HC Deb 20 December 1985 vol 89 cc385-95W

Mr. Dobson asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will give, for each district in 1984–85, the total expenditure on cleaning, the expenditure on services provided by private cleaning companies, the latter figure as a percentage of the former, and the difference between that percentage and the percentage in the previous year;

(2) if he will give for each district in 1984–85 the total expenditure on catering, the expenditure on services

Northern Region Health Districts
Catering Domestic/Cleaning Laundry
Total expenditure Private contracts Total expenditure Private contracts Total expenditure Private contracts
£ £ Percentage of total Difference in percentage from 1983–84 £ £ Percentage of total Difference in percentage from 1983–84 £ £ Percentage of total Difference in percentage from 1983–84
Hartlepool 575,270 — — — 955,452 12,464 1.30 0.10 146,928 9 0.01 0.01
North Tees 1,028,401 — — — 1,213,369 1,460 0.12 (3.56) 177,804 1,063 0.60 0.26
South Tees 2,203,773 — — — 2,566,836 31,514 1.23 0.26 296,014 14,562 4.92 2.76
East Cumbria 1,189,390 — — — 1,456,655 16,216 1.11 0.27 209,787 3,927 1.87 (0.09)
South Cumbria 952,288 — — — 892,828 4,872 0.55 (0.28) 211,495 16,972 8.02 2.08
West Cumbria 1,101,356 2,480 0.23 (0.43) 1,065,617 16,411 1.54 0.14 158,963 631 0.40 (0.34)
Darlington 1,215,972 — — — 1,252,632 10,102 0.81 0.16 213,580 — — —
Durham 946,792 — — — 1,165,659 9,253 0.79 0.61 207,987 29,224 14.05 12.36
North West Durham 650,431 — — — 837,957 5,068 0.60 (0.12) 119,620 56 0.05 (0.05)
South West Durham 1,459,693 — — — 1,821,595 9,785 0.54 0.02 254,932 342 0.13 0.10
Northumberland 2,996,621 — — — 2,955,572 8,635 0.29 (0.07) 397,671 553 0.14 0.08
Gateshead 1,213,091 — — — 1,804,481 24,265 1.34 0.05 90,808 69 0.08 0.03
Newcastle upon Tyne 3,876,132 1,465 0.04 (0.05) 4,740,903 41,366 0.87 (0.30) 658,187 128,238 19.48 (7.32)
North Tyneside 919,937 — — — 1,019,312 5,165 0.48 — 102,619 2,079 2.03 0.66
South Tyneside 875,212 — — — 1,211,911 24,383 2.01 0.62 195,400 755 0.39 (0.01)
Sunderland 2,378,421 972 0.04 — 3,011,124 14,645 0.49 (0.18) 515,434 — — —
Regional Health Authority 26,417 2,076 7.86 6.71 137,774 3,432 2.49 (1.22) 9,629 9,629 100.00 —
Regional Total 23,609,197 6,993 0.03 (0.02) 28,169,675 239,036 0.85 (0.14) 3,966,858 208,109 5.25 (0.45)
Yorkshire Region Health Districts
Catering Domestic/Cleaning Laundry
Total expenditure Private contracts Total expenditure Private contracts Total expenditure Private contracts
£ £ Percentage of total Difference in percentage from 1983–84 £ £ Percentage of total Difference in percentage from 1983–84 £ £ Percentage of total Difference in percentage from 1983–84
Hull 1,917,164 — — — 2,750,985 45,526 1.65 (0.10) 332,868 13,506 4.06 0.74
East Yorkshire 1,712,273 — — — 1,786,590 13,896 0.78 (0.24) 208,883 19,114 9.15 0.81
Grimsby 799,528 — — — 1,174,177 10,809 0.92 (0.10) 84,431 2,000 2.37 0.31
Scunthorpe 873,388 — — — 1,197,969 13,818 1.15 (0.09) 228,117 1,592 0.70 (0.60)
Northallerton 465,941 20,057 4.30 (0.37) 451,461 9,250 2.05 0.13 63,919 20,506 32.08 (16.21)
York 2,147,115 — — — 2,276,594 14,814 0.65 0.17 287,843 12,371 4.30 (3.54)
Scarborough 775,557 — — — 845,407 3,907 0.46 (0.04) 138,504 6,496 4.69 1.43
Harrogate 1,090,465 — — — 1,199,451 5,100 0.43 (0.05) 141,110 6,467 4.58 (3.17)
Bradford 2,612,750 — — — 2,870,592 24,179 0.84 0.05 441,609 9.624 2.18 (0.83)
Airedale 1,482,030 — — — 1,101,991 8,780 0.80 0.26 203,863 3,968 1.95 0.16
Calderdale 1,413,977 — — — 1,185,488 7,843 0.66 0.09 269,947 2,202 0.82 —
Huddersfield 1,889,112 — — — 2,044,898 12,921 0.63 (0.09) 333,100 7,734 2.32 0.88
Dewsbury 841,242 — — — 1,253,250 4,075 0.32 (0.08) 174,994 80,254 45.86 7.98
Leeds Western 3,189,644 — — — 3,270,506 528,009 16.14 3.32 773,509 33,834 4.37 2.38
Leeds Eastern 2,608,062 — — — 3,829,039 44,190 1.15 0.22 483,348 — — (0.35)
Wakefield 1,870,607 — — — 1,544,128 17,491 1.13 (0.09) 324,426 — — —
Pontefract 908,438 — — — 1,051,083 6,272 0.60 (0.03) 156,409 525 0.34 0.31
Regional Health Authority 46,457 — — — 205,733 8,851 4.30 1.01 15,682 — — (68.65)
Regional Total 26,643,750 20,057 0.08 0.01 30,039.342 779,729 2.60 0.36 4,662,562 220,193 4.72 (0.26)
provided by private catering companies, the latter figure as a percentage of the former, and the difference between that percentage and the percentage in the previous year;

