§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales when he proposes to allocate additional cash to improve the Health Service in Wales; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerI announced on the 21 December 1988 that, subject to parliamentary approval I proposed to allocate £1,315 million in 1989–90 to central Government health and personal social services in Wales. On the 27 January 1989 I announced the current and capital allocations to health authorities in Wales, and gave details of allocations for centrally funded developments. Further details of proposed expenditure were given in the 1989–90 supply estimates, presented to Parliament by the Financial Secretary to the Treasury on 14 March 1989 (HC 231-XVII).
In addition to these record allocations, I propose to make a special allocation of £10 million in 1989–90 to the health service in Wales, towards the costs of the review body awards which were announced on 16 February 1989.
We are now spending £36 per week per household on the Health Service compared with £11 per week per household in 1978–79, when the hon. Gentleman was a Minister in the Welsh Office.