§ Mr. HarveyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many courses of dental treatment provided to people aged 60 and over required patients to pay(a) under £100, (b) £100 to £199, (c) £200 to £299 and (d) £300 or over in the last year for which figures are available. [149328]
§ Mr. Hutton[holding answer 7 February 2001]: For people aged 60 years and over paying full patient charges up to the maximum limit for dental treatment in the General Dental Services, the number of courses of treatment with patient charges of (a) under £100 (b) £100 to £199 (c) £200 to £299 and (d) £300 or more is shown in the table for England in 1999–2000.
38Wallocation has been on the budget of the North Cumbria health authority in real terms in each year since 1997; and what his estimate is of the impact in 2001–02 on the basis of his proposals in the pre-Budget report. [149297]
§ Mr. DenhamNorth Cumbria health authority will have received additional funding in excess of £57 million from 1997–98 to 2001–02. This equates to nearly £35 million extra in real terms. A yearly breakdown is shown in the table.
Cash increase £ million Percentage Real terms increase £ million Percentage 1997–98 5.609 4.02 2.767 1.99 1998–99 6.512 4.71 2.639 1.91 1999–2000 12.632 6.78 7.788 4.18 2000–01 13.822 6.92 8.611 4.31 2001–02 18.697 8.66 12.974 6.01