(3) if he will give for each district in 1984–85 the total expenditure on laundry, the expenditure on services provided by private laundry companies, the latter figure as a percentage of the former, and the difference between that percentage and the percentage in the previous year;

Mr. Hayhoe

[pursuant to his reply, 25 November 1985, c. 498–99]Following is the information requested, derived from the annual accounts of regional and district health authorities.

Figures for 1984–85 are not entirely comparable with those for 1983–84 as value added tax on contracted-out services became reclaimable by health authorities on 1 September 1983.

Trent Region Health Districts
Catering Domestic/Cleaning Laundry
Total expenditure Private contracts Total expenditure Private contracts Total expenditure Private contracts
£ £ Percentage of total Difference in percentage from 1983–84 £ £ Percentage of total Difference in percentage from 1983–84 £ £ Percentage of total Difference in percentage from 1983–84
North Derbyshire 1,729,369 — — — 2,060,421 6,926 0.34 (0.17) 244,247 20,421 8.36 (0.01)
South Derbyshire 3,787,727 8,887 0.23 0.23 3,692,573 92,108 2.49 0.20 515,651 2,583 0.50 (0.21)
Leicestershire 5,392,630 — — — 6,078,800 64,919 1.07 0.08 716,983 20,253 2.82 0.97
North Lincolnshire 1,975,472 — — — 2,462,976 17,544 0.71 (0.18) 264,969 7,959 3.00 (3.52)
South Lincolnshire 1,794,547 — — — 2,033,478 11,596 0.57 0.02 347,108 1,353 0.39 (0.45)
Bassetlaw 489,028 — — — 445,870 7,329 1.64 0.20 139,080 1,553 1.12 (0.22)
Central Nottinghamshire 2,081,345 13,294 0.64 0.59 2,177,324 6,054 0.28 (0.12) 279,140 5,765 2.07 1.97
Nottingham 4,024,195 — — — 6,559,407 96,499 1.47 0.78 1,146,031 17,089 1.49 0.43
Barnsley 1,425,959 5,777 0.41 (0.05) 1,506,045 14,970 0.99 (0.31) 282,967 11,996 4.24 3.23
Doncaster 2,037,095 — — — 1,504,853 4,567 0.29 (0.11) 272,710 757 0.28 0.28
Rotherham 1,321,802 — — — 1,449,320 19,105 1.32 0.07 227,728 4 — (3.30)
Sheffield 5,090,248 — — (0.09) 7,864,337 83,421 1.06 0.61 654,820 730 0.11 (5.25)
Regional Health Authority 77,743 65,096 83.73 29.49 267,204 42,352 15.85 (0.92) 7,633 4,406 57.72 22.21
Region Total 31,227,160 93,054 0.30 0.09 38,162,608 467,390 1.22 0.25 5,099,067 94,869 1.86 (0.62)

