§ Mr. HepburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how much of the money allocated in 2000–01 by the Northern and Yorkshire National Health Service Regional Office was allocated to(a) the South Tyneside Community Health Council and (b) each other community health council in the Northern and Yorkshire Region; and what guidelines were used in the allocation of the money. [148616]
§ Ms StuartThe moneys allocated by the Northern and Yorkshire National Health Service Executive Regional Office to South Tyneside Community Health Council and each other community health council in the Northern and Yorkshire Region in 2000–01 are detailed in the table.
The allocation to each community health council is calculated using the following formula:
1. "Common requirement"—60 per cent. of the disposable budget to be divided equally between all 28 community health councils in region.570W2.Population—32 per cent. of the disposable budget to be allocated to all community health councils based on their proportion of the overall population of the region.3. Land area—5 per cent. of the disposable budget to be allocated based on overall land area in region.4. Ethnicity project money—3 per cent. to be held in central reserve managed by a nominated group.
CHC allocations 2000–01 £ 2000–01 allocations Revised initial budgets Airedale 101,299 Bradford 118,968 East Yorkshire 111,659 Hull 96,246 Leeds 165,076 Harrogate 108,538 Northallerton 97,690 Scarborough 91,892 York 109,425 Calderdale 106,571 Dewsbury 94,358 Huddersfield 94,869 North Durham 107,943 Pontefract 110,728 Wakefield 121,519 Newcastle 106,225 North Tyneside 97,001 East Cumbria 107,244 West Cumbria 93,042 Northumberland 114,000 Darlington and Teesdale 98,574 South Durham and Weardale 101,617 Gateshead 101,107 South Tyneside 96,999 Sunderland 102,811 Hartlepool 94,426 North Tees 108,501 South Tees 114,713 Sub total 2,973,040