HC Deb 13 January 1992 vol 201 cc528-9W
Mr. Squire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will announce regional health authorities' revenue allocations for 1992–93; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Waldegrave

[pursuant to his reply. 19 December 1991, column 262–63]: Regional health authorities have now been formally notified of their 1992–93 allocations for cash-limited general medical services. The equivalent 1991–92 figures published previously were provisional; the table has now been updated to include final 1991–92 allocations for comparative purposes and is as follows:

GMS cash.limited allocations 1992–93
Allocation Real growth per cent.
1991–921£ million 1992–93 £ million
Northern 33.268 36.414 4.74
Yorkshire 44.481 47.237 1.62
Trent 55.422 59.193 2.20
East Anglian 32.520 34.427 1.31
North West Thames 44.837 48.657 3.85
North East Thames 44.556 48.688 4.57
South East Thames 47.407 51.144 3.24
South West Thames 36.915 39.865 3.34
Wessex 38.904 41.552 2.21
Oxford 34.349 36.627 2.04
South Western 49.468 52.886 2.31
West Midlands 54.250 59.060 4.18
Mersey 28.566 30.208 1.19
North Western 39.094 42.717 4.56

Expenditure £ million
1988–89 Outturn 1989–90 Outturn 1990–91 Provisional Outturn 1991–92 Estimate
Youth Training (cash) 1102 1100 183 2103
Youth Training (1991–92 cash prices)3 126 116 89 103
Employment Training (cash) 1134 1111 1106 2102
Employment Training (1991–92 cash prices)3 166 129 113 102

Youth Training Places 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92
Total number of planned places4 51,976 50,268 38,862 37,469
Total number of filled places4 46,417 45,268 34,301 6—

Employment Training Places 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92
Total number of planned places5 41,473 28,931 25,544 18,555
Total number of filled places5 21,215 26,380 22,234 6—
1 These figures are taken from "The Government Expenditure Plans: 1991–92 to 1993–94: Employment Department Group" (Table 6.5).
2 These figures are taken from Supply Estimates 1991–92 Class XV Scotland Vote 3.
3 The figures expressed at 1991–92 cash prices arc derived by applying the GDP deflator to the figures for previous years.
4 Youth Training places are calculated on the basis of trainee weeks; the figures shown represent the average number of young people in training per week
5 The Employment Training places information provided gives the planned and actual numbers in training at 31 March for each of the financial years 1988–89 and 1989–90, the planned average number in training for 1990£91 and 1991–92 and the actual average number in training for 1990–91.
6 Not yet available.