§ 24. Mr. Hunterasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will make a statement on the future level of resources available to the Basingstoke and district hospital.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeWe provide funds to the Wessex regional health authority and it allocates part of those funds to the Basingstoke and North Hampshire health authority to cover provision of all its services. The district health authority then decides on the level of resources for its individual units, according to national policy guidelines and its own judgment of local priorities. In the current year, we have allocated £504 million revenue expenditure to Wessex regional health authority which is an increase of 6.7 per cent. over its 1984–85 funding. To obtain details of the specific funding to Basingstoke and North Hampshire health authority, my hon. Friend may care to contact the chairman of Wessex regional health authority or, for details of allocations more locally, the chairman of Basingstoke health authority.