Primary Health Care (Expenditure)

HC Deb 05 February 1986 vol 91 cc201-4W

Mr. Corbyn

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the expenditure on primary health care per head of population for each year since 1979 in (a) the Islington health authority area, ^(b) Barnet and ^(c) Sutton Coldfield.

Mr. Hayhoe

[pursuant to his reply, 17 December Health Authority 1985, c. 155]: Following are the figures requested:

Expenditure per Head of Population on Primary Health Care*
	Health Authority
	Islington	Barnet	North Birmingham
	£	£	£
1979–80	54	44	44
1980–81	69	57	55
1981–82	81	65	63

	Health Authority
	Islington	Barnet	North Brimingham
	£	£	£
1982–83	82	70	71
1983–84	86	74	76
1984–85	96	86	85

^* Current expenditure on community health services plus net expenditure on family practitioner services. The latter expenditure cannot strictly be attributed to particular districts but has been included (pro-rata to population) from the annual accounts of the family practitioner committees which account for it.