HC Deb 22 February 1972 vol 831 cc239-40W
22. Mr. Farr

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the amount spent on medical facilities in Leicestershire in the latest available year per head of the population; and what were the comparable figures in Nottinghamshire, and nationally.

Mr. Alison

Current expenditure on hospital services in Leicestershire and Rutland in 1970–71 was £12.2 per head of population, and £16.3 in Nottinghamshire. The corresponding figure for regional hospital board hospitals in England was £16.5. The expenditure per head of population on executive council services was £8.7 in Leicestershire and Rutland, £7.9 in Nottinghamshire and £8.9 in England as a whole.