NHS Additional Funding, by Region (Hansard, 21 March 2000)

§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Lord Hunt of Kings Heath)

The following tables show the additional funding that has been made available to the National Health Service from Her Majesty's Treasury since 1 May 1997 in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland. Figures for Northern Ireland also include additions resulting from a reallocation of funds within the Northern Ireland block. All tables show additions to the nearest £ million.

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Table B
Additional Funds made available to the NHS in Wales since 1 May 1997
	1997–98 £m	1998–99 £m	1999–2000 £m	2000–01 £m	2001–02 £m
Winter Pressures⁽¹⁾	10	13	0
General Increase for NHS⁽²⁾		60
Waiting Lists⁽³⁾		25
Comprehensive Spending Review⁽⁴⁾			175	345	510
HM Treasury Capital Modernisation Fund⁽⁵⁾			6	13	15
Invest to Save⁽⁶⁾				2
General Improvements in Health⁽⁷⁾			8
⁽¹⁾ Additional money for 1997–98 announced by Win Griffiths 22 October 1997.
Additional money for 1998–99 announced by Win Griffiths 3 November 1998.
⁽²⁾ Announced by Ron Davies 2 July 1997.
⁽³⁾ Announced by Win Griffiths 18 March 1998.
⁽⁴⁾ Announced by Win Griffiths 16 July 1998. Increase in NHS funding each year over the 1997 Public Expenditure Survey baselines.
⁽⁵⁾ Additions from the HM Treasury Capital Modernisation Fund announced on 18 May 1999 and 1 December 1999.
⁽⁶⁾ Funding awardec from the HM Treasury Invest to Save Budget as announced on 1 December 1999.
⁽⁷⁾ Addition from Treasury reserve in December 1999 will be used to respond to priorities of the Assembly Health and Social Services Committee as announced by the Welsh Assembly Secretary for Finance, Edwina Hart, on 1 December 1999.

Table C
Additional Funds made available to the NHS in Scotland since 1 May 1997
	1997–98 £m	1998–99 £m	1999–2000 £m	2000–01 £m	2001–02 £m
Winter Pressures⁽¹⁾	17	22
General Increase for NHS⁽²⁾		107
Waiting Lists⁽³⁾		44
Comprehensive Spending Review⁽⁴⁾			300	590	910
HM Treasury Capital Modernisation Fund⁽⁵⁾			10	14	17
Intensive care and high dependency beds and local priorities⁽⁶⁾			14
⁽¹⁾ Additional funds for 1997–98 announced in October 1997 (ii) 1998–99 announced in November 1998.
⁽²⁾ Announced in July 1997 Budget.
⁽³⁾ Announced in March 1998 Budget.
⁽⁴⁾ Announced in July 1998. Increase in NHS funding each year over the 1997 Public Expenditure Survey baselines.
⁽⁵⁾ Funds awarded far A&E Modernisation, tele-medicine, electronic prescribing, NHS Direct Scotland, minimal invasive cancer work and cancer treatment equipment.
⁽⁶⁾ Announced in February 2000 to spend on intensive care and high dependency beds and for local priorities.

Table D
Additional Funds made available to the NHS in Northern Ireland since 1 May 1997
	1997–98 £m	1998–99 £m	1999–2000 £m	2000–01 £m	2001–02 £m
Winter Pressures	18	6	9
General Increase for NHS		36
Waiting Lists		13
Comprehensive Spending Review			128	251	353
HM Treasury Capital Modernisation Fund			3	3	5
Clinical Negligence			4

In addition to funds provided directly/centrally from HM Treasury, the above also include local additions made available from reallocations permissible within the Northern Ireland Block.

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