§ 44. Mr. Lathamasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what further progress he envisages in increasing the proportion of National Health Service resources available to the Trent regional health authority, and to the Leicestershire health authority within that region; and by what year he expects Leicestershire health authority to achieve 100 per cent. of the average level of funding for health authorities as a whole.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeI confirm the Government's continued commitment to the policy set out in my reply to my hon. Friend on 15 February 1983—[Vol. 37 c.128]. We will continue to distribute financial resources for health in a way which benefits those parts of the country which have in the past not received a fair share of national resources.