HC Deb 25 February 1991 vol 186 cc353-4W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what are the allocations he proposes to make to national health service regions in England for 1991–92; and what these allocations would be if the weighted capitation funding were strictly adhered to.

Mr. Dorrell

1991–92 represented the second year of progress towards allocations based on weighted capitation. Table 1 shows the 1991–92 main revenue allocations for each region and the percentage increases over 1990–91. No region received less than a 10.24 per cent. increase.

Table 2 shows what each region would have received without a minimum 10.24 per cent. increase.

The figures exclude allocations for items such as the service increment for teaching and research, joint finance, and allocations for other specific purposes.

Table One
Region 1991–92 Allocation Cash Increase
(£000s) percentage
Northern 985,319 10.24
Yorkshire 1,011,636 10.81
Trent 1,269,521 10.79
East Anglian 595,741 12.19
North West Thames 1,097,165 10.24
North East Thames 1,295,523 10.24
South East Thames 1,221,187 10.24
South West Thames 946,790 10.24
Wessex 872,078 12.45
Oxford 675,428 10.24
South Western 999,988 12.11
West Midlands 1,566,761 10.24
Mersey 775,235 10.24
North Western 1,294,972 10.24
Total 14,853,676 10.66

Table Two
Region 1991–92 Allocation Before 10.24 per cent. Minimum Applied (£000s) Cash Increase Before 10.24per cent. Minimum Applied percentage
Northern 985,763 10.29
Yorkshire 1,128,391 11.54
Trent 1,415,769 11.52
East Anglian 599,670 12.93
North West Thames 1,087,134 9.23
North East Thames 1,283,835 9.25
South East Thames 1,228,938 10.94
South West Thames 945,281 10.06
Wessex 877,830 13.19
Oxford 679,167 10.85
South Western 999,988 12.84
West Midlands 1,566,761 10.37
Mersey 775,235 8.54
North Western 1,294,972 9.25
All RHAs 14,853,676 10.66