§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list those authorities that have complied with Section 15 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act; and if he is satisfied with progress in this matter.
§ Mr. Guy BarnettI have been asked to reply.
The information is not available, but I have no reason to believe that local
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE EXPENDITURE 1974–75 PER HEAD OF POPULATION Hospital and Community Health Services Health Region Capital Revenue Family Practitioner Services Total (£) (£) (£) (£) 1. Northern … … 5.16 46.93 13.58 65.67 2. Yorkshire … … 4.67 46.41 13.47 64.55 3. Trent … … 6.74 40.20 12.59 59.53 4. East Anglia … … 6.40 43.96 13.69 64.05 5. North-West Thames … 5.17 61.17 16.28 82.62 6. North-East Thames … … 5.74 62.16 12.07 79.97 7. South-East Thames … … 5.52 57.65 13.90 77.07 8. South-West Thames … … 5.59 59.27 14.11 78.97 9. Wessex … … 4.66 44.63 13.95 63.24 10. Oxford … … 8.49 45.18 13.32 66.99 11. South-Western … … 5.87 45.86 14.56 66.29 12. West Midlands … … 5.40 43.29 12.72 61.41 13. Mersey … … 5.93 52.04 13.79 71.76 14. North Western … … 4.96 47.95 13.47 66.38 Notes: 1. The hospital and community health services figures reflect the provisional expenditure outturn for 1974–75; the figures given in the answer on 16th October 1975 were based on the initial allocations to RHAs at an earlier pay and price level. Some of the differences between regions are due to variations in the age/sex structure in the regional populations, varying incidence of the provision of clinical facilities for teaching, and the effect of payment of London Weighting allowance to staff. 2. The figures for the family practitioner services are approximate estimates for the 12 month period 1974–75 after adjustment for a change in the basis of the annual accounts as from 1st April 1974. 3. All figures are expressed in terms of the mid-1974 resident populations—unweighted.