§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will set out the efficiency savings in expenditure achieved by each district health authority for each year since 1979.
§ Mr. HayhoeThe information available centrally relates only to efficiency savings made by regional health authorities from 1981–82 onwards. Details are shown in the table. Regional health authorities plan to achieve cost improvements totalling more than £150 million in 1985–86.
Efficiency savings £ million Regional Health Authority *1981–82 *1982–83 †1983–84 ‡1984–85 Northern 1.2 2.1 2.7 4.0 Yorkshire 0.6 2.0 3.1 7.1 Trent 1.5 2.1 3.7 8.0 East Anglian 0.8 0.6 1.6 3.3 North West Thames 1.2 1.8 3.3 10.6 North East Thames 1.5 4.1 4.2 11.7 South East Thames 2.1 3.0 3.6 14.0 South West Thames 1.2 1.2 2.8 6.9 Wessex 0.2 1.3 2.2 4.2 Oxford 0.2 0.6 1.8 3.7 South Western 1.0 1.0 2.7 4.7 West Midlands 1.3 1.4 4.2 13.5 Mersey 1.1 2.0 2.3 7.6 North Western 1.3 2.3 3.8 7.5 Total 15.2 25.5 42.0 106.8 * Cash savings reported by regions.
ߤ In 1983–84, regional health authorities were expected to achieve the efficiency savings shown, equivalent to some 0.5 per cent. of their cash allocations, but detailed returns on their achievements were not requested.
‡ From 1984–85, regional health authorities have been required to include planned cost improvements in their short term programmes and to report on their achievements. The table shows the cost improvements achieved.