HC Deb 01 December 1971 vol 827 cc133-5W
Mr. Bishop

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what total allocation has been made to regional hospital boards in the current and next financial year; and if he will give the amount allocated to each regional board for each year and the percentage variation.

Current (£'000s) Capital (£'000s)
Regional Hospital Board 1971–72 Allocations 1972–73 Allocations Percentage Variations 1971–72 Estimated Expenditure 1972–73 Estimated Expenditure Percentage Variations
Newcastle … … 56,145 64,443 +25.1 6,852 9,360 +36.6
Leeds … … 63,693 66,819 + 4.8 7,204 9,170 +27.3
Sheffield … … 72,731 77,258 + 6.3 11,500 14,680 +27.7
East Anglian … 28,126 30,381 +7.9 5,642 5,710 + 1.2
N.W. Metropolitan 74,900 78,301 + 4.3 9,239 10,480 +13.4
N.E. Metropolitan 67,727 71,558 + 5.8 7,523 9,370 +24.5
S.E. Metropolitan … 67,925 71,618 + 5.3 8,037 9,670 +20.3
S.W. Metropolitan 73,455 77,152 + 5.0 7,311 6,950 - 4.9
Oxford … … 32,904 35,381 + 7.5 6,481 6,540 + 0.9
South Western … 61,854 65,615 + 6.2 7,990 9,680 +21.2
Birmingham … 87,575 93,958 + 7.1 14,396 17,100 +18.8
Manchester … 85,505 91,760 + 7.3 10,038 12,400 +23.5
Liverpool … … 45,575 47,920 + 5.0 6,331 7,150 +12.9
Wessex … … 38,748 41,274 + 6.8 7,451 7,960 + 6.8
Totals … 856,863 913,438 + 6.9 115,995 136,220 +17.4

Only people in full-time work are eligible for awards of family income supplement and being unemployed does not affect a person's eligibility for other social security benefits.

Mr. John Page

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what percentage of those registered as unemployed are in receipt of unemployment benefit; and if he will give these figures nationally and broken up by areas, sex and age in as much detail as is available to him.

Mr. Dean

The following is the information for 2nd August, 1971, the latest date for which detailed figures are available.

Mr. Alison

The allocations of current expenditure and the estimates of capital expenditure of Regional Hospital Boards for 1971–72 as shown in Appendix I to the Civil Estimates, Class VII, Vote 2, together with the allocations of current expenditure notified to Boards and provisional estimates of capital expenditure for 1972–73, are as follows:

Notes:
1. Current: The percentage variations reflect changes in the price levels of non-staff costs as well as additional money made available for development of hospital services. The figures for the two years are also not entirely comparable because of differences in sums unallocated.
2. Capital: The totals include expenditure on new teaching hospitals at Nottingham and Southampton and on development schemes undertaken by arrangement between the Boards and the Department, which may affect one year more than another. The figures for the two years are at different price levels and are also not entirely comparable because of differences in sums unallocated. and in allowances for services which may not be carried out during the year.
3. For Newcastle Regional Hospital Board, the figures for 1971–72 exclude, but the figures for 1972–73 include, expenditure of the former United Newcastle Board of Governors.
4. All figures exclude expenditure on the infrastructure programme.

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