§ Mr. Moyleasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will arrange area health authorities in order of listing consequent upon dividing the 1978–79 expenditure of each area health authority in England by the population figures for each area.
§ Dr. VaughanThe National Health Service revenue expenditure per head of population in 1978–79 for each area health authority in England in descending order was as attached:
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1978–79 NHS: Revenue Expenditure per head of Population for each AHA £ 1. Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster (T) 287 2. Camden and Islington (T) 263 3. Newcastle on Tyne (T) 217 4. Manchester (T) 214 5. Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham (T) 200 6. City and East London (T) 190 7 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth (T). 179 8. Liverpool (T) 169 9. Salford (T) 155 10. Sheffield (T) 152 11. Greenwich and Bexley 148 12. Birmingham (T) 148 13. Sefton 146 14. Barnet 146 15. Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow (T) 145 16. Hillingdon 144 that my hon. Friend approaches the South-East Thames and South-West Thames regional health authorities for the information.
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17. Wiltshire 140 18. Redbridge and Waltham Forest 136 19. Surrey 134 20. Wakefield 129 21. Leeds (T) 128 22. Brent and Harrow 126 23. Lancashire 123 24. Bromley 122 25. Devon 122 26. Avon (T) 122 27. Norfolk 121 28. East Sussex 121 29. Northumberland 119 30. Croydon 119 31. Bradford 119 32. Wirral 118 33. Isle of Wight 118 34. Oxfordshire (T) 117 35. Sunderland 117 36. Kent 117 37. Berkshire 115 38. Nottinghamshire (T) 114 39. Cambridgeshire (T) 114 40. Barking and Havering 113 41. Hereford and Worcester 113 42. Kingston and Richmond 111 43. Cheshire 110 44. Lincolnshire 110 45. Wolverhampton 110 46. Salop 110 47. Cleveland 109 48. Dorset 109 49. Somerset 109 50. Cumbria 109 51. Enfield and Haringey 108 52. Coventry 107 53. Warwickshire 107 54. North Yorkshire 107 55. Humberside 106 56. West Sussex 106 57. Durham 106 58. Kirklees 105 59. Northamptonshire 104
60. Cornwall 104 61. Hampshire (T) 104 62. Gloucester 103 63 Essex 103 64 Calderdale 102 65. Hertfordshire 100
1978–79 NHS: Revenue Expenditure per Head of Population for Each AHA £ 66 Suffolk … … 99 67. Leicestershire (T) … … 99 68. Stockport … … 98 69. Bolton … … 96 70. Buckinghamshire … … 96 71. Staffordshire … … 96 72 Barnsley … … 96 73 Dudley … … 94 74. Bedfordshire … … 93 75 Gateshead … … 93 76 Doncaster … … 93 77. Derbyshire … … 92 78 Rochdale … … 91 79. Trafford … … 90 80. Wigan … … 90 81 Oldham … … 90 82. Walsall … … 89 83 Tameside … … 88 84. Rotherham … … 87 85. Bury … … 86 86. Solihull … … 85 87. South Tyneside … … 85 88. North Tyneside … … 78 89. Sandwell … … 74 90. St. Helens and Knowsley … … 74 NOTES:
1. "T" denotes an area health authority (teaching).
2. The expenditure figures are influenced by the payment of London weighting allowance to staff, by the incidence of additional expenditure in the provision of facilities for the clinical teaching of medical and dental students and by the fact that they do not in all cases reflect the cost of some functions, in particular ambulance services where these are provided by regional health authorities on behalf of certain area health authorities.
3. The population figures used are the 1978 provisional mid-year estimates of resident populations which take no account of people who are provided with treatment outside their area of residence nor are they adjusted for differences in the morbidity and age/sex structure of area populations.