HC Deb 22 March 1991 vol 188 cc251-2W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he will provide additional funding to Doncaster health authority to enable paediatric wards to be kept open.

Mr. Dorrell

Trent regional health authority is responsible for the allocation of funds to districts in its region. I understand that in 1991–92 Doncaster health authority will receive an initial cash allocation for its resident population which is 10.8 per cent. higher than it would have been in 1990–91 on a similar basis.