§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will provide(a) for each region and (b) for the trusts in each region for each of the last three years (i) the original capital cash limits (ii) the net amount of subsequent transfers or adjustments, (iii) the consequent final cash limits, (iv) receipts from the sale of fixed assets and (v) capital cash payments to acquire assets excluding donated assets. [10933]
§ Mr. HoramNational health service trusts do not have capital cash limits. Total cash payments are controlled by external financing limits which represent the difference between trusts' internally generated resources and approved capital spend.
349WHealth authorities and national health service trusts are not required to distinguish between the cash flows for purchased and donated assets in their accounts.
The other information requested will be placed in the Library.
Over the period the number of NHS trusts increased. As a consequence the capital resources available to trusts increased and there was a corresponding reduction in the capital resources available to health authorities.