§ Mr. Richard Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what has been the expenditure per head
NHS EXPENDITURE PER HEAD OF POPULATION FOR AREAS WITHIN THE NORTH WESTERN AND YORKSHIRE REGIONS TABLE 1—NORTH WESTERN REGION Area Health Authority 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 £ £ £ £ £ Lancashire … … 69 88 101 117 134 Bolton … … 52 68 79 86 100 Bury … … … 47 59 67 78 94 Manchester (T) … … 116 150 170 199 228 Oldham … … 48 64 72 81 92 Rochdale … … 52 64 74 82 93 Salford (T) … … 82 108 122 142 167 Stockport … … 55 69 81 91 106 Tameside … … 40 59 71 80 94 Trafford … … 43 63 71 81 94 Wigan … … … 46 60 70 81 94
TABLE 2—YORKSHIRE REGION Area Health Authority 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 £ £ £ £ £ Humberside … … 58 75 86 99 116 North Yorkshire … … 63 67 90 98 110 Bradford … … 65 84 96 106 123 Calderdale … … 53 70 81 91 105 Kirklees … … 57 75 85 95 110 Leeds (T) … … 75 100 113 124 140 Wakefield … … 77 97 107 118 138 Notes on the tables: 1. "T"denotes an area health authority (teaching) and the relative expenditure figures are influenced by additional expenditure on the provision of facilities for the clinical teaching of medical and dental students. 2. Expenditure figures used have been taken from the annual accounts of the health authorities in the regions. Capital expenditure included in the accounts of the regional health authorities which is identified as appropriate to specified areas has been included in the expenditure per head of the population of those areas. Other regional expenditure not so included amounts annually to an average per head of population for the regions as a whole of between £2 (1974–75) and £5 (1978–79)for North Western and between £2 (1974–75) and £4 (1978–79) for Yorkshire. 3. The population figures used for each year are the mid-year estimates of resident population, which make no allowance for people resident in one area who receive treatment in another, or for the differences in morbidity and age/sex structure of particular populations.