§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the level of expenditure per head of population in each area of the North-West regional health authority and the Mersey regional health authority.
§ Dr. VaughanThe level of NHS expenditure per head of population for areas within the North Western and 303W Mersey Regions during 1978–79 was as follows:
TABLE 1—NORTH WESTERN REGION Area Health Authority Amount—£ Lancashire 134 Bolton 100 Bury 94 Manchester (T) 228 Oldham 92 Rochdale 93 Salford (T) 167 Stockport 106 Tameside 94 Trafford 94 Wigan 94
TABLE 2—MERSEY REGION Area Health Authority Amount—£ Cheshire 116 Liverpool (T) 186 St. Helens and Knowlsey 77 Sefton 150 Wirral 139 NOTES ON THE TABLES
1. "T" denotes art area health authority (teaching) and the relative expenditure figures are influenced by additional expenditure on the provision of facilities for the clinical teaching of medical and dental students.
2. Expenditure figures used have been taken from the annual accounts of the health authorities in the regions. Capital expenditure included in the accounts of the regional health authorities which is identfied as appropriate to specified areas has been included in the expenditure per head of population of those areas. Other regional expenditure not so included amounts annually to an average per head of population for the regions as a whole of £5 for the North-Western and £4 for the Mersey region.
3. The population figures used are the midyear estimates of resident population, which make no allowance for people resident in one area who receive treatment in another, or for the differences in morbidity and age/sex structure of particular populations.