of perimeter security that Sir Richard Tilt saw as being necessary in the interests of maintaining public safety.