§ Mr. StevensonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the underspend or overspend was in(a) 1999–2000 (b) 2000–01 and the latest forecast figures for (i) 2001–02 and (ii) 2002–03 for each health authority in the west midlands region. [29270]
§ Yvette CooperThe level of under or overspending for 1999–2000 and 2000–01 is shown in the table. By the end of this financial year we expect all health authorities to live within their agreed resource limits. Where they require support at year-end this will be provided principally through brokerage from elsewhere in the national health service. This is normal practice in managing the year-end financial position of individual bodies and for the NHS overall. Information for 2003–03 is not available.
£000 Health authority 1999–2000 Surplus/(deficit) 2000–01 Over/(under) spending Birmingham HA (1,899) 766 Coventry HA (5,230) 2,263 Dudley HA (51) 585 Herefordshire HA 822 220 North Staffordshire HA (625) 0 Sandwell HA (2,896) 0 Shropshire HA (1,729) 180 Solihull HA (133) 625 South Staffordshire HA (4,593) 2,025 Walsall HA (909) 577 Warwickshire HA (8,661) 3,167 Wolverhampton HA (2,812) 41 Worcestershire HA (1,482) 1,199 Notes:
- 1. Under or overspends have been interpreted as income and expenditure surpluses or deficits in 1999–2000.
- 2. Following the introduction of resource accounting and budgeting, the operational financial balance has been used as a measure of under or overspending in 2000–01. All health authorities in west midlands achieved break-even or an underspend in these terms.
Source:
Health authority audited summarisation forms 1999–2000 and 2000–2001