(2) how much is estimated to be spent on audiology services in Tendring in 2006-07; and how much was spent in each of the last five years.
The information requested is not held centrally.
From 2000 to 2005, funding of £125 million for the provision of digital hearing aids was ring-fenced through the modernising hearing aid services programme.
In 2006-07, the Department allocated national health service central revenue budgets on 25 July 2006. This amounted to a total allocation of £5.5 billion across all the strategic health authorities (SHAs) and is the aggregate value of all the individual allocations from many different budgets, including audiology. It is the responsibility of SHAs to reach agreement with their local NHS trusts and primary care trusts over the allocation of these resources to best meet local need. In addition capital allocations for audiology services in 2006-07 amounted to £26 million.