§ Mr. JenkinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the expenditure per head on health was in(a) Tamworth, (b) Telford, (c) Kidderminster and (d) Redditch in each year from April 1996 to April 2001. [8868]
§ Mr. HuttonThe information is not available in the format requested. Data on expenditure on health per weighted head of population are available for health authority areas, not individual towns. The relevant health authorities are South Staffordshire health authority (Tamworth), Shropshire health authority (Telford) and Worcestershire health authority (Kidderminster and Redditch) and information for these health authorities is given in the table.
Expenditure on health per weighted head of population for each relevant health authority, from 1996–97 to 2000–01, is shown in the table. 151W
Expenditure on health per weighted head of population for each relevant health authority from 1996–97 to 2000–01 £ South Staffordshire Shropshire Worcestershire 1996–97 593.40 582.08 602.45 1997–98 580.71 575.19 641.55 1998–99 606.59 610.33 678.65 1999–2000 687.05 716.70 718.87 2000–01 735.88 740.93 801.38 Note:
Expenditure is taken from health authority annual accounts or summarisation forms which are prepared on a resource basis and therefore differ from cash allocations in each year. The expenditure is the total spent on the purchase of healthcare by the health authority. The majority of general dental services for all five years and an element of drugs expenditure for 1997–98 and 1998–99 is not included in the health authority accounts and is separately accounted for.
Source:
Health authority audited accounts 1996–97 to 1998–99
Health authority audited summarisation forms 1999–2000 and 2000–01
Weighted population estimates for 1996–97 to 2000–01