HC Deb 26 April 1994 vol 242 cc154-5W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what were the allocations to each regional health authority for 1994–95; what assumptions in each case have been made about(a) cost uprating, (b) growth, (c) changes in capitation formulae and (d) cost improvement targets; and what were the allocations for 1993–94 on cash and standard price basis, making allowance for boundary changes where necessary.

Mr. Sackville

The table gives the information for the former 14 regional health authorities.

With effect from 1 April 1994, the number of regional health authorities has been reduced to eight. For regions which have been merged without boundary changes, the 1994–95 allocations for the new regions are as indicated in the table.

Adjustments for boundary changes are required between: Northern and Yorkshire and North West, for the transfer of South Cumbria health authority to North West; and North Thames and Anglian and Oxford, for the transfer of Bedfordshire health authority and Bedfordshire family health services authority to Anglia and Oxford. The required adjustments are being evaluated by the regions concerned and are not reflected in the table.

No changes were made between 1993–94 and 1994–95 to the capitation formula used to inform allocations to RHAs.

2. Column 3 is the revised 1993–94 recurrent allocation used as the baseline for calculating 1994–95 allocations. It includes the effects of inter-authority transfers.

3. Column 4 is the initial 1994–95 recurrent allocation for resident population after distribution between regions of the 1.33 per cent. real terms growth for England as a whole.

4. Column 5 is the initial 1994–95 recurrent allocation for resident population after a 4 per cent. cash uplift reflecting the forecast increase in the GDP deflator.

5. The table reflects the initial recurrent allocations for resident population. Other sums for specific purposes are added during the year.

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