§ Mr. BeithTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what action the Building Societies Commission has taken with regard to full distribution by the Guardian building society to its members;
(2) what advice the Building Societies Commission gave to the Guardian building society and the Cheltenham and Gloucester building society in respect of prudential matters relating to the proposed merger of the two societies;
(3) why the Building Societies Commission's advice to the Guardian building society in regard to the proposed merger with the Cheltenham and Gloucester building society had excluded the need for the Guardian building society to obtain an up-to-date valuation of its gross assets, including freehold property.
§ Mr. Ryder[holding answer 19 December 1989]: I refer the hon. Member to the reply to two previous questions on this matter on 11 December 1989 at column 448.
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Distribution of £73 million available to the Hospital and Community Health Services to implement the proposals in the While Paper Working for Patients in 1989–90 £ million Personnel function Finance function Asset registers Medical audit Resource management initiative (RMI)1 RMI(capital) Hospital information systems strategy (HISS) revenue Training2 NHS While Paper development projects 100 consultants Total allocated Staff Training initiatives Basic Methodology development Local projects Northern 0.366 0.634 0.015 0.865 0.051 — 0.053 1.472 0.080 0.255 0.072 0.025 0.397 4.255 Yorkshire 0.411 0.711 0.042 0.920 0.053 — 0.016 1.794 0.113 0.000 0.054 0.025 0.307 4.446 Trent 0.512 0.887 0.028 0.946 0.064 — 0.043 1.260 0.410 0.225 0.054 0.050 0.124 4.603 East Anglian 0.220 0.381 0.032 0.460 0.031 — 0.020 0.300 0.000 0.000 0.054 0.994 0.112 2.604 North West Thames 0.427 0.739 0.021 0.865 0.051 — 0.107 0.027 0.000 0.000 0.072 0.050 0.119 2.478 North East Thames 0.526 0.910 0.030 1.062 0.063 — 0.030 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.036 0.000 0.171 2.828 South East Thames 0.463 0.801 0.030 0.959 0.060 — 0.084 1.455 0.392 0.225 0.054 0.085 0.200 4.808 South West Thames 0.374 0.648 0.018 0.800 0.044 — 0.070 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.036 0.025 0.162 2.177 Wessex 0.307 0.532 0.006 0.643 0.042 — 0.032 0.332 0.050 0.000 0.036 0.062 0.333 2.375 Oxford 0.247 0.427 0.112 0.518 0.048 0.090 0.040 0.960 0.060 0.000 0.036 0.000 0.100 2.638 South Western 0.364 0.631 0.033 0.738 0.044 — 0.054 0.005 0.000 0.000 0.054 0.302 0.265 2.490 West Midlands 0.587 1.016 0.029 1.288 0.077 — 0.017 0.686 0.050 0.000 0.072 0.040 0.162 4.024 Mersey 0.294 0.509 0.041 0.601 0.036 — 0.059 1.115 0.060 0.000 0.036 0.025 0.138 2.914 North Western 0.502 0.869 0.045 1.108 0.067 — 0.026 1.044 0.070 0.000 0.054 0.000 0.348 4.133 RHAs Total 5.600 9.695 0.482 11.773 0.731 0.090 0.651 10.450 1.285 0.675 0.720 1.683 2.938 46.773 Others2 0.100 0.174 0.100 0.227 0.019 0.120 0.065 0.453 0.000 0.650 0.500 0.000 0.100 2.508 Grant Total 5.700 9.869 0.582 12.000 0.750 0.210 0.716 10.903 1.285 1.325 1.220 1.683 3.038 249.281 1 Includes RMI training. 2 Excludes RMI training. 3 Includes London post-graduate SHAs and NHSTA. 4 A further £23.757 remains to be allocated. The discussions between the building societies concerned and the Building Societies Commission are confidential. Interested parties will have an opportunity to put their representations to the hearing now scheduled by the Commission for 15 February 1990, if the special investors' and borrowers' resolutions are passed.