§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on funding for care of the elderly living in the Tooting constituency. [117158]
§ Mr. HuttonPrimary care trusts and local authorities are responsible for allocating their resources to meet local needs and achieve national standards.
Services for older people are a national priority area for health and social care. London PCTs have recently produced three-year local delivery plans and social services delivery improvement statements, outlining proposals to meet targets and capacity assumptions as set out in the Planning and Performance Framework.
Wandsworth PCT and Wandsworth social services which cover the Tooting area, are working in close collaboration to further develop services for older people and implement the national service framework for older people. Each organisation has maintained previous levels of investment in older people's services in the current year and identified some additional moneys to meet anticipated cost pressure arising from increased demand for services and/or new developments.
70WThe growth in Wandsworth PCT allocations, for all services, is as follows:
Year Annual increase (— million) Annual increase (Percentage) 2003–04 21.1 8.3 2004–05 27.3 9.89 2005–06 29.2 9.62 3 year total 77.6 30.5