§ Mr. SteinbergTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list in descending order the levels of capital investment of each health district in the Northern region since 1974, and then give the figures adjusted for inflation.
§ Mr. FreemanInformation is not available in the form requested. Information derived from the annual accounts of the Northern regional health authority (RHA) and the district health authorities (DHAs) comprising the Northern region since the establishment on 1 April 1982 of DHAs is shown in the table.
Northern Region—District Health Authorities total capital expenditure 1982–83 to 1988–89 (inclusive) Districts £000 £000 (cash) (at 1988–89 prices) Newcastle Upon Tyne 50,098 58,778 South Tees 38,050 43,646 South Cumbria 34,845 40,124 Northumberland 31,587 36,799 South Tyneside 24,473 27,130 North Tyneside 21,309 25,937 Hartlepool 20,308 24,235 Gateshead 20,215 24,901 Sunderland 16,409 19,350 East Cumbria 14,780 17,615 Durham 12,373 14,899 South West Durham 8,132 9,600 West Cumbria 8,033 9,397 Darlington 7,675 8,824 North Tees 5,783 6,766 North West Durham 3,235 3,794 Districts total 317,305 371,795 Notes:
1. The cash based figures are the aggregate totals derived from the series of annual accounts. In deriving the aggregate figures at 1988–89 prices each year's figures have been seperately expressed at 1988–89 prices by the use of the gross domestic product deflators.
2. Capital expenditure recorded in the annual accounts of the Northern RHA in respect of district schemes has been included in the figures for the districts concerned but capital expenditure incurred by 952W the RHA for the region as a whole is excluded.
3. Capital investment in particular regions and districts tends to fluctuate year on year mainly reflecting changes in the pattern of capital investment throughout the country and at district level it is also influenced by other local factors.
4. Prior to 1 April 1982 many of the DHAs predecessor health districts formed part of larger area health authorities and in those cases district based figures were not collected centrally.