HC Deb 15 November 1983 vol 48 c425W
27. Mr. Higgins

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will now take steps to ensure that resources are more fairly allocated between health districts.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

This is already an important objective of our policies. It is the responsibility of regional health authorities to ensure that their allocations to district health authorities match planned developments progressively to meet that objective. This is an important aspect of an RHA's performance on which they are annually held to account by Ministers.