§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will provide a table showing the amount of capital and special revenue funds allocated to each regional health authority for (i) 1988–89 and (ii) proposed for 1989–90 for the development and operation of regional secure psychiatric and interim secure facilities and the total amounts allocated for each year since 1979.
§ Mr. FreemanRevenue and capital allocations in 1988–89 and initial revenue allocations for 1989–90, for regional secure units (RSU) are shown in table 1. We plan to allocate an additional £0.355 million revenue and £1.037 million capital for further RSU developments during the course of the year.
Total capital allocations for RSUs from 1978–79 to 1987–88 are shown in table 2. The total initial revenue allocation in 1978–79 was £6.5 million. It has increased in real terms as regions have opened more RSU beds and in 1987–88 at the initial allocation stage stood at £15.5 millions.
Table 1 Regional secure units Region Total revenue allocation 1988–89 (£'000s cash) Initial revenue allocation 1989–90 (£'000s cash) Capital allocation 1988–89 (£'000s cash) Northern 957 1,005 133 Yorkshire 1,098 1,153 — Trent 1,648 1,636 — East Anglian 834 876 24 North West Thames 1,079 1,133 47 North East Thames 1,161 1,219 205 South East Thames 1,377 1,446 388 South West Thames 892 937 — Wessex 815 856 — Oxford 763 974 399 South Western 1,180 1,458 561 West Midlands 1,608 1,688 — Mersey 1,168 1,226 19 North Western 1,698 1,783 — Bethlem and Maudsley (SHA) 874 918 — Totals 17,152 18,308 1,776
Regional secure units Table 2 Total capital allocations for regional secure units Year £000s (cash) 1978–79 292 1979–80 1,086 1980–81 2,239 1981–82 5,656 1982–83 7,247 1983–84 7,759 1984–85 4,804 1985–86 5,228 1986–87 4,289 1987–88 3,080