§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list by(a) regional health authority and (b) district health authority for the financial years (i) 1990–91, (ii) 1991–92 and (iii) 1992–93 to date (y) the number of appeals and (z) the amounts required being raised by charitable fund-raising by the national health service; and to what the proceeds from these appeals will be allocated.
§ Mr. SackvilleDetailed information on the number and nature of charitable fund-raising appeals by the national health service is not collected centrally. However, the accounts of health authorities and special trustees in England for 1990–91 (the latest available) show that a number of those authorities and trustees raised an aggregate net total of £5.9 million from fund raising conducted under section 5 of the National Health Service Act 1980. This sum excludes amounts raised on behalf of the National Health Service by independent, registered charitable trusts which account separately for their activity.
We have made it clear that the money raised through these very worthwhile voluntary efforts will not be deducted from the funds the Government allocate to the national health service.