To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the local improvement finance trust schemes undertaken in (a) Forest of Dean constituency and (b) Gloucestershire in each year since the initiative was introduced. (73794)

There are no local improvement finance trusts (LIFT) schemes in the Forest of Dean constituency and Gloucestershire. It is for local primary care trusts to decide to seek approval from the Department to establish LIFTs in their areas, and they do this in the light of the health and social care needs of their population. The local primary care trusts have decided not to seek approval to establish LIFTs in their areas.