HC Deb 20 October 1975 vol 898 cc43-4W
Mr. David Price

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will publish

Health District Estimated capital works expenditure in 1975–76 Resident population (mid-1974) Expenditure per head
£ £
Portsmouth and South East Hampshire … 4,436,500 523,600 8.47
Southampton and South West Hampshire … 3,135,500 388,600 8.07
Winchester and Central Hampshire … 524,000 188,500 2.78
Basingstoke and North Hampshire … 959,000 183,300 5.23

Mr. David Price

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will publish a list of the current expenditure and the capital expenditure allocated to each regional health authority in England for 1974–75, together with the current population served by each respective regional

Regional Health Authority Population (thousands) Revenue Expenditure Capital Expenditure
Total Per Capita Total Per Capita
£000 £ £000 £
1. Northern … 3,127.4 107,300 34.310 16,556 5.294
2. Yorkshire … 3,579.6 122,147 34.123 17,762 4.962
3. Trent … 4,539.8 137,426 30–271 29,591 6.518
4. East Anglia … 1,758.3 56,559 32.167 10,156 5.776
5. North-West Thames … 3,480.3 157,275 45.190 18,181 5.224
6. North-East Thames … 3,731.6 162,759 43.616 18,095 4.849
7. South-East Thames … 3,621.0 151,525 41.846 19,389 5.355
8. South-West Thames … 2,889.8 127,490 44.117 15,979 5.529
9. Wessex … 2,622.6 79,825 30.437 11,624 4.432
10. Oxford … 2,182.9 72,725 33.316 18,138 8.309
11. South-Western … 3,128.5 111,828 35.745 16,683 5.333
12. West-Midlands … 5,180.6 166,572 32.153 23,437 4.524
13 Mersey … 2,505.0 94,601 37.765 12,073 4.820
14. North-Western … 4,088.2 143,389 35.074 19,012 4.650

Note: These figures are based on the 1974–75 expenditure allocation and the unweighted mid 1974 population. Some of the differences between regions are due to variations in the age/sex structure, the incidence of teaching, etc.

Mr. Carter-Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will make a statement on the progress of the working party which is reviewing the arrangements for distributing NHS capital and revenue to RHAs, AHAs and districts.

Mrs. Castle

The working party has submitted a report to me, proposing interim changes in the basis and methods of allocating finance to regional health authorities for 1976–77. A copy has been placed in the Library of the House. I shall be making no decisions on the report's recommendations until I have considered the views of the interested a list of the capital works expenditure for the year 1975–76 for each of the districts comprising the Hampshire Area Health Authority (Teaching), together with the current population served by each district, and show what is the capital expenditure per head of the population in each district.

Dr. Owen

The figures are as follows:

health authority and show what is the current expenditure and the capital expenditure, respectively, per head of population in each region.

Dr. Owen

The information requested is as follows:

bodies now being consulted, including regional health authorities, professional organisations, the University Grants Committee and Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals and the Staff Side of the General Whitley Council.