§ Mr. DismoreTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what recent assessment he has made of the number of people living in London who do not feature in the official statistics on which funding for the NHS in London is based; [56189]
(2) what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the change in the population in London over the last 10 years on demands for the NHS in London. [56188]
§ Mr. HuttonThe allocation of resources to health authorities and primary care trusts is informed by weighted capitation targets which take account of the health need of local populations.
The populations used to calculate weighted capitation targets are based on Office for National Statistics population projections. These are updated to take account of trends in births, deaths, internal migration and international migration. The population projections used are the latest available at the time of allocations.
The Department has not made any separate assessment of the number of people living in London who do not feature in these official statistics.