§ Mr. BellinghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Health whether regional health authority cash limits for 1991–92 have been issued.
§ Mr. WaldegraveAllocations and initial cash limits were issued just before Christmas. However, the 1990–91 baseline on which these were based had not been properly adjusted to take account of expenditure on long-stay patients, and this affected regions' positions from their weighted capitation target. The new figures for allocations, set out as follows, were notified to regions early in the new year and revised cash limits will follow. This revision does not affect the overall money available or the principle upon which it has been distributed between regions.
1991–92 Revenue allocations to RHAs (England) Region 1991–92 Allocations for resident population Percentage cash increase for resident population £ million Northern 985.3 10.0 Yorkshire 1,121.0 10.5 Trent 1,406.5 10.5 East Anglian 595.7 11.8 North West Thames 1,097.2 10.0 North East Thames 1,295.5 10.0 South East Thames 1,221.2 10.0 South West Thames 946.8 10.0 Wessex 872.1 12.1 Oxford 675.4 10.0 South Western 1,000.0 11.8 West Midlands 1,566 8 10.0 Mersey 775.2 10.0 North Western 1,295.0 10.0 Regional cash limits will include additional amounts for specific purposes.