North Bristol NHS Trust (Hansard, 29 November 2001)

§ Mr. Webb
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if hospital improvement plans submitted by the North Bristol NHS Trust are among the proposals by trusts that
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review where an adoption agency intends to turn down a prospective adopter's application. A copy of the White Paper has been placed in the Library. The Bill includes powers enabling the appropriate Minister to make regulations to establish a mechanism, which may be run by an independent body, to review qualifying adoption agency determinations. Details of how the review mechanism system will work, including the composition of the body and its membership, will be fully consulted On.

§ Tim Loughton
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his assessment is of reasonableness for a period of delay as used in the Adoption and Children Bill. [19230]

§ Jacqui Smith
This will depend on the facts of the particular case.

§ Tim Loughton
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proposals he has for funding centrally the operation of the review panels under the Adoption and Children Bill. [19308]

§ Jacqui Smith
The cost of establishing and administering the independent review mechanism will be met centrally from the extra £66.5 million for adoption announced in the White Paper "Adoption—a new approach", a copy of which has been placed in the Library. We have promised to consult on the detail of how the independent review mechanism will operate, to ensure that we get it right. The running costs of the review mechanism will be taken into account in the forthcoming spending review.