§ Mr. Pavittasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report a list of local authorities and their coterminous health authorities which have failed to use the £10 million to which he referred in debate on 6 November available for joint funding.
§ Dr. VaughanAllocations of joint finance are made to regional health authorities, which in turn are responsible for making allocations to area health authorities. Regions are thus able to maximise the level of take-up by taking account of local circumstances, including the use of past allocations and the future spending plans of areas. It is therefore appropriate to compare the amounts allocated to each RHA with the amounts of past expenditure and planned spending in 1981–82 as in the following table.
Year Resident Patients 1976 48,959 1977 47,947 1978 46,863 1979 45,597 1980 44,444