§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the process that was used to calculate the increase in social services SSA for(a) 2000–01 and (b) 2001–02. [52277]
§ Jacqui SmithThe increase in social services standard spending assessment for 2000–01 and 2001–02 were arrived at as a result of the 1998 comprehensive spending review. That review looked at the pressures facing social services departments at that time and the level of spending that the Government could make available.