To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funding his Department has allocated to local involvement networks for each of the next 10 years. (279217)

The allocations to local authorities with social services responsibilities for the purposes of establishing and supporting local involvement networks (LINks) were announced as part of the local government finance settlement for 2008-09. The announcement covered the three years from 2008-09 to 2010-11.

No Government spending beyond this date has been agreed.