§ Mr. Pendryasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list all statutory health bodies, indicating the funding available from his Department for each body for each of the past five years.
§ Mr. Hayhoe[pursuant to his reply, 25 November 1985, c. 477]: There is no precise definition of statutory health bodies. The table lists bodies engaged in providing or assisting the provision of health services (excluding voluntary organisations) for which funds have been 621W provided by the Department from Class XI, Vote 1, in the Appropriation Accounts, and the amounts made available in each case.
£'000 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 Advances to health authorities (ie regional and district health authorities and special health authorities for the London post-graduate teaching hospitals* 7,409,273 8,219,404 8,789,677 9,209,564 9,774,960 General Nursing Council 48,176 53,059 57,880 13,521 — Joint Board of Clinical Nursing Studies 432 495 520 115 — Council for the Education and Training of Health Visitors 443 476 510 138 — United Kingdom Central Council and English National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting 206 803 1,972 51,649 67,064 Midwife Teachers Training College 50 49 32 33 35 Committee of Management of the School of Dental Therapists Ltd. 706 812 613 276 — Council of Postgraduate Medical Education and Training 272 377 355 354 354 Joint Committee on Postgraduate Training for General Practice 45 77 74 74 84 Public Health Laboratory Services Board 21,261 26,003 30,057 32,994 35,899 National Radiological Protection Board 2,840 3,379 3,653 3,612 3,846 National Biological Standards Board 2,383 2,984 3,185 3,922 6,853 Medical Practices Committee 228 242 255 257 235 Health Education Council 4,747 6,034 8,004 8,582 8,877 Prescription Pricing Authority 9,990 10,873 11,597 15,478 15,961 Dental Estimates Board 8,943 9,789 10,281 10,592 11,096 Central Blood Laboratories Authority 3,277 4,691 4,875 9,770 22,820 Mental Health Act Commission — — — 305 878 National Health Service Training Authority — — — — 4,737 Rampton Hospital Review Board — — — 60 66 Rural Dispensing Committee — — — 57 69 * Details, including the expenditure of each authority, are shown in the Department's annual summaries of health authorities' accounts, copies of which are held in the Library.