§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the total spending per head on the National Health Service for Wales for the most recent 10 years.
§ Mr. GristThe information requested is set out in the following table:
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National Health Service Expenditure per Capita (£) Year Amount 1979–80 171 1980–81 220 1981–82 251 (2) if he will list in the Official Report tables showing the capital allocation for each local education authority in Wales made by his Department for capital expenditure for (a) county and voluntary-controlled schools, (b) voluntary-aided schools and (c) all maintained schools, the amount of the bid in respect of each such allocation, and the percentage which each allocation bears to its respective bid, in current prices and in constant prices for each year from 1984–85 to 1989–90.
§ Mr Wyn RobertsThe information is not available in the form requested as the system of capital allocations to local education authorities is formula rather than bid based. Capital allocations since 1984–85 are unhypothecated between services. The public expenditure provisions for education capital at an all-Wales level for those years is shown in table I.
The system of allocation to voluntary-aided schools falls outside local authority block allocations. Table 2 shows allocations to voluntary-aided schools for new build, alterations and works of repair and maintenance. These figures are shown from 1982–83, which is the earliest year for which they are available, and can be given only on an all-Wales basis. Figures for earlier years and an analysis by local education authority could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Bids are required for major new build and alteration work only at voluntary aided schools. The total of those bids since 1982–83 are set out in table 3.
Year Amount 1982–83 277 1983–84 294 1984–85 318 1985–86 339 1986–87 363 1987–88 401 1988–89 445