EFFECT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT SETTLEMENT ON SOCIAL SERVICE PROVISION

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That this House welcomes the additional support for social service provision in the local government settlements for 2006-07 and 2007-08; further welcomes the change in the formula for social services to recognise the needs of local authorities; notes with concern however that the additional funding has been severely damped, thereby greatly reducing the amount of monies available to some authorities to fund the needs of adults and young people in their areas; and calls upon the Deputy Prime Minister urgently to review the damping mechanism so that the recognised needs of all local authorities are more closely matched to the resources allocated.