Area Health Authorities

HC Deb 12 May 1978 vol 949 cc645-7W

Mr. Stanley

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the area health authorities in England in order of numbers on the waiting list per 100,000 of population.

Mr. Moyle

, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 4th May 1978; Vol. 949, c. 238], gave the following Information:

Area health authorities in England in order of the numbers of patients on the hospital in-patient waiting list per 100,000 population are listed below.

WAITING LIST (AT 30TH SEPTEMBER 1977) PER 100,000 (MANAGED) POPULATION (MID 1976) IN DESCENDING ORDER, BY AREA HEALTH AUTHORITY
Area Health Authority	Rate
Hillingdon	3,170.3
Manchester	2,997.4
Newcastle-upon-Tyne	2,845.5
Birmingham	2,350.4
Avon	1,941.1
Liverpool	1,919.3
Dudley	1,857.5
Lincolnshire	1,813.7
City and East London	1,708.6
Norfolk	1,692.4
Stockport	1,675.0
Gloucestershire	1,671.2
Lancashire	1,651.3
Northamptonshire	1,649.7
Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham	1,571.7
Kensington, Chelsea, Westminster	1,560.8
Walsall	1,514.5
Salop	1,501.0
Sheffield	1,481.8
Bolton	1,467.4
Salford	1,460.2
Oxfordshire	1,459.6
Coventry	1,415.5
Devon	1,436.6
Merton, Sutton, Wandsworth	1,381.6
Somerset	1,378.7
Kent	1,356.1
Berkshire	1,341.3
East Sussex	1,330.3
Cleveland	1,328.5
Doncaster	1,305.9
Sefton	1,301.4
Ealing, Hammersmith, Hounslow	1,288.1
Calderdale	1,267.2
Wiltshire	1,261.3
Oldham	1,260.8
Buckinghamshire	1,257.2
Humberside	1,251.4
Warwickshire	1,248.8
Hampshire	1,226.3
Camden and Islington	1,226.1
Wakefield	1,210.3
Rochdale	1,202.1
Wolverhampton	1,187.4
Barnsley	1,170.0
Cambridgeshire	1,155.4
Wigan	1,151.4
Dorset	1,149.2
Kingston and Richmond	1,140.7
Sunderland	1,137.5
Staffordshire	1,137.1
Nottinghamshire	1,135.4
Cheshire	1,120.0
Hertfordshire	1,086.5
Essex	1,065.2
Barking and Havering	1,060.9
North Yorkshire	1,036.0
Redbridge and Waltham Forest	1,015.7
Cornwall	1,004.9
Tameside	999.2
Hereford and Worcester	969.4
Isle of Wight	964.4
Leeds	948.0
Enfield and Haringey	940.2
Surrey	938.1
Durham	926.4
East Sussex	925.5
Leicester	916.0
Bedford	891.0

Area Health Authority	Rate
Derby	843.5
Barnet	840.7
Cumbria	839.2
Solihull	830.4
Rotherham	809.1
Trafford	808.0
Kirklees	807.4
Bradford	802.7
Gateshead	801.7
Croydon	716.5
Wirral	699.8
Sandwell	681.3
St. Helens with Knowsley	669.7
Brent, Harrow	648.5
Burnley	641.1
Suffolk	638.1
North Tyneside	507.0
Greenwich and Bexley	503.8
Northumberland	475.3
Bromley	412.5
South Tyneside	340.5

							1973 cost	1978 cost	Increase greater than £10.50	Increase greater than 420%
							£	£	£	Per cent.
New firearms certificate	…	…	…	…	2.10	14.00	11.90	710
Renewal of firearms certificate	…	…	…	1.05	8.50	—	709
Registration of Firearms Dealer (including 63p for Explosive Store Licence)	…	…	…	20.63	35.63	15.00	—
Full birth certificate	…	…	…	…	22½p	1.50	—	567
Building Societies:
Certificate of incorporation	…	…	…	50.00	500.00	450.00	900
Certificate of registration of an alteration of an entire set of rules	…	…	…	…	20.00	300.00	280.00	1,400
Certificate of registration of a partial alteration of rules	…	…	…	…	…	…	10.00	150.00	140.00	1,400
Certificate of cancellation of registration	…	10.00	25.00	15.00	—
Certificate of registration of change of name	…	6.00	50.00	44.00	733
Certificate of registration of an instrument of dissolution or alteration therein:
(a) 1,000 members or fewer	…	…	…	10.00	200.00	190.00	1,900
(b) more than 1,000 members	…	…	…	20.00	350.00	330.00	1,650
(c) more than 5,000 members	…	…	…	20.00	500.00	480.00	2,400
Certificate for registration of a union to be paid by each uniting society, where the society has:
(a) 1,000 members or fewer	…	…	10.00	200.00	190.00	1,900
(b) more than 1,000 members	…	…	20.00	350.00	330.00	1,650
(c) more than 5,000 members	…	…	20.00	500.00	480.00	2,400
Certificate for registration of transfer of engagements where the society has:
(a) 1,000 members or fewer	…	…	10.00	200.00	190.00	1,900
(b) more than 1,000 members	…	…	20.00	350.00	330.00	1,650
(c) more than 5,000 members	…	…	20.00	500.00	480.00	2,400
Change of name of a company	…	…	…	50p	10.00	—	1,900
Approved Driving Instructors training licence	…	1.00	15.00	14.00	1,400
Licence to produce a preparation containing a controlled drug	…	…	…	…	…	44.00	88.00	44.00	—
Licence to supply a controlled drug	…	…	22.00	44.00	22.00	—