§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will provide exemplifications of allocations to regional health authorities on a weighted capitalisation basis for the 1988–89 financial year and also give the actual allocations made and the resources allocation working party targets for National Health Service regions in that year.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe table shows the initial 1988–89 revenue allocations to regional health authorities, together with their distances from RAWP targets. A comparison with allocations on a weighted capitation basis as set out in the White Paper "Working for Patients" is not possible in the absence for that year of any negotiations between regions about payments for cross-boundary flows.
1988–89 Revenue Allocations and Distance from RAWP Targets Region Initial allocation1 £ million Distance from target per cent. Northern 758 -1.56 Yorkshire 851 -1.39 Trent 1,058 -2.70 East Anglian 451 -3.99 North West Thames 878 4.46 North East Thames 1,084 7.29 South East Thames 949 1.69 South West Thames 768 0.97 Wessex 633 -1.79 Oxford 499 -2.58 South Western 749 -1.39 West Midlands 1,214 -1.32 Mersey 609 1.48 North Western 1,039 -1.35 1 Includes RAWP allocation, joint finance and earmarked sums eg supra-regional services, AIDS, breast cancer screening. But excludes later additions for review body pay award.