East Anglian Region Health Districts
Catering Domestic/Cleaning Laundry
Total expenditure Private contracts Total expenditure Private contracts Total expenditure Private contracts
£ £ Percentage of total Difference in percentage from 1983–84 £ £ Percentage of total Difference in percentage from 1983–84 £ £ Percentage of total Difference in percentage from 1983–84
Cambridge 1.930,744 2,119,001 730,512 34.47 — 350,988 3,065 0.37 (1.88)
Peterborough 1,643,438 — — — 1,586,422 9,234 0.58 — 273,961 — — (0.02)
West Suffolk 1,460,139 — — — — 1,490,150 27,171 1.82 (0.55) 417,027 — —
East Suffolk 2,558,232 — — — 2,689,892 15,143 0.56 (0.08) 448,825 171 0.04 0.01
Norwich 3,623,435 — — — 4,366,541 16,547 0.38 (0.62) 400,057 5,691 1.42 (0.99)
Great Yarmouth 1,228,345 — — — 1,221,312 10,422 0.85 0.28 340,805 4,253 1.25 0.75
West Norfolk and Wisbech 947,894 — — — 1,289,956 8,221 0.64 0.14 233,885 — — —
Huntington 467,894 — — — 452,479 223,899 49.48 31.85 83,476 31,004 97.04 96.19
Regional Health Authority 9,070 — — — 37,911 33,283 87.79 (2.66) 2,473 290 11.73 2.29
Regional Total 13,869,209 — — — 15,253,724 1,074,432 7.04 0.54 2,551,497 96,474 3.70 2.77

North West Thames Region Health Districts
Catering Domestic/Cleaning Laundry
Total expenditure Private contracts Total expenditure Private contracts Total expenditure Private contracts
£ £ Percentage of total Difference in percentage from 1983–84 £ £ Percentage of total Difference in percentage from 1983–84 £ £ Percentage of total Difference in percentage from 1983–84
North Bedfordshire 1,221,342 327 0.03 0.03 1,651,204 11,442 0.69 0.09 211,129 11,006 5.21 3.94
South Bedfordshire 1,455,825 — — — 1,861,597 20,691 1.11 (0.18) 393,882 251,541 63.86 (0.58)
North Hertfordshire 974,182 — — — 1,267,410 20,729 1.64 (0.46) 118,541 1,420 1.20 0.12
East Hertfordshire 725,997 — — — 923,918 30,672 3.32 0.08 261,383 35,350 13.52 (3.10)
North West Hertfordshire 2,345,831 — — — 2,342,293 7,275 0.31 (0.56) 431,242 5,306 1.23 (0.28)
South West Hertfordshire 1,828,251 — — — 2,158,850 30,805 1.43 0.49 305,333 58,649 19.21 7.16
Barnet 2,797,175 — — — 3,593,877 34,605 0.96 (0.12) 315,363 2,142 0.68 0.06
Harrow 1,285,027 16,696 1.30 0.33 1,977,104 36,943 1.87 0.61 142,958 17,678 12.37 (11.48)
Hillingdon 1,380,773 — — — 2,388,810 15,627 0.65 (0.10) 211,368 1,154 0.55 0.16
Hounslow and Spelthorne 1,695,797 — — — 2,534,971 85,210 3.36 2.65 413,318 128,469 31.08 (11.49)
Ealing 1,966,795 — — — 2,069,083 7,421 0.36 (0.94) 253,396 7,854 3.10 (4.19)
Brent 2,281,105 — — — 2,518,264 20,252 0.80 0.77 338,453 — — —
Paddington 2,160,131 — — — 3,340,507 23,848 0.71 (0.28) 424,983 167,465 39.41 28.48
Hammersmith and Fulham 1,620,327 — — — 2,595,774 43,233 1.67 (0.15) 355,411 60,252 16.95 0.87
Victoria 3,142,914 — — — 4,190,949 220,877 5.27 (0.06) 450,101 195,214 43.37 (12.76)
Regional Health Authority 76,392 30,756 40.26 6.28 158,724 56,702 35.72 (2.32) 10,841 — — (37.20)
Regional Total 26,957,864 47,779 0.18 0.01 35,573,335 666,332 1.87 0.11 4,637,702 943,500 20.34 0.08

