Beckham was due to continue his personalprogramme, worked out by Manchester United, while the rest of the squad trained for the first time in Korea ahead of a friendly against the joint World Cup hosts on Tuesday.
The personal budget programme employed in social care includes direct cash payments to an individual as well as notional budgets that a patient can put in the hands of a social care professional.
Jeff Rooker has taken personal charge of the programme of reform following the Review of Public Administration, from local government rates to the introduction of water charges.