To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the oral answer of 17 June 2008, Official Report, columns 799-800, what funding has been allocated for statutory independent advocacy services in (a) 2009, (b) 2010 and (c) 2011. (213310)

We are committed to funding independent mental health advocacy and funding for this will be announced together with other departmental priorities as part of the Department's 2009-10 business plan which we expect to publish in the spring.