Expenditure

Mr. Stott
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many district health authorities project a deficit for the end of the current financial year.

59.

Mr. O'Brien
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many district health authorities project a deficit for the end of the current financial year.

61.

Mr. Clay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many district health authorities project a deficit for the end of the current financial year.

90.

Mr. Turner
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many district health authorities project a deficit for the end of the current financial year.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke
Health authority cash limit spending is monitored by my Department on a regional basis and we do not expect any region to exceed its cash limit for the year. Information about the financial position  of district health authorities is not collected centrally. The NHS is spending more money this year than last in real terms and is treating more patients.