§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what have been the outturn sums paid to community health councils in each of the past 10 years and the amount planned for the next financial year; and if he will publish a table showing the sums indexed with the 1981–82 expenditure expressed as 100.
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesThe information requested on outturn expenditure over the past 10 years is given in the table. It should be noted that this relates to accrued expenditure not simply to cash payments. Planned cash provision in 1992–93 amounts to £1 million; but it is not possible, at this stage of the financial year, to make reliable forecasts of outturn expenditure in either accruals or cash terms. Provision for 1993–94 has not yet been determined.
Community Health Councils: Expenditure Financial Year Outturn Expenditure1 Index1 (1981–82 = 100) 1981–82 391,973 100.00 1982–83 446,085 106.24 1983–84 459,334 104.55 1984–85 494,656 107.22 1985–86 532,667 109.42 1986–87 555,632 110.51 1987–88 585,557 110.45 1988–89 619,690 109.02 1989–90 664,475 109.67 1990–91 727,760 111.07 1991–92 2937,288 133.38 Source: Health authorities annual accounts
1Calculated by converting outturn expenditure to constant 1981–82 prices using the GDP deflator index and forming the 1981–82= 100 indices as presented.
2Provisional pending finalisation of 1991–92 accounts.