§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will set out figures for revenue spending for the Birmingham health authorities in 1982–83 at 1985–86 values together with the figure for 1985–86; and what account these figures take of demographic changes in addition to inflation.
§ Mrs. Currie[pursuant to her reply, 21 October 1987 c. 806]: Allocations to the five Birmingham district health authorities are a matter for the West Midlands regional health authority. The hon. Member may wish to write to the chairman of the RHA seeking information about the basis of those allocations.
Gross expenditure1 for the five Birmingham Health Authorities £000s 1982–83 Percentage change 1982–83 to 1985–86 1986–87 Percentage change 1982–83 to 1986–87 Cash At 1985–86 prices2 1985–86 cash Cash Real terms Cash At 1985–86 prices2 Cash Real terms 1987–88 initial cash allocation4 Central Birmingham 63,388 73,403 77,172 21.7 5.1 85,035 82,543 34.1 12.5 77,832 East Birmingham 29,071 33,664 36,015 23. 7.0 38,875 37,736 33.7 12.1 33,403 North Birmingham 30,574 35,405 35,914 17.5 1.4 332,725 331,766 — — 35,922 South Birmingham 51,720 59,892 57,549 11.3 -3.9 62,519 60,687 20.9 1.3 57,450 West Birmingham 49,878 57,759 58,768 17.8 1.7 62,339 60,512 25.0 4.8 56,680 Total 224,631 260,123 265,418 18.2 2.9 281,488 273,239 — — 261,287 1 Based on health authorities' summarised accounts; figures for 1986–87 are provisional. 2 Revalued using the Gross Domestic Product deflator. 3 The 1986–87 figures for North Birmingham Health Authority are not comparable with those for earlier years as a number of hospitals managed by that Authority transferred to South East Staffordshire on 1 April 1986. 4 Initial allocation figures are not comparable with outturn expenditure shown for earlier years.