§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will estimate the cost of creating new administrative posts in Wales in 1990–91 to implement recent national health service changes.
§ Mr. Nicholas BennettI refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply that I gave him on 14 October 1991.
§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the amount health authorities in Wales will need to find in 1991–92 from existing funding in 1991–92 to meet the costs of the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Review Body's pay awards.
§ Mr. Nicholas BennettIn 1991–92 health authorities in Wales will need to find an estimated additional £2.4 million (over and above the provision for inflation, estimated at £22.371 million, included in their start of year 1991–92 allocations) to meet the cost of the 1991 Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Review Body's pay awards.
The amount to be found by district health authorities from their cash releasing cost improvement savings for all review body awards in 1991–92 is equal to 0.3 per cent. of their notified revenue resources.
§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish the cost to health authorities in Wales in 1991–92 of the Doctors' and Dentists' Review Body's pay awards for that year, and the amount allocated from Government reserves to meet part of these costs.
§ Mr. Nicholas BennettThe cost to the health authorities in Wales of the Doctors' and Dentists' Review Body's pay awards in 1991–92 is estimated to be £9.3 million. The additional amount allocated from Government reserves (over and above the provision for inflation, estimated at £6.541 million, in authorities' original 1991–92 allocations) to meet part of these costs is £2.1 million.
The amount to be found by district health authorities from their cash-releasing improvement savings for all review body awards in 1991–92 is equal to 0.3 per cent. of their notified revenue resources.