HC Deb 26 May 1988 vol 134 c294W
Mr. Wigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list for each district health authority in Wales, the amount within the total grant which is provided to meet the transport and travelling needs of that authority.

Mr. Grist

District health authorities' resource allocations do not contain specific allowances for transport and travel costs. However, in the revenue formula, which is used in determining the revenue resource allocations to authorities, the ambulance component is weighted to take account of population sparsity as measured by road length per head of population. I have arranged for a copy of the 1988–89 revenue formula assessment to be placed in the Library of the House.