§ Mr. Spearingasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will tabulate in the Official Report the changes in finance and manpower, respectively, requested or required since June 1983 of each of the regional health authorities in England and Wales.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe following table sets out the changes in regional health authorities' revenue and capital cash limits which followed the statement by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 7 July — [Vol. 45, c. 418] — and the changes in manpower required for each region under the Government's policy of improving manpower planning and control.
Region Changes in revenue cash limits Changes to capital cash limits Changes in manpower Northern -5,334 -805 -186 Yorkshire -5,994 -1,019 -264 Trent -7,090 -1,103 +520 East Anglian -3,038 -435 +374 North West Thames -6,195 -716 -1,000 North East Thames -7,838 -873 -1,200 South East Thames -6,896 -818 -1,081 South West Thames -5,386 -658 -730 Wessex -4,296 -946 +40 Oxford -3,418 -498 +229 South Western -5,225 -903 -124 West Midlands -8,322 -1,502 -140 Mersey -4,378 -579 -506 North Western -7,340 -1,477 -562 TOTAL ALL RHAS -80,750 -12,332 -4,630 NoteThe changes in cash limits exclude joint finance; they show the differences between the initial cash limits announced in January and the revised cash limits announced in August.