§ Tim LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what amount in(a) real terms and (b) percentage terms of the health authority revenue resource allocations announced on 6 December are accounted for by estimated (i) salary increases for (A) pay review body staff and (B) non-pay review body staff, (ii) medical price inflation, (iii) new pension contribution rates, (iv) implementation of planned national service frameworks and (v) special arrangements for speeding up heart operations. [24328]
§ Mr. Hutton[holding answer 8 January 2002]: Health authority revenue allocations for 2002–03 include funding to meet increases in pay, prices and other pressures faced by all health authorities, and to implement national service frameworks, but these are not separately identified within allocations.
A small number of initiatives, including action to speed up heart operations and extend choice for those who wait longest for heart surgery, will be funded through central budgets. Details will be announced later.