§ Mr. Molloyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what have been 662W the costs for establishing and maintaining the Ealing-Hounslow Area Health Authority and Ealing Local Community Health Council, respectively.
§ Dr. OwenInformation is not available in the form requested, but the cost of Area Headquarters administration of the Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow Area Health Authority (Teaching) was £185,000 in 1974–75, the latest year for which accounts are complete. Total expenditure by that authority on health services for the area, other than the family practitioner services, was £42 million.
The provisional figure of costs incurred by the Ealing Community Health Council in 1975–76, the first full year of operation, is £13,000.
§ Mr. Molloyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what has been the cost of operating the area health authorities and the community health councils in each year since their inception.
§ Dr. OwenThe cost of operating area health authorities and their committees is not separately identified in the accounts submitted to my Department but is contained within the healquarters administration costs of area health authorities, which in England totalled £48.07 million in 1974–75.
The cost of community health councils as shown in the accounts of health authorities for 1974–75 was £0.578 million.
Accounts for 1975–76 are not yet completed.