§ Alistair BurtTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of each regional NHS budget is earmarked for(a) medical, (b) higher and (c) further education capital investment; what investment in medical education other than new medical schools is being made in England; and if he will make a statement. [35202]
§ Mr. Hutton[holding answer 11 February 2002]: The table shows health authorities' initial revenue resource limit allocations for 2001–02 aggregated on a regional basis. It also shows (a) the revenue sums added to initial allocations to support undergraduate medical education (the Service Increment for Teaching—SIFT) and postgraduate medical education (the Medical and Dental Education Levy—MADEL) and (b) capital made available in 2001–02 to support the increase in medical student numbers recommended by the Medical Workforce
338WAdvisory Committee in 1997. Medical education at universities is funded by the Higher Education Funding Council.
£000 Region 2001–021 SIFT MADEL SIFT Capital Northern and Yorkshire 4,899,449 48,257 106,061 0 Trent 3,789,888 64,223 81,939 308 Eastern 3,689,071 17,611 70,261 2,358 London 6,043,669 212,010 194,932 0 South East 6,012,626 35,397 126,850 0 South West 3,556,776 18,970 72,780 2,046 West Midlands 3,906,084 26,425 80,091 1,731 North West 5,259,820 63,486 104,432 1,414 1 Initial revenue allocation In 1998 we accepted the main recommendation of the Medical Workforce Standing Advisory Committee that medical school intake should be increased by about 1,000 places per annum. The NHS Plan announced an increase of up to 1,000 further places by 2005. By 2005 the annual intake to medical schools in England is planned to have increased by 2,145 over 1997 levels. Of these new places 1,225 will be situated in existing medical schools and 920 in new medical schools and centres.