§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answer of 26 May,Official Report, columns 294–95, (1) if she will list all the factors, and their relative weights, taken into account when determining per capita spending by district health and family health services authority;
(2) pursuant to her answer of 26 May, Official Report, columns 294–95, regarding per capita spend by health authorities, what factors determined the relative allocation to (a) Preston and (b) Newham.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThe figures for per capita spending were calculated by dividing the total expenditure for each 625W authority—from the provisional 1992–93 accounts—by the crude population figures, mid 1992 estimates, for each respective authority.
It is the responsibility of regional health authorities to make allocations to district health authorities and to family health services authorities for cash-limited expenditure. The majority of FHSA expenditure is determined by demand for services and there are no predetermined allocations.