§ Mr. AingerTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what provision was made in the cash allocations to health authorities in 1994–95 for changes in statutory sick pay regulations.
Total Revenue Regional Allocations 1988–89—1994–95 £000s Region 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 Northern 797,242 848,201 919,839 1,147,719 1,296,989 1,405,474 — Yorkshire 892,850 951,237 1,038,375 1,319,565 1,506,424 1,683,748 — Northern and Yorkshire — — — — — — 3,135,357 Trent 1,108,652 1,186,453 1,306,016 1,624,908 1,857,143 2,090,721 2,122,377 East Anglia 476,823 509,021 573,993 679,020 772,669 870,369 — Oxford 528,725 571,433 625,762 782,812 901,697 987,004 — Anglia and Oxford — — — — — — 1,917,369 North West Thames 921,523 987,621 1,095,615 1,414,088 1,607,377 1,698,024 — North East Thames 1,159,454 1,216,604 1,343,012 1,576,063 1,741,036 1,916,795 — North Thames — — — — — — 3,819,284 South East Thames 1,021,511 1,070,897 1,197,440 1,456,340 1,608,091 1,818,090 — South West Thames 821,339 866,172 974,174 1,174,744 1,306,669 1,399,450 — South Thames — — — — — — 3,291,405 Wessex 664,598 711,839 799,142 1,000,087 1,148,345 1,299,640 — South Western 786,162 843,043 929,814 1,191,631 1,355,032 1,499,430 — South and West — — — — — — 2,857,420 West Midlands 1,278,807 1,358,535 1,475,301 1,776,990 1,990,023 2,208,628 — Mersey 643,564 680,280 741,964 945,184 1,068,046 1,159,332 — North Western 1,098,130 1,161,388 1,264,943 1,485,585 1,665,604 1,798,677 — North West — — — — — — 3,041,056 ENGLAND TOTAL 12,199,380 12,962,724 14,285,390 17,574,736 19,825,145 21,835,382 22,488,406 Yearly Percentage Change — 6.3 per cent. 10.2 per cent. 23.0 per cent. 12.8 per cent. 10.1 per cent. 3.0 per cent. Notes: 1. Final revenue cash limits include adjustments and transfer between revenue and capital.
2. The 1994–95 figure is the initial cash limit and will be amended during the year.
3. Regional health authorities were restructured in 1994–95.
4. Up to 1990–91 regional allocations were made on the basis of the population treated within the region (catchment populations). From 1991–92 allocations have been made for resident populations irrespective of where residents are treated. Because of this change regional figures before and after 1991–92 are not strictly comparable.
5. Changes were made to the definition of capital spending in 1993–94. Some items of expenditure formally treated as capital are now treated as revenue.
§ Mr. AingerTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the total amount of cash top sliced by regional health authorities from their allocations in each year since 1988–89, including 1994–95; and what was the total cash available to district health authorities for discretionary use in each year.
§ Mr. SackvilleIn 1993–94 regional health authorities top sliced £2 billion from their allocations for resident population and allocated £15.5 billion to district health authorities to spend on their resident population. In 1994–95 the figures were £1.8 billion and £16.6 billion respectively. Information is not available centrally prior to 1993–94.
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§ Mr. SackvilleSpecific allocations are not made for individual pay or price pressures. Health authorities are expected to manage within the total resources available to them. Provided pay rises are earned through increased efficiency, hospital and community health services activity will increase by around 4 per cent. this year.
§ Mr. AingerTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the total revenue allocation for regional health authorities in each year since 1988–89, including 1994–95; and what was the percentage change in each year.
§ Mr. SackvilleTotal cash limits for each regional health authority from 1988–89 to 1994–95 are shown in the table.