19151
1999-00
147
Kent Social Services Funding
Stephen Ladyman
1999-12-07
That this House notes with concern that the incompetence of Kent County Council's Conservative administration has led to a serious shortfall in social services funding that threatens winter provision in the county and which will create difficulties for local health authorities by causing bed blocking in hospitals; notes that the Conservatives have attempted to blame these problems on the cost of supporting asylum seekers even though this Government, unlike its predecessor, reimburses the County for at least 90 per cent. of these costs; notes that the real problem is that Kent's Conservative Council has failed, for political reasons, to plan for factors that were known well in advance such as the impact of the national minimum wage, has diverted over ú5 million into largely unnecessary corporate initiatives, has based its finances on unsustainable and unworkable budgets which failed to make efficient use of the most generous Government settlement in the county's history and which inevitably have lead to a substantial overspend; notes that the Conservatives who control the council intend to resolve the problems they have created by diverting funds ring-fenced for voluntary organisations, reneging on promised regeneration funding for East Kent and cutting services for the elderly and vulnerable; and calls on the county council's Conservative leadership to work with the Government and with other political parties in Kent to devise a new budget and business plan for Kent that truly meets the needs of the county's population.
Stephen Ladyman
1999-12-07
Proposed
South Thanet
Labour
Chris Pond
1999-12-07
Signed
Gravesham
Labour
Gwyn Prosser
1999-12-07
Signed
Dover
Labour
Jonathan R Shaw
1999-12-07
Signed
Chatham & Aylesford
Labour
Robert Marshall-Andrews
1999-12-07
Signed
Medway
Labour
Howard Stoate
1999-12-07
Signed
Dartford
Labour
Derek Wyatt
1999-12-07
Signed
Sittingbourne & Sheppey
Labour
Huw Edwards
1999-12-08
Signed
Monmouth
Labour
Norman Godman
1999-12-08
Signed
Greenock & Inverclyde
Labour
Harry Barnes
1999-12-08
Signed
North East Derbyshire
Labour
Kevin McNamara
1999-12-09
Signed
Kingston upon Hull North
Labour
Jim Dobbin
1999-12-09
Signed
Heywood & Middleton
Labour Co-operative
Ann Cryer
1999-12-13
Signed
Keighley
Labour
Bill Etherington
1999-12-13
Signed
Sunderland North
Labour
John McDonnell
2000-01-10
Signed
Hayes & Harlington
Labour
Audrey Wise
Withdrawn