HC Deb 03 December 1985 vol 88 cc209-10W
Mr. Rathbone

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report a list of all English health authorities giving, for each, its funding during the present year as a percentage of its resources allocation working party entitlement.

Mr. Hayhoe

The information in respect of regional health authorities is as follows:

Regional health authority Revenue allocation as percentage of RAWP target 1985–86
Northern 97.0
Yorkshire 96.8
Trent 95.1
Regional health authority Revenue allocation as percentage of RAWP target 1985–86
East Anglian 96.2
North West Thames 107.1
North East Thames 109.7
South East Thames 105.6
South West Thames 104.3
Wessex 95.7
Oxford 97.3
South Western 97.6
West Midlands 95.3
Mersey 99.9
North Western 98.2

Resource allocation to districts is a matter for regional health authorities. Regions are expected to demonstrate that their 10-year strategic plans make progress in improving equity of access to services, but full details of the funding position year by year are not held centrally.