Expenditure

HC Deb 26 May 1994 vol 244 cc304-5W

Mr. Congdon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to her answer to the hon. Member for Dulwich (Ms Jowell) of 12 April,Official Report, column 72, if she will give the figures for expenditure per capita for London for (a) district health authorities and (b) family health services authorities, including expenditure by the London postgraduate hospitals and special health authorities.

Mr. Luff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much is spent per capita by London district health authorities on health services and special health authorities for residents of (i) inner London and (ii) outer London and what is the national average expenditure per capita by district health authorities.

Dr. Mawhinney

[pursuant to his reply, 21 April 1994, c. 664–65]: I regret that, because of typographical errors, my previous reply needs to be amended. The following table gives the correct figures:

	District health authority spend	DHA spend including special health authorities
	Expenditure per capita £	Percentage above national average	Expenditure per capita £	Percentage above national average
Inner	553	47	603	57
Outer	398	6	415	8
Total London	460	22	490	28
Total England	376	—	384	—

Notes:

1. Inner London defined as in the report of the Enquiry into Londons Health Services, Medical Education and Research (Tomlinson report).

2. SHA 1992–93 expenditure apportioned to DHAs based on analysis of district of residence of 1993–94 referrals.

Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what has been the size of surpluses generated by trusts in each year since 1990–91, by region.

1. Mr. Sackville

[pursuant to his reply, 16 May 1994, cols. 317–18]: I regret that there were errors in my previous reply. An amended table follows.

Region	Retained Surplus/(Deficit)
Northern	2,896	5,427
Yorkshire	3,100	2,962
Trent	153	4,622
East Anglian	1,075	533
North West Thames	6,145	17,220
North East Thames	7,249	13,165
South East Thames	1,082	9,597
South West Thames	5,303	4,001
Wessex	1,342	3,903
South Western	14,531	11,436
Oxford	104	4,356
West Midlands	2,932	4,177
Mersey	2,194	(749)
North Western	50	6,952

Notes to table:

Source: Audited accounts of NHS Trusts 1991–92 and 1992–93.

2. The figures for 1992–93 are provisional, being subject to National Audit Office review.

3. Surplus/(Deficit) is after interest, dividend payable on public dividend capital, extraordinary and exceptional items.

Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to her answer to the hon. Member for Dulwich (Ms Jowell) of 12 April,Official Report, column 72, if she will provide comparable per capita spending figures for each (a) district health authority and (b) family health services authority in England.

Dr. Mawhinney

The per capita spend (by crude population) in 1992–93 for district health authorities and family health services authorities in England will be placed in the Library. Comparisons of these per capita spend figures need to be treated with caution. First, not all the expenditure covered arises from population related activities. Secondly, crude populations do not reflect differences in age structure or relative health care need. These differences feature in the formulae used to inform the main allocations made to DHAs.