§ Mr. Kirkwoodasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is (a) the income received and (b) the administrative cost resulting from charges on overseas visitors using National Health Service facilities for each district health authority, regional health authority, and in total, for each year since the charges were introduced.
§ Mr. HayhoeThe income from National Health Service hospital treatment for each year since the NHS (Overseas Visitors) Regulations came into operation on 1 October 1982 is set out in the following table.
The administrative costs associated with the collection of income are not separately identifiable.
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District Health Authorities 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 £ £ £ Total 8,323 57,887 79,377 Yorkshire Region Hull 2,851 3,854 4,598 East Yorks 619 — 5,455 Grimsby — 2,151 1,988 Scunthorpe 789 4,048 2,295 Northallerton 95 561 364 York 975 6,029 18,047 Scarborough 1,403 3,085 2,701 Harrogate 276 6,477 3,840 Bradford 11,261 8,193 (683) Airedale 1,106 277 439 Calderdale 98 399 48 Huddersfield 1,228 1,873 95 Dewsbury 1,457 (847) 624 Leeds Western 854 10,095 2,218 Leeds Eastern 1,161 6,694 7,086 Wakefield — 1,175 728 Pontefract — — — Total 24,172 54,065 49,842 Trent Region North Derbyshire — — — South Derbyshire 1,811 3,000 9,806 Leicestershire 2,540 10,167 10,049 North Lincolnshire 345 166 348 South Lincolnshire 2,410 1,853 3,416 Bassetlaw 1,135 34 279 Central Nottinghamshire — 566 1,526 Nottingham 1,054 8,356 13,261 Barnsley 56 — — Doncaster 43 47 1,620 Rotherham 156 1,035 5,421 Sheffield 4,521 2,800 8,731 Total 14,072 28,024 54,457 East Anglian Region Cambridge 30,285 100,652 56,176 Peterborough — 3,058 266 West Suffolk 13 1,822 4,603 East Suffolk 1,226 7,111 8,546 Norwich 2,198 5,571 10,291 Great Yarmouth — 281 1,390 West Norfolk and Wisbech — — 1,082 Huntingdon 712 2,026 470 Total 34,434 120,521 82,822 North West Thames Region North Bedfordshire 22 164 4,085 South Bedfordshire 1,093 11,613 4,107 North Hertfordshire — 92 721 East Hertfordshire — 406 594 North West Hertfordshire 766 354 1,829 South West Hertfordshire 809 206 2,464 Barnet 3,979 9,564 14,170 Harrow 2,228 6,639 4,923 Hillingdon 390 25,741 29,159 Hounslow and Spelthome 5,476 35,005 32,243 Ealing 1,127 2,871 3,436 Brent — 9,310 1,342 Paddington 36,664 124,286 208,497 Hammersmith and Fulham 9,502 58,412 56,865 Victoria 28,989 138,128 130,896 Total 91,045 422,791 495,330 122W123W
District Health Authorities 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 £ £ £ North East Thames Region Basildon and Thurrock 1,394 5,830 12,511 Mid Essex 4 164 104 North East Essex 10,782 2,892 3,364 West Essex 30 7,719 5,313 Southend 861 880 1,636 Barking, Havering and Brentwood — 2,160 11,971 Hampstead 952 30,624 31,457 Bloomsbury 4,601 90,936 109,637 Islington 2,285 8,448 14,887 City and Hackney 15,985 13,938 27,712 Newham 3,675 1,855 635 Tower Hamlets 1,708 3,646 2,056 Enfield 378 2,348 2,574 Haringey 2,688 9,277 9,354 Redbridge — 2,243 3,281 Waltham Forest — 4,945 6,703 Total 45,344 187,904 243,195 South East Thames Region Brighton 2,211 9,998 12,321 Eastbourne 205 6,231 5,737 Hastings 519 164 1,551 South East Kent 467 2,285 15,971 Canterbury and Thanet 761 3,492 8,311 Dartford and Gravesham 582 2,996 437 Maidstone 18 112 481 Medway — 5,651 2,878 Tunbridge Wells 1,081 8,346 6,837 Bexley 729 1,476 1,692 Greenwich 108 32,372 5,392 Bromley — 11,209 8,929 West Lambeth 14,589 17,549 6,359 Camberwell 154 15,122 55,476 Lewisham and North Southwark 54 21,011 18,572 Total 21,480 138,012 150,944 