§ Mr. Macleanasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether any changes will be made to Department of Health and Social Security and Office of Population, Censuses and Surveys cash limits or running cost limits for 1986–87.
§ Mr. LyellSubject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the cash limit for class XV vote 5 will be increased by a net amount of £546,000 made up as follows:
Increased expenditure by Department of Employment in connection with the administration of the unemployment benefit service.(Offsetting reductions announced by my right hon. and learned Friend the Paymaster General on 30 January 1987) £ 30 January 1987 1,000,000 less (1) a proportion recoverable from the NI Fund 360,000 (2) a transfer to OPCS 94,000 Net increase 546,000 The cash limit on class XV vote 5 will, therefore, be increased by £546,000 from £1,173,868,000 announced on
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Average daily number of available beds in National Health Service hospitals in England Regional, District and Special Health Authority 1979 1985 Change in available beds 1979 to 1985 Northern Regional Health Authority Hartlepool 592 607 15 North Tees 956 941 -15 South Tees 2,282 1,902 -380 East Cumbria 1 1,491 1 South Cumbria 1 874 1 West Cumbria 1,113 1,047 -66 Darlington 1,310 1,225 -85 Durham 1,192 1,103 -89 North West Durham 717 611 -106 South West Durham 1,921 1,690 -231 Northumberland 3,996 3,664 -332 Gateshead 1,368 1,365 -3 Newcastle upon Tyne 3,479 3,401 -78 North Tyneside 719 725 6 South Tyneside 771 813 43 Sunderland 2,426 2,312 -114 RHA Total 25,305 23,773 -1,533 Yorkshire Regional Health Authority Hull 2,145 1,934 -212 East Yorkshire 2,184 1,871 -313 Grimsby 797 957 160 Scunthorpe 993 933 -60 Northallerton 437 404 -33 York 2,985 2,377 -608 Scarborough 689 676 -13 Harrogate 995 1,027 32 Bradford 2,721 2,510 -212 Airedale 1,528 1,353 -176 Calderdale 1,370 1,228 -142 Huddersfield 2,625 2,059 -566 Dewsbury 777 736 -41 Leeds Western 1 3,156 1 Leeds Eastern 1 2,561 1 Wakefield 2,607 2,128 -479 Pontefract 854 885 31 RHA Total 29,946 26,793 -3,153 6 November 1986 at c.601–602, to £1,174,414,000. Of this the transfer to OPCS represents a reduction in running costs. DHSS gross running cost limit will accordingly be reduced by £94,000 from £1,820,040,000 also announced on 6 November 1986 at c.601–602, to £1,819,946,000. The OPCS gross running cost limit for class XX vote 19 will be correspondingly increased by £94,000 from £30,636,000 to £30,730,000 reflecting increased expenditure by OPCS on services provided to DHSS. There is no overall increase in public expenditure or gross running costs as a result of these changes.