§ Mr. Ronnie CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the amount of funding per capita for health care in the last 10 years in Northumberland and Newcastle health authority.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe allocation of funds to the district health authorities—DHAs—is a matter for the Northern regional health authority and detailed information is not collected centrally.
However, information which relates the expenditure of the DHAs to their resident populations is shown in the table.
The figures, which pre-date the national health service reforms, show the DHAs as providers of health care, and reflect patterns of local service provision and the effects of patient flows across health authority boundaries.
Revenue expenditure per head of population Northumberland district health authority pounds (cash) Newcastle district health authority pounds (cash) 1982–83 162 361 1983–84 172 385 1984–85 183 406 1985–86 193 431 1986–87 204 461 1987–88 220 514 1988–89 243 575 1989–90 257 626 1990–91 271 687 Sources:
(a) Annual accounts of the Northumberland and the Newcastle district health authorities.
(b) Mid-year estimates of resident population—1987–90 (Office of Population. Censuses and Surveys).
Notes:
1. The figures for the DHAs are based upon their total revenue expenditure on the services which they managed or accounted for in the relevant financial years.
2. Capital expenditure incurred by the DHAs and all expenditure incurred by the Northern RHA on behalf of the Northern region as a whole is excluded.
3. The population figures used make no allowance for people resident in particular districts who receive treatment in others. For consistency the population estimates employed are those based on the 1981 census.