§ Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health for each health authority area, what was the September forecast by the Prescription Pricing Authority, indicating projected overspending or underspending during the present financial year. [19318]
§ Ms Blears[holding answer 29 November 2001]: The table sets out the prescribing budgets notified to the Prescription Pricing Authority by each health authority. They are practice level prescribing budgets and do not include any contingency reserves held by the health authority.
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Health authority Practice budgets as notified to PPA (£) Forecast Outturn (£) Forecast Overspend (percentage) Kingston and Richmond QAG 30,014,716 30,449,072 1.45 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham QAH 67,128,321 70,605,392 5.18 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth QAJ 55,463,897 58,118,247 4.79 Redbridge and Waltham Forest QA5 42,510,877 43,711,911 2.83 Berkshire QA7 70,559,047 75,659,464 7.23 Buckinghamshire QA8 62,211,041 66,528,772 6.94 East Kent QAE 71,881,294 75,407,428 4.91 East Surrey QAK 42,347,787 42,327,096 -0.05 East Sussex, Brighton and Hove QAM 86,909,580 92,331,262 6.24 Isle of Wight and Portsmouth and South East Hants QEV 70,249,164 75,014,698 6.78 North and Mid Hampshire QD1 47,210,615 51,029,798 8.09 Northamptonshire QCC 55,279,066 57,467,162 3.96 Oxfordshire QCE 54,188,718 57,464,495 6.05 Southampton and South West Hants QD3 56,973,211 59,875,104 5.09 West Kent QAF 96,076,221 105,083,957 9.38 West Surrey QAL 61,468,564 65,429,413 6.44 West Sussex QAN 84,286,628 88,822,453 5.38 Avon QD8 92,983,094 97,867,484 5.25 Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly QDV 59,619,660 62,634,738 5.06 Dorset QDW 75,175,594 75,847,283 0.89 Gloucestershire QDY 57,403,791 58,919,964 2.64 North and East Devon QDX 51,958,609 53,644,999 3.25 Somerset QD5 50,470,846 53,522,847 6.05 South and West Devon QD6 66,432,177 70,965,510 6.82 Wiltshire QD7 59,094,411 62,774,744 6.23 Birmingham QD9 103,723,220 109,457,523 5.53 Coventry QEA 32,740,237 35,548,591 8.58 Dudley QEC 31,604,000 33,745,605 6.78 Herefordshire QED 16,650,484 17,623,361 5.84 North Staffordshire QEH 50,863,793 54,359,854 6.87 Sandwell QEE 34,093,938 34,940,247 2.48 Shropshire QEF 49,115,312 51,879,277 5.63 Solihull QEG 23,226,544 23,653,585 1.84 South Staffordshire QEJ 62,472,831 61,613,956 -1.37 Walsall QEK 29,181,052 29,868,607 2.36 Warwickshire QEL 51,744,497 56,531,625 9.25 Wolverhampton QEM 23,711,980 28,056,977 18.32 Worcestershire QEN 53,137,664 56,426,316 6.19 Bury and Rochdale QCT 43,736,081 47,138,170 7.78 East Lancashire QCX 58,318,642 65,201,689 11.80 Liverpool QC2 52,164,069 61,443,559 17.79 Manchester QC3 53,996,448 58,456,213 8.26 Morecambe Bay QC4 38,391,129 40,220,526 4.77 North Cheshire QCV 35,905,320 39,047,301 8.75 North West Lancashire QCY 61,236,621 63,259,424 3.30 Salford and Trafford QC6 55,963,487 59,628,307 6.55 Sefton QC7 32,205,042 35,608,958 10.57 South Cheshire QCW 75,908,512 83,049,782 9.41 South Lancashire QC1 35,242,497 36,561,473 3.74 St. Helens and Knowsley QC5 43,837,225 46,927,531 7.05 Stockport QC8 35,366,700 36,965,543 4.52 West Pennine QC9 49,785,950 53,164,840 6.79 Wigan and Bolton QDA 64,247,917 71,330,199 11.02 Wirral QDC No Data 44,758,134 —