asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he expects to make a decision on the future of Tadworth Court hospital by the end of January 1983.

My officials have agreed with the Spastics Society that we need further details of the charities' proposal and I must receive and evaluate that information before a decision is made. As a result I am unlikely to be able to reach a decision before the end of January, but I am anxious to resolve doubt as soon as possible.In the meantime I have made a further £200,000 available to the board of governors of the hospitals for sick children to enable them to maintain services at existing levels for the remainder of the current financial year.