§ Mr. MacleanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list for(a) 2000–01 and (b) 2001–02 (i) the total amount to be spent by his Department on coronary heart disease and (ii) the funds from which that money has been allocated. [143567]
§ Yvette Cooper[holding answer 19 December 2000]: The great majority of spending on services for coronary heart disease is contained within health authority unified allocations. It is for health authorities, in partnership with primary care groups and trusts, National Health Service trusts and other local stakeholders, to determine how best to use their funds to meet national and local priorities for improving health, tackling health inequalities and modernising services.
We have made the improvement of coronary heart disease services one of our main priorities. The NHS Plan set out our commitment to provide significant additional resources, so that by 2003–04 we will be investing an extra £230 million a year in heart disease services. This will be backed up by £120 million from the Treasury Capital Modernisation Fund over two years. Specific sums have been allocated to support implementation of the National Standards Framework for CHD, totalling £130.5 million in 2000–01 and £230 million in 2001–02. In 2001–02, there will also be a further allocation of £94 million, to be distributed between CHD and cancer services.