§ Miss McIntoshTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much financial support has been 1963W allocated for the provision of disabled care for people in North Yorkshire in each year since 1997; and how much is projected for (a) 2004–05 and (b) 2005–06; [189328]
(2) what programmes the Government have in place to provide (a) care for disabled people and (b) support for the families and carers of disabled people; [189329]
(3) what action the Government nave taken to ensure that the safety of disabled people is not jeopardised by the reduction in funding to disability charities. [189331]
§ Dr. LadymanThe Government do not allocate particular amounts to councils to spend on the care of disabled people. It is for each council to decide how much of its general funding allocation to spend for this purpose. Councils do this in the hot of local needs and priorities.
The Government's financial support for social services will increase by an annual average of 6 per cent. in real terms between 2003–04 and 2005–06.
§ Miss McIntoshTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what criteria were considered in deciding that the Wilf Ward Family Trust would receive less funding over the next three years. [189330]
§ Dr. LadymanThis information is not available centrally. The Department does not provide funding directly to the Wilf Ward Family Trust.