§ Mrs. PeacockTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the total amount of funding allocated to the NHS for the financial year 1995–96; what was the figure in 1994–95; how much of this total sum is allocated for 1995–96 to the Yorkshire and Northern region; and what the figure was for 1994–95.
§ Mr. Sackville[holding answer 13 December 1994]: The sum available for revenue allocations for hospital and community health services in 1995–96 is £24,579 million. The equivalent figure for 1994–95 was £23,457 million. Most family health service funding is demand led and not allocated.
In 1995–96 the initial cash limit for Northern and Yorkshire regional health authority is £3,186,650,000. In 1994–95, initial cash limits were given to the then 14 regional health authorities. Northern regional health authority received £1,459,489,000 and Yorkshire regional health authority received £1,661,110,000.
The initial cash limit figures for Northern Yorkshire regional health authority are not strictly comparable due to a boundary change between the two allocation years.