To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will set out the client groups that will be covered by the joint investment plans that health authorities and social services departments will be required to produce during 1999–2000. [81252]

Health authorities and social services departments were required, by April 1999, to produce joint investment plans for older people, including those with mental health problems, with preparatory information to support the National Service Framework for mental health services. We are considering what other client groups will be covered from April 2000 and will issue guidance shortly.