To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) when regional health authorities were notified of charges arising from the military assistance during the ambulance dispute; and when the costs were notified to each district health authority of the sums they would have to pay towards costs incurred during the ambulance dispute;(2) what is the total amount of money that each regional health authority has been asked to pay for costs incurred during the ambulance dispute for military assistance; and what is the amount apportioned to each district health authority budget by regional health authorities.

The total costs that each regional health authority has been asked to pay for military assistance during the ambulance dispute are given in the table. Regional health authorities were notified of amounts due in respect of the period to 31 December 1989 on 7 March 1990, and in respect of the period January to 31 March 1990, on 14 June 1990. Information is not held centrally about the amount apportioned by regions to district health authorities nor when such amounts 'were notified.