§ Mr. SandersTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will list the distance from spending target of each NHS trust in(a) Cornwall and (b) Devon in each year since 1992 for which figures are available. [15472]
(2) if he will list the deficits of (a) health authorities and (b) national health service trusts in (i) Devon and (ii) Cornwall in each year since 1979 for which figures are available. [15388]
§ Mr. MilburnDetails of the income and expenditure deficits of(a) health authorities and (b) National Health Service trusts in (i) Devon and (ii) Cornwall since 1991–92 are given in the table. Figures for earlier years will be placed in the Library shortly. The distance from spending target in NHS trusts has been interpreted as the income and expenditure position since NHS trusts are not set spending targets as such but receive income through contracts for healthcare provision to cover their expenditure.
£ (a)i. Health authority deficits in Devon 1991–92 Exeter HA 67,000 North Devon HA 65,000 Torbay HA 449,000 1992–93 Exeter HA 439,000 North Devon HA 546,000 Plymouth HA 1,963,000 1993–94 North and East Devon 330,000 South and West Devon 1,198,000 1994–95 None — 1995–96 North and East Devon 1,728,000 South and West Devon 4,068,000 1996–97 North and East Devon 3,708,000 South and West Devon 5,558,000 (a)ii. Health authority deficits in Cornwall 1991–92 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 35,000 1993–94 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 2,491,000 1995–96 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 225,000 1996–97 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 3,151,000 The 1996–97 health authority figures are for merged health authorities (previously separate district health authorities and family health service authorities).
Changes in accounting policies mean that not all years accounts are prepared on a comparable basis. 598W
£ (b)i. Trust deficits in Devon 1991–92 None — 1992–93 Devon Ambulance 141,000 1993–94 None — 1994–95 None — 1995–96 Plymouth Hospitals 426,000 Plymouth Community 49,000 Royal Devon and Exeter 454,000 South Devon Healthcare 821,000 1996–97 Plymouth Community 85,000 Royal Devon and Exeter 532,000 South Devon Healthcare 1,395,000 (b)ii. Trust deficits in Cornwall 1991–91 None — 1992–93 Trecare 186,000 1993–94 None — 1994–95 None — 1995–96 Royal Cornwall Hospitals 485,000 Trecare 1,055,000 1996–97 Trecare 29,000 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Learning Disabilities NHS Trust changed its name to Trecare NHS Trust in 1995.