§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the amount either overspent or under-spent by each area health authority in the year ended 31 March 1978.
§ Mr. MoyleThis information is not collected centrally by my Department. The Department monitors the spending of regional health authorities against the allocations made to them, and they in turn monitor the spending of the area health authorities against the allocations made by the region. Any overspending or under-spending in one year is taken into account in the cash allocations for the following year.