HC Deb 09 November 1978 vol 957 cc344-6W
Mr. Lomas

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many health districts there were in England on 1st April 1974; and how many there are at the latest available date.

Mr. Deakins

Two hundred and five and 202 respectively.

Mr. Lomas

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list in the Official Report how many health districts there were in each of the 90 area health authorities in England on 1st April 1974 and at the latest available date.

Mr. Deakins

On 1st April 1974 the number of districts in health areas was as follows:

Northern region
Cleveland … 3
Cumbria … 3
Durham … 4
Northumberland … 1
Gateshead … 1
Newcastle … 1
North Tyneside … 1
South Tyneside … 1
Sunderland … 1
Yorkshire region
Humberside … 4
North Yorkshire … 4
Bradford … 2
Calderdale … 1
Kirklees … 2
Leeds … 2
Wakefield … 2
Trent region
Derbyshire … 3
Leicestershire … 3
Lincolnshire … 2
Nottinghamshire … 4
Barnsley … 1
Doncaster … 1
Rotherham … 1
Sheffield … 3
East Anglia region
Cambridgeshire … 2
Norfolk … 3
Suffolk … 2
North-West Thames region
Bedfordshire … 2
Hertfordshire … 4
Barnet … 2
Brent and Harrow … 2
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow … 4
Hillingdon … 1
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster … 3
North-East Thames region
Essex … 5
Barking and Havering … 2
Camden and Islington … 3
City and East London … 3
Enfield/Haringey … 2
Redbridge and Waltham Forest … 2
South-East Thames region
East Sussex … 3
Kent … 6
Greenwich and Bexley … 2
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham … 4
South-West Thames region
Surrey … 7
West Sussex … 3
Croydon … 1
Kingston and Richmond … 1
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth … 3
Wessex region
Dorset … 2
Hampshire … 4
Isle of Wight … 1
Wiltshire … 3
Oxford region
Berkshire … 2
Buckinghamshire … 2
Northamptonshire … 2
Oxfordshire … 1
South-Western region
Avon … 4
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly … 1
Devon … 4
Gloucestershire … 2
Somerset … 2
West Midlands region
Hereford and Worcester … 4
Salop … 1
Staffordshire … 3
Warwickshire … 3
Birmingham … 5
Coventry … 1
Dudley … 1
Sandwell … 1
Solihull … 1
Walsall … 1
Wolverhampton … 1
Mersey region
Cheshire … 5
Liverpool … 2
St. Helens and Knowsley … 1
Sefton … 2
Wirral … 2
North-Western region
Lancashire … 6
Bolton … 1
Bury … 1
Manchester … 3
Oldham … 1
Rochdale … 1
Salford … 1
Stockport … 1
Tameside … 1
Trafford … 1
Wigan … 1

Since 1st April 1974 mergers have taken place in three areas and the current position in these is:

  • Liverpool 1 district
  • Sheffield 2 districts
  • Avon 3 districts