§ Mr. RosindellTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of people received NHS treatment in(a) England and (b) the London borough of Havering in the last period for which figures are available were aged over 60 years. [189222]
§ Dr. LadymanInformation on the full range of national health service services provided in NHS hospitals, through community and primary care, and through other NHS services is not available in the form requested.
Revenue funding is allocated to primary care trusts on the basis of the relative needs of their populations. A weighted capitation formula is used to determine each PCT's target share of available resources based on the 1990W age distribution of the population, additional need over and above that accounted for by age, and the unavoidable geographical variations in the cost of providing services. Residents of each locality will also benefit from publicly-funded public health programmes and through services such as NHSDirect.
In Havering, about 22.8 per cent. of residents are aged 60 years or more compared to a national average of about 20.8 per cent. This is reflected in the method used to calculate the resources to be allocated.