North East Thames Region Health Districts
Catering Domestic/Cleaning Laundry
Total expenditure Private contracts Total expenditure Private contracts Total expenditure Private contracts
£ £ Percentage of total Difference in percentage from 1983–84 £ £ Percentage of total Difference in percentage from 1983–84 £ £ Percentage of total Difference in percentage from 1983–84
Basildon and Thurrock 1,724,548 — — — 2,729,442 17,642 0.65 (0.06) 402,990 — — —
Mid Essex 1,122,606 169 0.02 0.02 1,801,882 44,431 2.47 1.31 405,776 12,895 3.18 0.28
North East Essex 2,516,174 — — — 2,577,041 123,114 4.78 3.12 413,764 6,062 1.47 1.47
West Essex 1,185,049 — — — 1,503,318 40,695 2.71 (0.04) 205,897 7 — (1.22)
Southend 1,674,745 — — — 2,231,688 23,597 1.06 0.15 394,905 175,359 44.41 (27.40)
Barking/Havering/Brentwood 2,554,316 — — — 3,617,295 31,212 0.86 0.07 442,490 19,020 4.30 2.53
Hampstead 2,422,190 — — — 3,141,008 32,101 1.02 (0.53) 381,056 — — —
Bloomsbury 4,402,903 — — — 6,220,884 122,736 1.97 (0.44) 547,320 464,637 84.89 15.18
Islington 1,792,998 8,521 0.48 0.09 2,366,728 17,925 0.76 0.15 236,501 3,966 1.68 0.10
City and Hackney 2,702,650 — — — 4,383,607 74,695 1.70 (1.10) 365,268 5,924 1.62 (5.51>
Newham 1,134,531 2,144 0.19 (0.01) 1,779,318 12,345 0.69 0.30 306,668 4,787 1.56 0.11
Tower Hamlets 1,824,693 18,140 0.99 0.31 3,370,068 53,890 1.60 (0.88) 418,889 14,299 3.41 (0.71)
Enfield 913,076 — — — 1,763,549 19,734 1.12 0.33 217,274 6,136 2.82 0.94
Haringey 968,516 — — — 1,902,744 7,728 0.41 (0.38) 332,838 7,494 2.25 (2.10)
Redbridge 1,539,815 — — — 1,788,193 195,329 10.92 (9.23) 279,709 565 0.20 (0.05)
Waltham Forest 2,418,203 — — — 3,747,207 22,488 0.60 0.02 288,433 8,288 2.87 0.72
Regional Health Authority 94,041 31,441 33.43 (25.26) 233,927 41,057 17.55 0.88 9,101 3,402 37.38 (13.10)
Region Total 30,991,054 60,415 0.19 (0.03) 45,157,899 880,719 1.95 (0.29) 5,648,879 732,841 12.97 (0.44)

