HC Deb 09 February 1994 vol 237 c282W
Mrs. Clwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what criteria are used for allocating NHS resources to areas of high deprivation in Wales; and what resources are available to those areas which meet the criteria.

Mr. Gwilym Jones

The current formula for assessing the distribution of revenue resources to health authorities in Wales was introduced in 1991. This takes into account the higher levels of sickness that are associated with socially deprived areas by the morbidity weighting within the formula.