§ Mr. GapesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the funding available for(a) Barking and Havering health authority, (b) Redbridge and Waltham Forest health authority, (c) City and East London health authority and (d) Newham under the new capitation based funding formula and the previous funding formula.
§ Mr. SackvilleWeighted capitation formulae are used to set capitation targets and so inform, but not determine, the amount of funding made available to health authorities.
For 1995–96 the modified national weighted capitation formula has been used to set targets for regional health authorities. However it is for North Thames RHA to determine both its own sub-regional formula and how much funding is to be made available to its district health authorities. The hon. Member may wish to contact Sir William Staveley, the chairman of North Thames regional health authority, for details.