§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the expenditure per head of population in the area health authority which has (a) the lowest expenditure per head in the United Kingdom and (b) with the highest.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeIt is not clear what information is required in addition to that given in my reply, and the replies of my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Scotland and Wales to my hon. Friend on 14 November 1983—[Vol. 48, c.298–300,324,336–338.] Health services are organised differently in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Area health authorities in England and Wales were abolished in 1982.
If my hon. Friend cares to write to me, I will endeavour to provide him with such additional information as he requires.