Out-of-hours Provision (Hansard, 24 March 2004)

HC Deb 24 March 2004 vol 419 cc928-9W 929W

§ Mr. Burstow
To ask the Secretary of State for Health from which budget the(a) £30 million scheme for out-of-hours provision announced on 4 March and (b) the wider £100 million growth package will be paid. [160341]

§ Mr. Hutton
The £30 million of capital funds to incentivise out-of-hours provision is part of the wider £100 million growth package. These funds were allocated within 2004–05's record £3.6 billion capital resource, of which £3.3 billion was voted by Parliament, with the remainder funded through the sale of surplus property.