§ Mr. Chapmanasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what has been the increase in revenue expenditure in real terms between 1978–79 and 1984–85 in each of the regional health authorities in England.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe following table shows the percentage increase in regional health authorities' revenue expenditure between 1978–79 and 1984–85, after taking account of general inflation as measured by the gross domestic product deflator.
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Region Percentage* Real Increase in Revenue Expenditure 1978–79 to 1984–85 per cent Northern 18.6 Yorkshire 17.9 Trent 19.9 East Anglian 20.9 4 Thames Regions and Boards of Govemors/SHAs †l0.7 Wessex 21.0 Oxford 15.7 South Western 17.5 West Midlands 18.1 Mersey 13.6 North Western 19.2 Notes
*Percentages are based on actual revenue expenditure from health authorities' summarised accounts for 1978–79; and on provisional outturn figures for 1984–85.
†Figures for the individual Thames regions are distorted by 1982 boundary changes.