§ Miss McIntoshTo ask the Secretary of State for Health when the budget for the PPI system will be announced. [120655]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonInformation about the three year allocation from the spending review for the Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in 497W Health was put on the Department of Health's website in December at www.doh.gov.uk/allocations. A copy of the information, which is contained in the 2003–04, 2004–05 and 2005–06 primary care trust Revenue Resource Limits Exposition Book, is available in the Library.
Much of the work to support and deliver patient and public involvement is undertaken and funded locally, for example, patient advice and liaison services, the requirement on the national health service to involve and consult the public and scrutiny of health by local authorities.