§ Mr. Churchillasked the Secretary of State for Social Services by how much his Department's expenditure per capita in the North-West Region exceeds, or is less than, that of the national average per capita in respect of his Department.
§ Mr. MoyleInsufficient data is available to produce a reliable estimate of the per capita cost of social security benefits in particular regions of England.
Health service expenditure in 1976–77 in the area of the North-Western Regional Health Authority, which is not coterminous with the North-West Standard Region, expressed per head of population was £3.4 less than the average expenditure on health services in England similarly expressed.
NOTES ON CALCULATION OF DIFFERENCE
- 1. Expenditure on services which are financed centrally and not attributable to a particular region has been excluded.
- 2. Expenditure figures have been related to 1976 mid-year estimates of resident populations; the figures are influenced by the payment of London weighting allowance to staff and by the incidence of additional expenditure in the provision of facilities for the clinical teaching of medical and dental students.
90 - 3. The population figures used take no account of people who are provided with treatment outside their region of residence nor are they adjusted for differences in the morbidity and age/sex structure of regional populations.