HC Deb 17 April 2002 vol 383 cc1011-2W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the allocation of funds for intermediate care planned for each financial year; and if he will list the commitments to spend made by each(a) health authority, (b) health trust and (c) Government office region. [42951]

Jacqui Smith

The NHS Plan announced an extra £900 million annually by 2003–04 for new intermediate care and related services to promote independence and improve quality of care for older people.

Further details are in HSC 2002–01, LAC (2001) 01, published in January 2001, a copy of which is in the Library.

Spending commitments for future years are not available by health authority (HA), trust and region. However, annual performance monitoring within a given financial year provides details of expenditure by HA and region and projections to the relevant year-end.