§ Mr. PikeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what are the budget allocations for community health councils for the current year and on a constant value basis for 1984 and 1979.
§ Mr. FreemanThe expenses of community health councils are met by and are reported along with the total expenditure of the health authorities concerned. It is for health authorities to decide the level of funding they provide to community health councils and information on the allocations are not routinely collected centrally.
Following are expenditure figures for the years requested derived from the summarised accounts of health authorities in England:
Total expenditure on community health councils £000 (cash)
£000 (at 1988–89 prices)
1979–80 4,031 7,590 1984–85 6,341 7,800 1988–89 8,004 8,004 Notes:
- 1. The figures for 1979–80 and 1984–85 have been expressed at 1988–89 prices by the use of the gross domestic product deflator.
- 2. The figures for 1988–89 are provisional in that they are as yet subject to audit.