Primary Care Trusts (Hansard, 4 March 2004)

§ Mr. Neil Turner
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which constituencies in England are covered(a) in whole and (b) in part by each of the primary care trusts in England. [154139]

§ Mr. Hutton
[holding answer 9 February 2004]: The information requested has been placed in the Library.

§ Mr Watts
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how long he expects it to take fully to implement the new funding system for primary care trusts. [158183]

§ Mr. Hutton
A wide ranging review of the funding formula, used to inform the allocation of resources to primary care trusts (PCTs), has recently taken place.
The new formula was used to set PCT target allocations for the latest round of national health service revenue allocations, covering the period 2000–06.
The Department is committed to bringing PCTs to their target allocation as soon as is practicable.

§ Mr. Andrew Turner
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer to question reference 154873, how many patients attending from each primary care trust outside Sussex sending more than 10 patients received(a) financial assistance with travel costs, (b)financial assistance with carers' travel costs and (c) financial assistance with carers' accommodation costs. [157611]

§ Ms Rosie Winterton
[holding answer 2 March 2004]: The Department does not collect this information centrally.