§ Lord Turnbergasked Her Majesty's Government:
How much transitional funding will be provided for the Health Protection Agency as it takes over the responsibilities currently provided by the Public Health Laboratory Service. [HL710]
§ Lord Hunt of Kings HeathThe Secretary of State for Health has not yet decided on the allocations to the central budgets programme (where the Health Protection Agency will lie) for 2003–04et seq. This information is therefore not yet available.