South East Thames Region Health Districts
Catering Domestic/Cleaning Laundry
Total expenditure Private contracts Total expenditure Private contracts Total expenditure Private contracts
£ £ Percentage of total Difference in percentage from 1983–84 £ £ Percentage of total Difference in percentage from 1983–84 £ £ Percentage of total Difference in percentage from 1983–84
Brighton 1,905,999 — — — 2,308,293 26,700 1.16 (0.01) 242,583 27,258 11.24 2.04
Eastbourne 1,405,318 1,352 0.10 0.10 1,768,953 4,877 0.28 (0.04) 358,632 26,252 7.32 4.29
Hastings 1,126,928 — — (0.03) 1,211,834 9,244 0.76 0.07 252,908 5,508 2.18 0.06
South East Kent 1,166,173 — — — 1,590,299 36,080 2.27 0.47 430,534 5,974 1.39 (0.43)
Canterbury and Thanet 2,210,761 — — — 2,724,153 20,162 0.74 0.02 660,535 8,524 1.29 (0.09)
Dartford and Gravesham 1,884,186 — — — 2,712,773 16,603 0.61 (0.18) 405,203 7,150 1.76 (0.61)
Maidstone 1,355,603 — — — 1,655,191 297,093 17.95 10.25 194,999 88,300 45.28 12.30
Medway 1,092,252 — — — 921,632 296,489 32.17 12.58 257,501 5,131 1.99 (0.12)
Tunbridge Wells 1,840,375 — — — 2,356,985 14,308 0.61 (0.02) 420,958 80,892 19.22 11.41
Bexley 1,352,677 — — — 1,918,658 31,629 1.65 1.03 287,412 9,442 3.29 (0.83)
Greenwich 2,343,143 — — — 3,220,852 9,760 0.30 (0.07) 325,607 6,179 1.90 (0.18)
Bromley 2,226.439 115,641 5.19 5.19 2,527,267 245,488 9.71 8.66 505,176 19,059 3.77 (0.31)
West Lambeth 3,199,756 — — — 4,273,114 23,497 0.55 (1.72) 345,454 172,845 50.03 (13.45)
Camberwell 2,224,263 — — — 2,723,980 19,476 0.71 0.02 361,395 76,010 21.03 8.95
Lewisham and North Southwark 3,460,856 39,627 1.15 0.08 5,063,479 65,330 1.29 0.07 680,772 9,081 1.33 (0.03)
Regional Health Authority 63,576 32,351 50.89 50.89 106,909 36,812 34.43 13.77 7,513 3,253 43.30 (28.75)
Region Total 28,858,305 188,971 0.65 0.53 37,084,372 1,53,548 3.11 1.04 5,737,182 550,858 9.60 (1.03)

South West Thames Region Health Districts
Catering Domestic/Cleaning Laundry
Total expenditure Private contracts Total expenditure Private contracts Total expenditure Private contracts
£ £ Percentage of total Difference in percentage from 1983–84 £ £ Percentage of total Difference in percentage from 1983–84 £ £ Percentage of total Difference in percentage from 1983–84
South West Thames Region Health Districts
North West Surrey 1,642,462 — — — 1,762,861 22,169 1.26 0.13 346,574 202,304 58.37 41.97
West Surrey and North East Hants 1,820,466 — — — 1,925,667 27,398 1.42 0.18 360,826 6,142 1.70 1.26
South West Surrey 1,231,807 28,926 2.35 2.35 1,572,404 51,408 3,27 2.22 259,311 1,898 0.73 0.49
Mid Surrey 2,310,880 — — — 2,195,364 25,641 1.17 (0.30) 367,631 1,989 0.54 (0.86)
East Surrey 2,028,080 3,813 0.19 0.16 1,937,693 159,492 8.23 2.35 410,481 165,150 40.23 28.19
Chichester 1,203,620 — — — 1,069,117 14,465 1.35 (0.31) 144,539 7,090 4.91 1.15
Mid Downs 1,585,102 1,673 0.11 (0.13) 1,447,711 116,828 8.07 6.18 204,836 20,181 9.85 0.94
Worthing 939,857 2,968 0.32 0.30 1,314,737 19,643 1.49 0.39 163,337 8,663 5.30 0.13
Croydon 2,610,785 — — — 2,940,928 27,246 0.93 0.49 607,926 208,842 34.35 31.10
Kingston and Esher 1,836,377 24,472 1.33 (0.15) 2,465,884 42,619 1.73 (0.56) 239,961 155,851 64.95 57.82
Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton 1,193,079 — — — 1,735,786 41,827 2.41 0.25 404,430 323,309 79.94 15.73
Wandsworth 3,274,318 10,145 0.31 (0.13) 4,408,652 23,295 0.53 0.05 485,883 137,909 28.38 6.87
Merton and Sutton 2,544,421 17,527 0.69 0.01 3,513,217 152,946 4.35 2.46 669,316 211,920 31.66 23.65
Regional Health Authority 34,506 24,073 69.76 (9.68) 162,499 162,499 100.00 — 31,718 31,718 100.00 —
Region Total 24,255,760 113,647 0.47 0.05 28,452,520 887,476 3.12 0.89 4,696,769 1,482,966 31.57 18.04

