§ Mr. SpellarTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what are the external financing limits for each NHS trust in the current year; and on how much of this they have drawn. [21177]
§ Mr. HoramTrusts do not draw on external financing limits. They meet them through a combination of borrowing and repaying debt, and drawing down or building up cash balances. Their responsibility is to ensure that, at the year end, their total expenditure is within their authorised external financing limit and they report their performance against this objective in their annual accounts which are audited and published.
The current external financing limit for each national health service trust will be placed in the Library.