§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health which health authorities have merged into larger units over the last five years; and if he will state for each merger the population of each merging authority and the population of the new unit, the number of public health doctors in each merging authority and the number of public health doctors in each new unit.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe information requested is shown arranged by region. Figures for population and numbers of public health doctors are bracketed in that order after each authority.
Figures for populations are the 1991 census-based provisional mid-1991 resident population estimates, except those districts marked 1 for which information was not collected in the 1991 estimates. In these cases, figures are based on the 1981 census-based mid-1990 resident population estimates.
Information on public health doctors refers to substantive appointments of directors of public health and consultants in public health medicine and is taken from the 30 September 1991 census. Figures are not yet available for the new authorities, except in the case of Bloomsbury and Islington.
Northern Region
Durham (238,137) [0]/N.W. Durham (87,022) [0]—North Durham (325,159)
Darlington (124,390) [1]/S.W. Durham (154,800) [2]—South Durham (279,190)
Yorkshire Region
Leeds Eastern(1346,944)[0]/Leeds Western (1365,260)[0]— Leeds (706,299)
Northallerton (115.216)[2]/Scarborough (150.589)[1]/York (270,199)[0]/Harrogate (134,130[2]/Airedale (part) (50,743) [2 for whole authority]—North Yorkshire (720,878)
Bradford (337,782)[5]/Airedale (part) (130,920) [2 for whole authority]—Bradford (468,702)
Hull (314,268)[1]/East Yorkshire (198,946)[2]—East Riding (513,214)
Scunthorpe (199,613)[1]/Grimsby (161,589)[1]—Grimsby and Scunthorpe (361,202)
Calderdale (194,138)[2]/Huddersfield (213,449)[3]/Dewsbury (167,726)[3]—West Yorkshire (575,313)
281WWakefield (144,181)[2]/Pontefract (171,662)[3]—Wakefield (315,843)
Trent Region
Central Nottingham (289,126)[5]/Bassetlaw (105,259)[0]—North Nottinghamshire (394,385)
East Anglian Region
Peterborough (212,892)[1]/West Norfolk and Wisbech (190,610)[2]—North West Anglia (403,502)
West Suffolk (174,119)[4]/East Suffolk (334,071)[2]—Suffolk (508,190)
North East Thames Region
Bloomsbury (1 127,674)[3]/Islington (1 173,630)[1]— Bloomsbury and Islington (242,437—small part of Bloomsbury also transferred to Parkside DHA in 1990)[2]
North East Essex (306,345)[2]/Mid Essex (294,673)[1]/West Essex (258,890[2]—North Essex (859,909)
Bloomsbury and Islington (242,437)[2]/Harnpstead (105,013)[4]—Camden and Islington (347,450)
Southend (325,978)[I]/Basildon and Thurrock (291,955)[0]/ Barking, Havering and Brentwood (part) (70,929)[0]—South Essex (688,862)
(NB this leaves a "rump" of the old Barking, Havering and Brentwood, which becomes Barking and Havering DHA (376,452))
Tower Hamlets (165,049)[1]/City and Hackney (187,674)[2]/ Newham (217,010)[2]—East London and the City (569,733)
Enfield (261,518)[1]/Haringey (206,769)[1]—New River (468,287)
Redbridge (229,813)[1]/Waltham Forest (216,181) [1]—Redbridge and Waltham Forest (445,994)
North West Thames Region
East Hertfordshire(295,261)[1]/North Hertfordshire (188,398)[0]—East and North Hertfordshire (483,659)
Harrow (202,924)[2]/Parkside (part) (247,205) [6 for whole authority]—Brent & Harrow (450,129)
Riverside (part) (138,459)[0]/Parkside (part) (185,366) [6 for whole authority]—Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster (323,825)
Ealing (280,031)[2]/Riverside (part) (152,048)[0]/Hounslow and Spelthorne (part) (207,714) [2 for whole authority]—Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow (639,793)
South East Thames region
Lewisham and North Southwark (327,888) [0]/Camberwell (218,102) [0]/West Larnbeth (161,816) [1]—South East London (707,806)
Brighton (310,894) [3]/Eastbourne (236,898) [2]/Hastings (168,690) [0]—East Sussex (716,482)
282WSouth West Thames region
North West Surrey (214,586) [1]/West Surrey and North East Hampshire (part) (81,294) [2 for whole authority)/ Hounslow and Spelthorne (North West Thames Region) (part) (91,372) [2 for whole authority]—North West Surrey (expanded) (387,252)
South West Surrey (188,171) [0]/West Surrey and North East Hampshire (part) (54,787) [2 for whole authority]—South West Surrey (expanded) (242,958)
Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton (231,115) [3]/ Kingston and Esher (183,376) [0]—Kingston and Richmond (414,491)
Wessex region
East Dorset (458,522) [3]/West Dorset (204,340) [0]—Dorset (662,862)
Oxford region
Aylesbury Vale (148,099) [2]/Wycombe (278,386) [0]/Milton Keynes (178,889) [4]—Buckinghamshire (605,374)
South Western region
Bristol and Weston (368,795 [7]/Frenchay (223,819 [0]/ Southmead (237,634) [0]—Bristol and District (830,248)
Gloucester (319,436 [1]/Cheltenham and District (218,825) [2] —Gloucestershire (538,261)
Exeter (318,138) [2]/North Devon (138,910) [1]—Exeter and North Devon (457,048)
Torbay (248,414) [2]/Plymouth (334,559) [1]—Torbay and Plymouth (582,973)
West Midlands region
Rugby (1 85,883) [0]/North Warwickshire (1 176,156) [0]—North East Warwickshire (265,467)
Central Birmingham (1 180,199) [0]/South Birmingham (1 246,435) [4]-South Birmingham (424,797)
Bromsgrove and Redditch (171,216) [2]/Kidderminster (104,033) [2]—North Worcestershire (275,249)
North East Warwickshire (265,467) [2]/South Warwickshire (224,457) [1]—Warwickshire (489,924)
Mersey region
None.
North Western region
None.