HC Deb 11 March 2002 vol 381 cc751-2W
David Davis

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will list the adjustments made to each local authority standard spending assessment as a result of the transfer of care home registration to the National Care Standards Commission. [41375]

Mr. Raynsford

A table showingthe 2002–03 Standard Spending Assessment (SSA) as it would have been had the transfer of care home registration to the National Care Standards Commission not occurred; the actual 2002–03 SSA; the difference; and the percentage difference for each authority with responsibilities for Personal Social Services has been placed in the Libraries of the House.

So that like-for-like comparisons between the 2001–02 and 2002–03 SSAs could be made, notional adjustments were also made to the 2001–02 SSAs to reflect these changes.

David Davis

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what adjustment was made to the East Riding of Yorkshire standard spending assessment as a result of the transfer of care home registration to the National Care Standards Commission. [41376]

Mr. Raynsford

The East Riding of Yorkshire would have had an SSA of £259.814 million if the transfer of care home registration to the National Care Standards Commission had not occurred in 2002–03. This is £395,000 (0.2 per cent.) more than the actual SSA received by the East Riding of Yorkshire following the transfer.