§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what research he has commissioned on past patterns of fund-raising and charitable giving and the potential for future income from such sources in order to inform policy-making by health authorities in Wales.
§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what proportion of the costs of the Health Service were 137W met by charitable donations and fund-raising in each of the past 10 financial years (a) in Wales as a whole and (b) in each health authority district in Wales.
Subscriptions, donations and fund-raising 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–891 £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Clwyd 92,158 121,318 114,969 162,018 179,622 197,634 181,249 216,667 318,933 401,910 Dyfed/East Dyfed 126,701 169,692 212,308 211,101 192,740 176,787 178,259 235,905 240,990 420,712 Gwent 44,870 43,361 70,873 83,594 101,669 93,745 173,114 181,499 274,380 339,995 Gwynedd 38,211 50,264 59,097 66,772 121,449 110,957 229,483 204,720 201,816 249,027 Mid Glamorgan 58,644 147,378 189,608 162,514 130,560 195,727 226,667 293,804 454,664 376,798 Powys 27,855 27,606 29,389 56,523 45,373 58,034 55,488 57,819 74,115 198,414 South Glamorgan 60,187 102,274 314,438 165,334 185,692 182,437 251,987 345,310 392,284 435,370 West Glamorgan 75,212 68,979 125,570 133,695 178,797 274,084 182,207 297,926 307,858 265,885 Pembrokeshire2 — — — 78,214 78,537 74,789 79,781 132,231 203,075 142,225 Health Promotion Authority for Wales — — — — — — — — 192,384 222,075 Wales 523,838 730,872 1,116,252 1,119,765 1,214,439 1,364,194 1,558,235 1,965,971 2,660,499 3,052,411 Notes:
1 Latest year for which figures currently available.
2 Pembrokeshire figures included within Dyfed figures prior to reorganisation in 1982–83.
It should be noted, however, that trust fund income may be used for various purposes, depending on the respective deeds of trust applying to individual trust funds. Thus some of the above income will have been used for the benefit of staff as well as for the provision of equipment, vehicles, furnishings and so on to enhance patient services. It should also be noted that information on any donations or proceeds from fund-raising which are not associated with authorities' trust funds is not available centrally, since it is not recorded in the authorities' statutory accounts. It is therefore not possible to say what proportion of the costs of providing health services over the past 10 years has been met by funds from charitable sources.