§ Mrs. Faithasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the proportion of the annual budget that is spent on administration, as opposed to patient services, by each area health authority.
§ Dr. VaughanThe information requested is given below.
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1978–79—PROPORTION OF TOTAL EXPENDITURE SPENT ON HEADQUARTERS ADMINISTRATION BY AREA HEALTH AUTHORITY Area Health Authority Northern Region Percentage Cleveland 3.31 Cumbria 3.55 Durham 3.28 Northumberland 3.32 Gateshead 4.32 Newcastle on Tyne (T) 2.81 North Tyneside 4.19 South Tyneside 4.54 Sunderland 2.82 Yorkshire Region Humberside 3.51 North Yorkshire 3.32 Bradford 3.39 Calderdale 3.21 Kirklees 3.56 Leeds (T) 2.61 Wakefield 3.96 Trent Region Derbyshire 3.48 Leicestershire (T) 3.41 Lincolnshire 3.46 Nottinghamshire (T) 3.34 Barnsley 3.50 Doncaster 3.47 Rotherham 3.79 Sheffield (T) 3.59 East Anglia Region Cambridgeshire (T) 3.14 Norfolk 3.31 Suffolk 3.33 Bedfordshire 4.38 Hertfordshire 3.34 Barnet 4.86 Brent and Harrow 2.91 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow (T) 4.23 Hillingdom 3.41 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 4.17 North East Thames Region Essex 3.44 Barking and Havering 3.49 Camden and Islington 4.56 City and East London 4.04 Enfield and Haringey 4.33 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 3.99 South East Thames Region East Sussex 3.88 Kent 3.60 Greenwich and Bexley 3.78
Percentage Bromley 3.31 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham (T) 4.46 South West Thames Region Surrey 3.56 West Sussex 3.48 Croydon 3.09 Kingston and Richmond 4.97 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 3.81 Wessex Region Dorset 3.34 Hampshire (T) 2.95 Wiltshire 3.85 Isle of Wight 4.09 AREA HEALTH AUTHORITY Oxford Region Berkshire 3.47 Buckinghamshire 3.82 Northamptonshire 4.42 Oxfordshire (T) 3.29 South Western Region Avon (T) 2.90 Cornwall 3.26 Devon 3.48 Gloucester 3.31 Somerset 3.39 West Midlands Region Heroford and Worcester 3.65 Salop 2.31 Staffordshire 2.64 Warwickshire 3.86 Birmingham (T) 2.58 Coventry 2.46 Dudley 2.97 Sandwell 4.38 Solihull 4.84 Walsall 3.75 Wolverhampton 3.05 Mersey Region Cheshire 3.54 Liverpool (T) 3.07 St. Helens and Knowsley 3.41 Sefton 3.38 Wirral 3.34 North Western Region Lancashire 3.08 Bolton 3.62 Bury 4.78 Manchester (T) 2.48 Oldham 3.93 Rochdale 4.52 Salford (T) 3.22 Stockport 3.11 Tameside 3.74 Trafford 4.44 Wigan 3.43