§ Ms JowellTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the health authorities facing deficits at the end of this financial year as a result of general practitioner fundholders spending above their agreed budgets. [5379]
§ Mr. MaloneInformation about projected health authority income and expenditure for the current year was recently placed in the Library. Details about possible causes of each individual surplus or deficit are not available centrally.
§ Ms JowellTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many health authorities are predicting budget deficits of more than £1 million for the coming financial year. [4169]
§ Mr. MaloneHealth authorities are currently developing their financial plans for 1997–98. Information concerning these plans has not yet been collected centrally. Health authorities are required to submit their financial plans for 1997–98 to the executive in April 1997.