§ 55. Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how much has been spent in each of the last four years by each local authority in England and Wales on family planning services.
§ Mr. AlisonInformation is not available for 1967–68. The following are the figures for the last three years:
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FAMILY PLANNING—NET EXPENDITURE BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN ENGLAND AND WALES* 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 £ £ £ County Councils Bedford 6,381 10,910 13,270 Berks 134 606 2,346 Buckingham 485 778 2,327 Cambridge and Isle of Ely 475 749 3,686 Cheshire 5,843 12,266 8,317 Cornwall 1,804 3,090 5,284 Cumberland 220 167 1,300 Derby 1,017 1,426 5,561 Devon 1,833 2,403 3,931 Dorset 1,511 1,776 3,081 Durham 2,073 1,038 839 Essex — 12,454 15,729 Gloucester 193 1,000 1,102 Hampshire 1,063 3,027 5,291 Hereford 1,210 1,108 1,373 Hertford 533 2,667 5,413 Huntingdon and Soke of Peterborough — 316 1,158 Kent 500 2,072 4.900
1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 £ £ £ County Councils Lancashire 1,039 1,608 9,480 Leicester 1,000 2,500 2,500 Lincoln. Parts of Holland 50 1,191 2,216 Lincoln, Parts of Kesteven 819 1,029 1,216 Lincoln, Parts of Lindsey 4,521 6,732 9,339 Norfolk 675 831 976 Northampton 1,050 2,860 2,281 Northumberland 2,613 5,573 8,323 Nottingham 1,419 2,097 3,367 Oxford 1,352 1,483 11,944 Rutland 100 105 108 Salop 591 2,501 2,590 Scilly, Isle of — — — Somerset 1,500 2,000 5,759 Stafford 2,566 3,118 3,960 Suffolk, East 250 250 450 Suffolk, West 401 3,244 2,692 Surrey 1,703 6,988 5,160 Sussex, East 4,117 6,030 7,441 Sussex, West 7,522 9,236 34,730 Warwick 947 2,218 1,874 Westmorland 400 741 1,158 Wight, Isle of 100 120 140 Wiltshire 6,599 4,424 6,257 Worcester 3,974 3,180 8,848 Yorks, East Riding 1,561 3,964 5,186 Yorks, North Riding 6,482 7,457 12,217 Yorks, West Riding 2,231 5,645 21,077 120W
County Boroughs Barnsley 250 250 250 Barrow-in-Furness 301 317 300 Bath 479 370 673 Birkenhead 462 — 277 Birmingham 11,273 15,242 25,109 Blackburn — — 81 Blackpool 515 632 1,440 Bolton — 314 211 Bootle — — 795 Bournemouth 391 431 638 Bradford 412 753 1,086 Brighton 175 804 1,679 Bristol 4.691 5,376 10,535 Burnley 28 85 41 Burton upon Trent 250 267 399 Bury — 84 2 Canterbury 150 32 135 Carlisle — 77 — Chester 250 244 368 Coventry 1,328 681 1,476 Darlington 100 342 601 Derby — 170 313 Dewsbury 642 467 775 Doncaster 434 503 724 Dudley 50 51 154 Eastbourne 525 407 624 Exeter 350 350 848 Gateshead 394 131 259 Gloucester 59 167 431 Great Yarmouth 271 110 48 Grimsby 264 446 3,399 Halifax 670 670 670 Hartlepool 541 1,132 1,428
1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 £ £ £ County Boroughs Hastings 300 320 550 Huddersfield 140 675 600 Ipswich 10.954 5,926 8,267 Kingston-upon-Hull 17,317 16,016 13,813 Leeds 3,073 2,665 3,186 Leicester 3,621 3,974 4,000 Lincoln 594 2,045 2,885 Liverpool 12,328 13,091 17,965 Luton 2,230 2,697 3,607 Manchester 4,739 9,224 10,173 Newcastle upon Tyne 1.561 1,927 2,102 Northampton 393 343 548 Norwich 2,690 2,052 2,174 Nottingham 253 388 447 Oldham. 418 328 401 Oxford 6,286 1,436 10,046 Plymouth 3,624 4,168 4,744 Portsmouth 558 2,377 4,453 Preston — — — Reading 147 1,764 2,946 Rochdale 468 25 745 Rotherham 975 3,180 3,861 St. Helens 1,177 866 1,280 Salford 70 30 1,030 Sheffield 8,150 9,050 12,062 Solihull 2,232 2,935 2,649 Southampton 9,772 2,921 3,359 Southend-on-Sea 203 534 753 Southport 1,250 1,342 1,388 South Shields 138 — 699 Stockport — 230 504 Stoke-on-Trent 558 1,178 1,782 Sunderland 50 50 805 Teesside 5,720 9,616 13,735 Torbay — 200 250 Tynemouth 75 150 150 Wakefield — 240 240 Wallasey 61 57 186 Walsall 1,000 1,400 2,325 Warley — 1,100 1,174 Warrington 146 732 893 West Bromwich 2,379 4,000 6,133 Wigan 100 — 131 Wolverhampton 1,750 2,808 2,784 Worcester 258 496 424 York 1,307 1,625 2,164 121W
London Borough Councils Barking 390 1,734 2,075 Barnet 445 8,102 17,669 Bexley 1,368 2,902 2,760 Brent 2,292 2,677 8,368 Bromley — 244 724 Camden 8,142 23,345 32,533 Croydon 550 744 1,141 Ealing 1,750 4,286 5,455 Enfield 2,379 2,789 3,345 Greenwich 10,961 9,786 18,712 Hackney 9,069 7,700 17,552 Hammersmith 5,129 10,522 17,157 Haringey 1,818 2,011 18,0.30 Harrow 211 386 1,900 Havering 2,297 2,403 3,121 Hillingdon 1,648 1,755 2,109 Hounslow 1,597 6,957 8,800 Islington 7,435 7,806 22,542
1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 £ £ £ London Borough Councils Kensington and Chelsea 6,225 9,601 10,517 Kingston upon Thames — 721 896 Lambeth 2,194 11,330 17,054 Lewisham 17,399 15,731 28,127 Merton 8,093 12,035 10,209 Newham 253 709 2,102 Redbridge 320 542 674 Richmond upon Thames 2,393 2,842 3,599 Southwark 12,017 20,800 24,036 Sutton 1,581 2,402 3,846 Tower Hamlets 4,398 4,798 5,715 Waltham Forest 847 1,084 376 Wandsworth — — 18,446 Westminster 8,337 11,652 11,146 City of London 150 1,380 1,433 WALES County Councils Anglesey 1,023 1,360 1,711 Brecon 1,334 1,071 1,082 Caernarvon 2,953 3,453 4,650 Cardigan 1,039 1,189 1,696 Carmarthen 150 165 2,120 Denbighs 1,713 2,026 2,835 Flint 2,183 2,845 4,397 Glamorgan 4,633 11,376 18,490 Merioneth 732 1,004 1,477 Monmouth 36 13,762 17,560 Montgomery 614 1,270 1,484 Pembroke 2,328 2,500 2,900 Radnor 147 192 174 County Boroughs Cardiff 6,125 5,897 8,919 Merthyr Tydfil 50 185 421 Newport (Mon.) — — 1,116 Swansea 443 1,031 1,209 * The figures for different authorities, and figures for different years for the same authority, are not necessarily comparable, for such reasons as variations in charging policy and in the method of provision of the service; whether by direct administration or through a voluntary agency.