§ Mr. Molloyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will arrange area health authorities in order of listing upon dividing the 1976–77 expenditure of each area health authority in England by the population figures for each area.
§ Mr. MoyleThe revenue expenditure per head of population by each area health authority in England in 1976–77, arranged in descending order, is as follows:
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AREA HEALTH AUTHORITY—1976/77 REVENUE EXPENDITURE PER HEAD OF POPULATION £ Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster (T) 212 Camden and Islington (T) 179 Liverpool (T) 168 Manchester (T) 166 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham (T) 157 City and East London (T) 155 Newcastle on Tyne (T) 152 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth (T) 136 Greenwich and Bexley 122 Birmingham (T) 116 Sheffield (T) 115 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow (T) 114 Salford (T) 114 Avon (T) 113 Hillingdon 113 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 111 Kingston and Richmond 110 Brent and Harrow 108 Wakefield 103 Leeds (T) 101 Oxfordshire (T) 101 Somerset 97 Bromley 96 Devon 96 Northumberland 95 Croydon 94 East Sussex 94 Surrey 94 Barking and Havering 93 Cambridgeshire (T) 93 Lancashire 93 Isle of Wight 92
£ Kent 92 Barnet 90 Suffolk 90 Sunderland 90 Chehire 89 Hampshire (T) 89 Hereford and Worcester 89 Hertfordshire 89 North Yorkshire 89 Nottinghamshire (T) 87 Cumbria 86 Dorset 86 Enfield and Haringey 86 Bradford 85 Cleveland 85 Durham 84 Lincolnshire 84 Northamptonshire 84 West Sussex 84 Wirral 84 Berkshire 83 Coventry 83 Humberside 83 Kirklees 83 Salop 83 Sefton 83 Warwickshire 83 Cornwall 82 Buckinghamshire 81 Essex 81 Wiltshire 81 Wolverhampton 81 Norfolk 80 Calderdale 78 Gloucester 78 Derbyshire 76 Stockport 75 Bolton 73 Doncaster 73 Staffordshire 73 Leicestershire (T) 72 Bedfordshire 71 Gateshead 71 Rochdale 70 Dudley 69 Trafford 69 Barnsley 67 South Tyneside 67 Wigan 67 Oldham 66 Solihull 66 Bury 65 Walsall 65 Rotherham 61 North Tyneside 58 Thameside 57 Sandwell 55 St. Helens and Knowsley 55 NOTES
1. "T" denotes a teaching area health authority.
2. Expenditure figures are expressed in terms of the 1976 provisional mid-year estimates of resident populations; the figures are influenced by the payment of London Weighting allowance to staff and by the incidence of additional expenditure in the provision of facilities for the clinical teaching of medical and dental students.
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