HC Deb 03 November 2003 vol 412 c520W
Chris Grayling

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the tot al size is of the funding facility being made available by the Department of Health to meet capital bids by the first wave foundation trust applicants. [133185]

Mr. Hutton

There will not be a specific allocation of capital to the financing facility. Monies disbursed will be a function of the aggregate of each national health service foundation trust's ability to borrow under the Prudential Borrowing Code and not of centrally allocated budgets.

Ian Lucas

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether an area specified by an applicant for foundation trust status under sub-section 3(1)(a) of Schedule 1 to the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill may include an electoral area in Wales. [133981]

Mr. Hutton

No. The areas for the public constituency in question will be limited to England. However, if a national health service foundation trust's constitution includes provision for patients or carers of patients to be members of the public constituency, patients of that NHS foundation trust living in Wales would be eligible to join.

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