§ Tim LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health when he will publish the Regulatory Impact Assessment for the National Care Standards Regulations. [37135]
§ Jacqui Smith[holding answer 26 February 2002]: The Regulatory Impact Assessment for the Care Homes Regulations and National Minimum Standards for Older People and for Younger Adults was placed in the Library on 21 January 2002. We will be placing the Regulatory Impact Assessments for Care Homes and for other service areas on the Department of Health's NCSC website shortly.