Written question asked by Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Conservative) on Tuesday, 14 September 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 4 October 2004. It was answered by Stephen Ladyman (Labour) on Monday, 4 October 2004 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much financial support has been allocated for the provision of disabled care for people in North Yorkshire in each year since 1997 and is projected for (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06; what programmes the Government has in place to provide (a) care for disabled people and (b) support for the families and carers of disabled people; what action the Government has taken to ensure that the safety of disabled people is not jeopardised by the reduction in funding to disability charities.

Answer: Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much financial support has been 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 have taken to ensure that the safety of disabled people is not jeopardised by the reduction in funding to disability charities. [189331] Dr. Ladyman: The 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 light 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.

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