§ Mr. John Huntasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will make a statement about community health councils in the restructured National Health Service.
§ Mr. FowlerAs we announced last year community health councils are to be retained for a period. The longer term case for their retention will he reconsidered in the light of the experience of the operation of the more locally based district health authorities.
Total management costs in 1979–80 Total resources in 1979–80 Management proportion 1979–80 Percentage reduction in (3) to achieve new objective (4–62 per cent.) by end of 1984–85 Region (£ million) (£ million) (1) (2) (3) (4) Northern 20.390 397.989 5.12 9.77 Yorkshire 22.486 450.372 4.99 7.41 Trent 26.635 541.669 4.92 6.10 East Anglian 11.995 232.723 5.15 10.29 North-West Thames 28.321 524.965 5.39 14.29 North-East Thames 30.456 561.027 5.43 14.92 South-East Thames 28.493 539.599 5.28 12.50 South-West Thames 23.484 416.590 5.64 18.09 Wessex 16.059 325.782 4.93 6.29 Oxford 13.525 263.975 5.12 9.77 South Western 20.069 394.491 5.09 9.23 West Midlands 31.805 625.909 5.08 9.06 Mersey 16.189 339.571 4.77 3.14 North Western 26.983 556.256 4.85 4.74 ENGLAND 316.890 6,170.918 5.14 10.00