South West Thames Region North West Surrey — 5,722 3,612 West Surrey and North East Hampshire — 2,050 2,655 South West Surrey — 6,244 9,645 Mid Surrey 782 (510) 117 East Surrey — 16,520 14,112 Chichester — — 1,738 Mid Downs 621 8,589 9,578 Worthing 2,256 2,309 5,651 Croydon 299 1,683 2,362 Kingston and Esher — 1,581 3,833 Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton — 8,765 8,298 Wandsworth 12,894 36,348 42,354 Merton and Sutton 10,315 4,188 11,655 Total 27,257 93,488 115,610 Wessex Region East Dorset 1,187 8,678 5,076 West Dorset — — — Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 3,935 13,772 7,208 Southampton and South West Hampshire 2,033 12,561 18,008 Winchester 85 6,539 1,222 Basingstoke and North Hampshire 378 1,469 322 Salisbury — 5,366 23,410 Swindon — 1,777 — Bath 294 18,856 10,695 Isle of Wight — 492 — Total 7,912 69,511 65,941 124W125W
District Health Authorities 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 £ £ £ East Berkshire — 19,210 8,365 West Berkshire — 390 3,221 Aylesbury — 4,954 — Wycombe 327 7,456 5,781 Milton Keynes — 5,248 (5,248) Kettering — 2,525 2,878 Northampton — 187 6,761 Oxford 6,556 21,185 45,187 Total 6,884 61,155 66,946 South Western Region Bristol and Weston 68 16,729 13,826 Frenchay — 4,618 2,164 Southmead — 2,084 3,312 Cornwall — — — Exeter — 4,281 7,477 North Devon — 3,164 2,231 Plymouth — 5,054 8,325 Torbay — 11,536 13,668 Cheltenham 15 6,603 4,185 Gloucester 7,029 5,442 4,307 Somerset 1,561 6,816 3,844 Total 8,673 66,326 63,338 West Midlands Region Bromsgrove and Redditch — 282 (239) Hereford 156 3,700 3,240 Kidderminster 355 232 317 Worcester 1,322 3,598 1,978 Shropshire — 3,783 3,453 Mid Staffordshire — — 2,219 North Staffordshire — 3,700 1,727 South East Staffordshire — — 29 Rugby 1,424 819 5 North Warwickshire 859 — — South Warwickshire 356 8,083 18,946 Central Birmingham 2,667 6,612 12,425 East Birmingham 363 15,435 4,909 North Birmingham — 6,927 53 South Birmingham — 516 6,305 West Birmingham 4,523 12,000 11,730 Coventry 623 526 2,359 Dudley — 624 1,949 Sandwell 3,290 589 6,775 Solihull 4,154 — 1,681 Walsall 1,110 3,179 1,760 Wolverhampton 1,857 3,611 14,176 Total 23,060 74,216 95,796 Mersey Region Chester 403 12,365 6,265 Crewe 796 1,676 16 Halton — — — Macclesfield — — — Warrington 859 1,017 1,782 Liverpool 2,773 7,701 9,739 St. Helens and Knowsley 376 313 813 Southport and Formby 4 24,890 29,896 South Sefton 16,083 11,860 9,649 Wirral 2,908 5,738 848 Total 24,203 65,560 59,009 North Western Region Lancaster 319 7,877 887 Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde 3,379 1,018 855 Preston — 6,605 12,614 Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley 1,869 605 2,347 Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale 1,153 4,114 6
District Health Authorities 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 £ £ £ West Lancashire — — 2,291 Chorley and South Ribble 69 9 5 Bolton 1,595 — — Bury 1,142 1,977 2,963 North Manchester — 7,658 3,334 Central Manchester 825 3,140 26,058 South Manchester 3,360 13,345 24,710 Oldham — 1,506 2,755 Rochdale — — 264 Salford — 7,259 9,118 Stockport — 4,471 1,162 Tameside and Glossop 378 3,560 (201) Trafford — 1,222 169 Wigan — 1,475 315 Total 14,089 65,840 89,649 SPECIAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES 30,069 83,289 98,115 GRAND TOTAL 381,015 1,588,588 1,810,372 Figures in brackets are negative amounts resulting from accounting adjustments.
Because of rounding, there are minor differences in some regions between the sum of district health authority totals and regional totals.