HC Deb 09 February 1988 vol 127 c177W
50. Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will make a statement on the estimated deficit of all district health authorities in England and Wales for the current financial year.

Mr. Newton

I refer the hon. Member to my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Newbury (Mr. McNair-Wilson) and the hon. Members for Burnley (Mr. Pike) and for Liverpool, West Derby (Mr. Wareing) on 18 December 1987 at columns936–37.

Questions concerning health authorities in Wales are a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.