HC Deb 17 January 1991 vol 183 c574W
24. Mr. A. Cecil Walker

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if any extra resources are being made available specifically for the elderly within the budget of the Eastern health and social services board.

Mr. Hanley

Health and social services boards in Northern Ireland will have resources of £830 million available to them in 1991–92, an increase of almost £84 million on the current year. Individual allocations will be announced shortly and it will be for the Eastern board to determine the distribution of resources across the various programmes of care, including the elderly.