Wessx Region Health Districts
Catering Domestic/Cleaning Laundry
Total expenditure Private contracts Total expenditure Private contracts Total expenditure Private contracts
£ £ Percentage of total Difference in percentage from 1983–84 £ £ Percentage of total Difference in percentage from 1983–84 £ £ Percentage of total Difference in percentage from 1983–84
East Dorset 2,508,015 — — — 2,732,766 17,277 0.63 (0.86) 322,389 10,637 3.30 (2.80)
West Dorset 1,706,502 — — — 1,649,467 15,559 0.94 0.50 275,048 7,680 2.79 0.66
Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 3,052,025 — — — 3,279,556 15,782 0.48 0.04 396,496 4,807 1.21 (0.77)
Southampton and South West Hampshire 3,274,181 — — — 4,384,194 19,887 0.45 0.03 527,372 5,898 1.12 0.54
Winchester 951,474 1,065 0.11 0.11 1,170,661 34,940 2.98 0.30 212,264 175,521 82.69 (7.07)
Basingstoke and North Hampshire 1,738,646 311 0.02 0.01 2,146,729 8,361 0.39 0.10 226,663 10,275 4.53 (0.60)
Salisbury 1,244,215 — — — 1,096,945 2,345 0.21 (0.13) 171,577 6,374 3.71 3.20
Swindon 1,334,340 8,863 0.66 0.66 1,326,627 5,971 0.45 (0.15) 215,551 3,451 1.60 1.04
Bath 2,627,845 — — — 2,476,423 13,926 0.56 (0.06) 424,094 — — (0.05)
Isle of Wight 846,825 — — — 843,949 6,294 0.75 — 163,943 33,681 20.54 0.96
Regional Health Authority 13,878 — — — 49,717 48,882 98.32 1.40 3,141 3,141 100.00 —
Regional Total 19,297,946 10,239 0.05 0.05 21,157,034 189,224 0.89 (0.04) 2,938,538 261,465 8.90 (0.14)

Oxford Region Health Districts
Catering Domestic/Cleaning Laundry
Total expenditure Private contracts Total expenditure Private contracts Total expenditure Private contracts
£ £ Percentage of total Difference in percentage from 1983–84 £ £ Percentage of total Difference in percentage from 1983–84 £ £ Percentage of total Difference in percentage from 1983–84
East Berkshire 1,901,979 — — — 2,155,666 9,308 0.43 (0.38) 406,123 57,402 14.13 (0.95)
West Berkshire 2,484,950 3,375 0.14 0.10 3,010,956 60,136 2.00 1.04 301,403 882 0.29 (3.17)
Aylesbury 1,252,871 — — — 1,577,348 224,189 14.21 3.36 319,022 256,663 80.45 0.54
Wycombe 804,064 — — — 792,842 11,720 1.48 0.50 232,449 217,111 93.40 (1.67)
Milton Keynes 340,408 514 0.15 0.13 383,495 183,198 47.77 41.13 143,403 5 — (0.03)
Kettering 1,079,659 — — — 1,245,888 8,021 0.64 0.42 329,511 802 0.24 0.02
Northampton 1,884,577 — — — 2,039,791 9,450 0.46 (0.18) 377,466 3,913 1.04 (0.23)
Oxford 3,232,864 9,827 0.30 0.05 3,879,886 147,896 3.81 (3.30) 799,796 50,638 6.33 (5.29)
Regional Health Authority 13,997 — — — 62,873 21,217 33.75 0.02 4,442 4,442 100.0 —
Region Total 12,995,369 13,716 0.11 0.04 15,148,745 675,185 4.46 0.83 2,913,615 591,858 20.31 (2.38)

