To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether KPMG Management Consultants have completed their report on local authorities community care plans; whether she will place this report in the Library; and what was the cost of this consultancy exercise.

KPMG Peat Marwick were commissioned to look at how the independent sector was being involved in the preparation of community care plans. Their report has recently been received and we are considering how its findings may best be made available. The cost of the consultancy is £42,200 exclusive of VAT and expenses.