Written question asked by Alan Milburn (Labour) on Wednesday, 16 January 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 21 January 2008. It was answered by Ben Bradshaw (Labour) on Tuesday, 5 February 2008 on behalf of the Department of Health.

NHS: Finance

Question: (2) what restrictions there are on how NHS funds transferred to local authorities can be spent.

Answer

The following table shows the number of primary care trusts (PCTs) transferring grants, and value of those transfers to local authorities for the year ended 31 March 2007. No other information about the transfer of funds to local authorities (LAs) is collected centrally.

Type of grant	Value (£ million)	Number of PCTs transferring funds in 2006-07
Revenue grants to fund capital projects¹	71.3	79
Revenue Grants to fund revenue projects²	206.2	33
Sources:
¹ Department of Health audited PCT accounts 2006-07.
² Department of Health forecast outturn month 12 national health service financial returns.

PCTs may make payments to LAs as a contribution towards expenditure by the LA on certain community services, including social services and certain health related services specified in legislation. These payments are made under section 256 of the National Health Service Act 2006, which re-enacted earlier legislation.Payments may also be made to LAs under partnership arrangements. Under section 75 of the National Health Service Act 2006 the Secretary of State may prescribe arrangements as to the making of payments by an NHS body to a LA in connection with arrangements for exercise of the NHS functions. The arrangements that may be made are specified in the NHS Bodies and Local Authorities Partnership Arrangements Regulations 2000.

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Type: Written question
Reference: 471 c1083W;471 c1085W; 180666
Session: 2007-08
Subjects: Finance NHS
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk

NHS: Finance

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