§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the total debt(a) in cash terms and (b) as a percentage of income, of each trust and health authority at the end of each of the last five financial years. [76477]
§ Mr. Denham[holding answer 15 March 1999]: The information requested has been placed in the Library.
§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list by NHS region the bad debts and claims abandoned by each health authority, for each of the last five years. [76486]
§ Mr. Denham[holding answer 15 March 1999]: Detailed information on bad debts and claims abandoned is not held centrally, but copies of expenditure by each health authority on these items has been placed in the Library.
Barnet Health Authority additional funds from November 1998 Date Purpose Amount (£000) 1998–99 13 November 1998 1998–99 winter additions 1,080 8 December 1998 colorectal cancer 63 21 December 1998 waiting list performance fund 217 2 February 1999 winter pressures contingency 110 1999–2000 10 November 98 cash uplift for 1999–2000 revenue allocations including modernisation funding as itemised below: waiting lists (£ 1,706k) 12,899 primary care group management costs (£886k) improving primary care (£501k) mental health (£440k) 10 November 1998 special allocation—drugs misuse 94 17 February 1999 special assistance funding (last tranche) 170