§ Mr. WatsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list for each purchasing health board in Northern Ireland, the figures for revenue funding in 1992–93, 1993–94 and 1994–95, and the estimated figures for 1995–96 and 1996–97; and if he will indentify the changes for each health board's revenue budget resulting from the replacement of the resource allocation working party system of determining funding allocation.
§ Mr. AncramThe revenue resources—exclusive of capital charge—sallocated to health and social services boards for the purchase of health and social care for the years 1992–93, 1993–94 and 1994–95 are shown in table 1. The figures for 1993–94 and 1994–95 are provisional and as funding for subsequent years is dependent upon the outcome of future public expenditure surveys, no estimates can be provided for 1995–96 and 1996–97.
Table 1 Board 1992–93 £000 1993–94 £000 1994–95 £000 Northern 188,159 200,204 223,093 Southern 148,705 162,906 170,601 Eastern 409,657 390,289 395,372 Western 137,825 148,927 155,453 Following the discontinuance of provider-based funding from April 1992, boards are now funded as purchasers of services for their resident populations. Under the new funding approach, the resource adjustments effected to determine the allocations in table 1, are as follows: 299W
Table 2 Board 1992–93 £000 1993–94 £000 1994–95 £000 Northern 38,654 1,832 16,970 Southern 14,533 3,871 4,218 Eastern 153,318 18,856 14,741 Western 4,392 3,153 4,331 1 Figures denote a reduction in Eastern Boards share of resources.