§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will give for 1990–91 the cash sums added or deducted from each National Health Service region's allocation in respect of cross-boundary flows of patients and in the case of the Northern region, identify the sum in respect of inflows of patients from Scotland.
§ Mr. Freeman[holding answer 17 January 1990]: The information requested is shown in the table. In the case of Northern region the sum of £1,361,000 added for cross-boundary flows represents an addition of £1,383,000 for net inflow from Scotland less £22,000 for net inflow to Wales.
Cross-boundary flows for 1990–91 £000's + /- English cross-boundary flows (net) + /- Wales and Scotland (net) flows Northern -7,054 1,361 Yorkshire -3,593 -53 Trent -24,784 -233 East Anglian 14,551 58 North West Thames -20,566 394 North East Thames 55,896 212 South East Thames 13,232 462 South West Thames -37,094 -2 Wessex -4,944 81 Oxford -6,865 -6 South Western 3,459 572 West Midlands 4,252 6,184 Mersey -14,663 11,429 North Western 28,173 586 Total 0 21,045
§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health whether, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne, Central on 10 January,Official Report, column 663, he will list (a) amounts paid to each regional health authority in respect of patients served from outside England under the resource allocation working party formula, (b) express those payments in standard 462W prices with the current year as the base and (c) express such payments as a cash figure per 1,000 population of the region in standard prices with a similar base.
§ Mr. Freeman[holding answer 17 January 1990]: No specific allocation was made to English regions in respect of the flow of patients from outside England. Cross-boundary patient flows from outside England were only taken into account under the resource allocation working party (RAWP) formula in assessing the relative needs of English regions.