§ Mr. ThompsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much is to be spent on cancer services in the Western Health and Social Services Board in the financial year 1999–2000; and how much was spent in financial year 1998–99. [93049]
§ Mr. McFall[holding answer 26 July 1999]: The total planned expenditure on cancer services in the Western Health and Social Services Board in the financial year 1999–2000 is £3.95 million and the total spent on cancer services by the Board in the financial year 1998–99 was £2.94 million.
§ Mr. ThompsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if she will provide a breakdown of the use of the increase in the money received for the 1999–2000 financial year over the previous year by the Western Health and Social Services Board on the basis of expenditure to each programme of care for each trust; and how much of this funding allocated within each programme and trust is on a (i) recurring and (ii) non-recurring basis. [93050]
§ Mr. McFall[holding answer 26 July 1999]: The proposed breakdown of the use of the increase in the money received for the 1999–2000 financial year over the previous year by the Western Health and Social Services Board, on the basis of expenditure to each programme of care for each trust and the amount of this funding the Board proposes to allocate on a recurring basis, is shown in the table. Community care recurring funding extends over 1999–2000 to 2001–02 and £2.1 million is available for use non-recurrently in 1999–2000.