§ Mr. GerrardTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what financial allocations have been made to the Redbridge and Waltham Forest District Health Authority in each year since its establishment; and what was the real terms increase in each year compared with the previous year. [24973]
§ Mr. MilburnThe information requested is in the tables. However, there have been a number of changes which distort inter year comparisons.504W
Table 1: Revenue allocations for Redbridge and Waltham Forest District Health Authority £000 Real terms increase Allocation Cash Allocation 1993–94 prices £000 percentage 1993–94 159,278 159,278 — — 1994–95 168,257 165,767 6,489 4.07 1995–96 222,861 213,679 47,912 28.90 Notes:
1. Allocations have been expressed in real terms by using the relevant gross domestic product (GDP) deflator for each year to convert them to 1993–94 prices.
2. Redbridge and Waltham Forest District Health Authority (DHA) was established in 1993–94 from the merger of Redbridge DHA and Waltham Forest DHA.
3. Allocations to DHAs were made by regional health authorities (RHA). These figures have been adjusted to take account of the effects of different regional allocation policies.
4. The 1995–96 figures are not comparable with those for earlier years. This is due to additions which were made to DHA allocations for:
- (a) entry of special health authorities into the internal market.
- (b) inclusion of certain former national top sliced budgets.
- (c) inclusion of capital charges.
Table 2: General allocations and real term increase for Redbridge and Waltham Forest Health Authority £000 Real terms increase Allocation Allocation 1993–94 £000 percentage 1996–97 212,275 198,039 — — 1997–98 221,589 201,294 3,255 1.64 1998–99 231,328 204,418 3,124 1.55 Notes:
1. Allocations have been expressed in real terms by using the relevant gross domestic product deflator for each year to convert them to 1993–94 prices. Consequently, the real terms increases between years will not equate to the announced real terms growth.
2. Figures for 1996–97 are not comparable with earlier years because of:
- (a) the merger of DHAs and family health services authorities (FHSAs). This means that some elements of expenditure that were previously FHSA will be accounted for in the heath authority allocation.
- (b) loss of population caused by boundary changes at the formation of Redbridge and Waltham Forest Health Authority in 1996–97.
- (c) re-calibration to ensure that 1996–97 HA baselines were constructed on a common basis (as RHAs pursued different sub-regional allocation policies). This includes funds which were built into DHA baselines before 1996–97 which subsequently former parts of national levies.