Primary Care Trusts

HC Deb 14 April 2003 vol 403 cc620-1W

Harry Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the financial allocation is to the primary care trusts in(a) Redbridge and (b) Waltham Forest; how this compares to the allocation to the three PCTs which previously covered the area; what the overall per capita funding is for the population in each PCT; and if he will make a statement. [108071]

Mr. Hutton

The information requested is shown in the tables.

Old configuration—Primary Care Trust revenue allocations—2003–04
PCT	Allocation (£000)
Chingford, Wanstead and Woodford	109,461
Redbridge	160,654
Walthamstow, Leyton and Leytonstone	163,981
Total	434,096

New configuration—Primary Care Trust revenue allocations 2003–04
PCT	Allocation (£000)	Population	Allocations per unweighted head
Redbridge	207,662	218,984	948
Waltham Forest	226,435	227,295	996
Total	434,096

The three year allocations for the Walthamstow, Leyton and Leytonstone PCT, Redbridge PCT and Chingford, Wanstead and Woodford PCT were announced on 11 December by my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health. From 1 April 2003, these PCTs merged to establish two PCTs covering the boroughs of Redbridge and Waltham Forest respectively. The total allocation has not been changed by the reconfiguration.