§ 22. Sir David Rentonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what amount of capital expenditure has been allocated to the Cambridgeshire Area Health Authority for the current financial year; and how this compares with the amount which the authority stated to be its requirement.
§ Dr. OwenFinancial allocations to area health authorities are a matter for regional health authorities. I understand from the170W East Anglian Regional Health Authority that capital funds totalling £3.773 million have been allocated to services in the Cambridgeshire area. In addition, £0.494 million is being expended from resources available to the region on the geriatric unit at St. James's Hospital, Saffron Walden, which will make a significant contribution to the Cambridgeshire services. The East Anglian Regional Health Authority informs me that the Cambridgeshire AHA has not expressed any dissent from the regional authority's decisions about the deployment of the total capital resources to the three area authorities concerned.