§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the start-up cost for each of the second and third wave hospitals and national health service unit trusts; and if she will state which budget has met this cost in each instance.
§ Dr. MawhinneyIn the second wave, £226,000 was allocated to each NHS trust as a start-up cost. This non recurring revenue addition, top sliced from vote 1, hospital and community health services, is paid to regions to help cover expenditure incurred by trusts during their shadow running period—the period immediately prior to their operational date when they have no access to money of their own. This covers shadow board costs, legal expenses connected with the transfer of assets, employment of staff and other miscellaneous expenses.
A similar sum will be allocated to third wave trusts.
§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answer of 3 November,Official Report, column 180, how much grant was paid to each national health service unit applying for trust status for (a) training and (b) development costs during the application process.
§ Dr. MawhinneyTraining and development grants were not paid to individual units.
§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answer of 3 November,Official Report, column 180, how much of the revenue grant paid to trusts during their shadow running period was for (a) shadow board costs, (b) legal expenses, (c) employment of staff and (d) miscellaneous expenses.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThis allocation is not broken down centrally and is for the trusts themselves to determine, depending on their individual circumstances.
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§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answer of 3 November,Official Report, column 180, how much each trust has spent on (a) shadow board costs, (b) legal expenses, (c) employment of staff and (d) miscellaneous expenses; and if she will define what costs are included under miscellaneous expenses.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThe amount spent by each trust on these individual items is not held centrally. Miscellaneous expenses include any expense connected with tasks necessary to take over full operational responsibility from 1 April.
§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answer of 3 November,Official Report, column 180, how the revenue grant to trusts during their shadow running period is calculated.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThe amount allocated for top-sliced funding to meet start-up costs and consultation costs is divided on an equal basis and paid to successful trusts in each wave.