HC Deb 15 November 1979 vol 973 cc750-1W
Mr. Farr

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what has been the expenditure per head of the population on health services for each area within the Trent regional health authority for each of the past five years; and what is the projected expenditure for each of the next three years.

Dr. Vaughan

I shall let my hon. Friend have a reply as soon as we have collected the information available.

Mr. Farr

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list at the latest available date the relative expenditure per head of the population on health services, in each of the regional health

HEALTH SERVICE EXPENDITURE (REVENUE AND CAPITAL) PER HEAD OF POPULATION
Region 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
£ £ £ £ £ £
Northern 67 87 99 111 127 143
Yorkshire 66 87 98 109 125 140
Trent 61 81 93 105 120 132
East Anglian 65 84 94 106 122 137
North West Thames 85 108 121 134 148 161
North East Thames 82 103 117 127 148 163
South East Thames 79 105 119 130 148 162
South West Thames 81 106 118 129 143 159
Wessex 65 84 96 107 121 135
Oxford 69 85 95 104 117 127
South Western 68 86 98 108 124 137
West Midlands 63 82 92 102 118 132
Mersey 74 95 108 120 136 150
North Western 68 89 102 116 134 150
Notes
1. 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.
2. The population figures used take no account of people who are provided with treatment outside their region of residence nor are they adjusted for differences in the morbidity and age/sex structure of regional populations.
3. The expenditure of boards of governors of the postgraduate teaching hospitals in London has been excluded from the figures for the Thames regions.