§ Tim LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what funding has been available in each of the last seven years for part-time trainee doctors; and what has been budgeted for the future.[185406]
§ Mr. HuttonThe funding of medical training salary costs is resourced through a central overall funding allocation that makes no distinction between full-time and part-time trainees. The distribution of funding between full-time and part-time training at local level is the responsibility of the respective strategic health authorities (SHAs). No figures are held centrally for the local breakdown of resources; the total funding provided to SHAs in 2004–05 was £3.8 billion.
In addition and to support the introduction of the new contract, funding of £7 million in each of the years 2002–03 and 2003–04 was exceptionally provided to support the salary costs of part-time trainees. This was during a short period when new pay rates for full-time trainees were being progressively introduced and new part-time salaries, introduced in full in one step, were high by comparison; this is no longer the case.
£000 Department NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency NHS Pensions NHS Estates Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency Medicines Control Agency Medical Devices Agency 1997–98 6,592 — 47 422 — 536 241 1998–99 5,814 — 48 689 — 577 208 1999–00 7.080 — 53 1,129 — 872 271 2000–01 7,295 524 67 1,477 — 674 171 2001–02 7,972 579 72 1,343 — 704 177 2002–03 7,607 635 46 1,510 — 711 161 2003–04 8,211 662 54 1,496 978 219