§ Mr. Farrasked 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.
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§ Dr. VaughanI shall let my hon. Friend have a reply as soon as we have collected the information available.
§ Mr. Farrasked 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.