South Western Region Health Districts
Catering Domestic/Cleaning Laundry
Total expenditure Private contracts Total expenditure Private contracts Total expenditure Private contracts
£ £ Percentage of total Difference in percentage from 1983–84 £ £ Percentage of total Difference in percentage from 1983–84 £ £ Percentage of total Difference in percentage from 1983–84
Bristol and Weston 2,564,021 2,114 0.08 (0.20) 2,916,424 9,925 0.34 0.15 286,729 7,989 2.79 0.24
Frenchay 2,435,780 1,331 0.05 (0.14) 2,345,334 13,567 0.58 0.02 319,084 8,772 2.75 1.61
Southmead 1,687,701 — — (0.02) 2,147,527 10,142 0.47 (0.28) 447,139 3,634 0.81 (19.57)
Cornwall 2,995,491 — — — 2,892,028 27,516 0.95 0.12 701,767 285,955 40.75 28.10
Exeter 3,489,470 288 0.01 0.01 3,048,706 32,629 1.07 0.14 401,765 5,959 1.48 0.75
North Devon 678,798 — — — 795,936 3,401 0.43 (0.02) 172,426 3,271 1.90 0.03
Plymouth 2,024,032 — — — 2,652,852 16,468 0.62 (0.19) 532,372 3,903 0.73 0.39
Torbay 1,120,870 — — — 1,334,374 5,420 0.41 0.22 214,398 432 0.20 (0.14)
Cheltenham 928,403 — — — 1,064,744 3,451 0.32 0.13 215,562 126,336 58.61 (14.36)
Gloucester 2,007,220 — — — 2,043,308 6,279 0.31 0.29 248,862 10,941 4.40 0.65
Somerset 3,018,866 5,880 0.19 0.02 3,015,860 31,624 1.05 0.24 436,589 3,280 0.75 (0.02)
Regional Health Authority 16,391 16,391 100.00 68.19 36,729 4,665 12.70 5.21 4,301 — — —
Regional Total 22,967,043 26,004 0.11 (0.04) 24,293,822 165,087 0.68 0.07 3,980,994 460,472 11.57 2.32

