§ Mrs. BeckettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what were the cash allocations for hospital and community health services in total and for each district health authority and health commission purchase trust and special health services authority for(a) 1994–95, (b) 1995–96 and (c) subsequent financial years.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe 1994–95 initial revenue cash allocations for each district health authority and in total will be placed in the Library. From 1994–95, the postgraduate special health authorities acquire the status of provider, and we no longer make allocations to them, beyond the specific funding for research and development. The 1994–95 initial revenue cash allocations for the remaining special health authorities are:
- National Blood Authority—£5,185,000
- UK Transplant Support Services Authority—£3,706,000
Information for 1995–96 has not been collected yet and for subsequent years decisions have not been taken.
Trusts and health commissions receive no direct allocations: trusts because they must earn all their income; and health commissions because they exist only as a managerial arrangement for some district health authorities and family health services authorities, arid are not statutory bodies.