§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Prima Minister what is the distribution of health expenditure in the United Kingdom for each English, Scottish arid Welsh region as a percentage of the total United Kingdom expenditure.
§ The Prime MinisterThe information requested is as follows:
Region Expenditure in 1983–84 on hospital and community health services £ million Per cent. English Regions Northern 593.8 5.22 Yorkshire 670.6 5.90 Trent 802.3 7.05 East Anglia 333.6 2.93 North West Thames 698.9 6.15
First and second world wars Northern Ireland 1969–73 (Death as at 1 April 1970) Northern Ireland—Post 1973 (Death as at 1 April 1974) Falklands 1982 Gross weekly pension paid Gross weekly pension paid Gross weekly pension paid Gross weekly pension paid By MOD* By DHSS By MOD* By DHSS By MOD By DHSS By MOD By DHSS £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ (a)Private Soldier — 42.70 21.08 42.70 56.02 42.70 43.16 42.70 (b) Sergeant — 42.80 21.08 42.80 76.02 42.70 63.43 42.70 (c) Captain 20.92 44.13 21.08 44.13 105.03 42.70 93.41 42.70 * Minimum pension.
§ Sir Brandon Rhys Williamsasked the Prime Minister if she will tabulate the weekly pensions payable as from 21 November to war widows, distinguishing between pensions paid by the Department of Health and Social Security and pensions paid by the Ministry of Defence,
110W
Region Expenditure in 1983–84 on hospital and community health services £ million Per cent. North East Thames 882.2 7.76 South East Thames 776.0 6.82 South West Thames 587.0 5.16 Wessex 489.8 4.31 Oxford 378.8 3.33 South Western 584.8 5.14 West Midlands 924.5 8.13 Mersey 486.4 4.28 North Western 834.6 7.34 Scottish Boards Argyll and Clyde 91.3 0.80 Ayr and Arran 61.5 0.54 Borders 18.1 0.16 Dumfries and Galloway 32.1 0.28 Fife 59.4 0.52 Forth Valley 58.0 0.51 Grampian 108.2 0.95 Greater Glasgow 335.0 2.94 Highland 46.0 0.40 Lanarkshire 101.7 0.89 Lothian 199.9 1.76 Orkney 3.3 0.03 Shetland 4.1 0.04 Tayside 118.3 1.04 Western Isles 6.2 0.05 Wales 594.2 5.20 Northern Ireland 497.2 4.37 Total 11,377.8 100.0