Miss Wardasked the Minister of Health the estimated expenditure per person on the Health Service for 1952–53 in each regional board.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodThe appended table shows the expenditure per head of population which it is estimated will be incurred by each regional hospital board in the current year.
Estimated hospital expenditure in 1952–53 per head of population:
Regional hospital board Amount per head £ s. d. Newcastle 4 6 3 Leeds 4 16 0 Sheffield 3 19 0 East Anglian 4 0 8 North-West Metropolitan 5 5 4 North-East Metropolitan 6 0 10 South-East Metropolitan 5 17 5 South-West Metropolitan 6 6 10 Oxford 4 17 10 South Western 5 10 0 Birmingham 4 5 2 Manchester 4 6 11 Liverpool 5 0 6 Wales 4 14 10