HC Deb 26 March 2001 vol 365 c455W
Mrs. Spelman

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the reasons for the further delay in reaching a decision on the approval of the Thin Prep Pap test.[154057]

£000
1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02
Total allocation Total allocation HAZ funding1 Total allocation2 HAZ funding1 Total allocation HAZ funding1 Total allocation HAZ funding
County Durham 282,889 298,927 — 411,001 — 452,736 — 493,021 —
Tees 255,335 269,175 20 370,553 1,958 405,341 2,834 440,871 2,391
Wakefield 145,084 152,248 20 211,891 958 232,337 1,206 251,077 938
Northern and Yorkshire region 683,308 720,350 40 993,444 2,916 1,090,413 4,040 1,184,969 3,329
Barnsley 104,683 110,005 820 156,588 3,821 171,548 3,051 186,289 2,053
Doncaster 131,878 138,789 — 198,465 — 216,860 — 234,962 —
Rotherham 113,750 119,916 — 159,696 — 174,259 — 189,182 —
South 138,964 145,527 — 199,138 — 216,561 — 234,702 —
Trent 489,276 514,238 820 713,887 3,821 779,229 3,051 845,136 2,053
North Staffordshire 210,721 221,771 20 304,458 1,251 335,037 1,581 363,668 1,275
West Midlands region 210,721 221,771 20 304,458 1,251 335,037 1,581 363,668 1,275
North 145,260 151,836 — 201,585 — 217,660 — 236,528 —
St. Helens and 153,596 162,218 20 237,210 4,183 258,206 5,735 279,857 4,418
Wigan and Bolton 258,518 273,219 — 373,322 — 410,052 — 446,516 —
North West region 557,375 587,273 20 812,116 4,183 885,918 5,735 962,901 4,418
1 Figures for Barnsley, Rotherham and Doncaster health authorities are for South Yorkshire Coalfields HAZ. Figures for St. Helens and Knowsley health authority are for Merseyside HAZ, which also includes Liverpool, Sefton and Wirral health authorities. County Durham, South Humber, North Cheshire, and Wigan and Bolton health authorities are not in HAZs.
2 Figures for 1999–2000 onwards are for unified allocations which cover hospital and community health services, prescribing and discretionary family health services. They are not strictly comparable with those for previous years which cover hospital and community health services only.

Note:

Allocations for smoking cessation and drugs prevention are still to be made.