HC Deb 27 May 1977 vol 932 cc696-8W
Mr. Ovenden

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the revenue allocations to each regional health authority for 1977–78; what sums have been allocated to each area health authority in each region; what these represent in terms of finance per head of population; and how these figures compare with the past three years.

Mr. Moyle

Full information about the allocations made by regional health authorities to area health authorities is not available centrally, but the information for regional health authorities is as follows:

Region Allocations Cash limits
1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78
Amount Per head of population; Amount Per head of population Amount Per head of population Amount Per head of population
£m. £ £m. £ £m. £ £m. £
Northern 147.4 47.1 191.9 61.4 216.9 69.5 244.4 78.3
Yorkshire 166.3 46.5 216.9 60.7 250.2 70.0 280.4 78.5
Trent 186.0 41.0 243.0 53.8 282.7 62.2 326.1 71.8
East Anglian 77.7 44.2 103.0 57.9 120.0 66.5 136.3 75.6
North-West Thames 213.8 61.4 274.7 79.4 305.9 88.4 341.9 98.8
North-East Thames 232.8 62.4 300.5 79.8 335.1 90.7 374.4 101.3
South-East Thames 210.3 58.1 279.9 77.7 317.1 88.7 353.1 98.7
South-West Thames 172.3 59.6 219.1 73.5 245.5 85.2 274.8 95.4
Wessex 117.8 44.9 152.6 56.8 175.2 66.0 198.7 74.8
Oxford 98.7 45.2 129.4 61.1 146.6 66.1 163.2 73.6
South-Western 143.0 45.7 187.6 63.1 215.2 68.0 243.3 76.9
West Midlands 225.1 43.4 297.4 57.4 341.5 66.1 383.4 74.2
Mersey 130.8 52.2 170.3 68.1 190.0 76.2 212.2 85.1
North-Western 195.1 47.7 255.4 62.2 293.1 72.2 336.2 82.8

The figures of expenditure per head of population relate to the mid-year estimates of resident populations within the financial year, except that mid-1976 estimates have been used for 1977–78.

The figures make no adjustment for people resident in one region who receive treatment in another, or for differences in the morbidity and age/sex structure of regional populations. The figures are also influenced by the payment of London weighting allowances to staff and by the incidence of additional expenditure in the provision of facilities for the clinical teaching of medical and dental students.