West Midlands Region Health Districts
Catering Domestic/Cleaning Laundry
Total expenditure Private contracts Total expenditure Private contracts Total expenditure Private contracts
£ £ Percentage of total Difference in percentage from 1983–84 £ £ Percentage of total Difference in percentage from 1983–84 £ £ Percentage of total Difference in percentage from 1983–84
Bromsgrove and Redditch 845,915 — — — 670,373 1,645 0.25 0.07 18,223 5,887 32.31 (49.59)
Hereford 1,063,216 — — — 696,582 2,513 0.36 (0.06) 202,060 1,521 0.75 (0.07)
Kidderminster 1,143,914 — — — 960,333 8,356 0.87 0.24 360,827 2,909 0.81 (0.29)
Worcester 1,483,853 — — — 1,621,765 15,672 0.97 0.06 267,878 11,113 4.15 (1.87)
Shropshire 2,314,360 — — — 2,188,755 9,655 0.44 (0.02) 471,051 — — (0.09)
Mid-Staffordshire 1,373,233 — — — 1,251,169 7,598 0.61 (0.72) 214,950 6,487 3.02 0.44
North Staffordshire 3,011,221 — — — 3,935,438 20,606 0.52 (0.04) 476,330 15,223 3.20 0.86
South East Staffordshire 1,730,778 — — — 1,078,345 25,510 2.37 1.18 260,305 — — —
Rugby 314,323 — — — 252,183 2,533 1.00 (0.04) 81,058 81,058 100.00 5.57
North Warwickshire 1,254,735 1,118 0.09 (0.05) 1,072,138 7,333 0.68 (0.07) 253,244 151,047 59.65 32.22
South Warwickshire 1,703,892 218 0.01 0.01 1,694,835 11,333 0.67 (0.11) 249,840 7,112 2.85 0.03
Central Birmingham 2,686,250 1,948 0.07 0.05 2,993,375 70,064 2.34 (0.02) 388,112 12,951 3.34 (2.91)
East Birmingham 1,122,345 — — — 1,266,330 3,055 0.24 (0.28) 35,020 2,067 5.90 (1.52)
North Birmingham 1,500,855 513 0.03 (0.01) 1,178,886 11,989 1.02 0.04 355,541 — — (0.08)
South Birmingham 2,224,772 — — (0.01) 2,363,708 38,780 1.64 0.67 287,181 4,666 1.62 1.59
West Birmingham 2,452,949 5,446 0.22 (0.04) 2,788,023 29,738 1.07 (0.32) 383,295 — — (1.14)
Coventry 2,478,522 — — — 1,706,741 11,841 0.69 (0.31) 280,001 102,252 36.52 (16.00)
Dudley 1,743,890 2,006 0.12 0.12 1,929,879 25,630 1.33 0.15 385,400 3,856 1.00 (0.01)
Sandwell 1,107,010 — — — 1,299,729 16,990 1.31 0.31 368,832 7,423 2.01 (0.56)
Solihull 996,395 90 0.01 0.01 952,919 18,777 1.97 0.15 252,026 2,244 0.89 (0.37)
Walsall 1,744,748 8,376 0.48 0.03 1,700,234 43,100 2.53 0.35 414,309 58,277 14.07 13.44
Wolverhampton 2,071,073 — — — 1,909,828 12,528 0.66 (0.29) 276,841 7,646 2.76 1.35
Regional Health Authority 178,147 — — — 180,470 80,538 44.63 0.11 45,351 37,852 83.46 (3.60)
Regional Total 36,546,396 19,715 0.05 — 35,692,038 475,784 1.33 0.02 6,327,675 521,591 8.24 1.14

Mersey Region Health Districts
Catering Domestic/Cleaning Laundry
Total expenditure Private contracts Total expenditure Private contracts Total expenditure Private contracts
£ £ Percentage of total Difference in percentage from 1983–84 £ £ Percentage of total Difference in percentage from 1983–84 £ £ Percentage of total Difference in percentage from 1983–84
Chester 1,604,968 — — — 1,717,460 11,149 0.65 0.01 184,569 15,132 8.20 5.61
Crewe 1,509,930 — — — 1,819,882 9,323 0.51 (0.54) 273,990 10,913 3.98 (1.18)
Halton 416,018 — — — 451,742 2,490 0.55 (0.78) 109,066 14,009 12.84 (4.17)
Macclesfield 1,420,710 — — — 1,549,575 12,894 0.83 0.01 321,724 6,005 1.87 0.19
Warrington 2,160,588 — — — 2,076,026 11,450 0.55 0.42 497,681 4,136 0.84 (0.08)
Liverpool 4,196,334 — — — 6,525,884 68,670 1.05 0.04 1,216,408 6,146 0.51 (0.17)
St. Helens and Knowsley 2,200,702 — — — 2,330,440 51,360 2.20 0.39 452,773 864 0.19 (0.24)
Southport and Formby 889,477 — — — 1,258,427 4,498 0.36 (0.04) 239,166 1 — —
South Sefton 1,692,836 90 0.01 0.01 2,341,759 12,135 0.52 0.11 278,576 8,255 2.96 2.33
Wirral 2,249,215 — — — 2,525,124 22,099 0.88 (0.03) 1,009,691 360 0.04 (0.01)
Regional Health Authority 62,940 — — — 87,686 45,458 51.84 (0.37) 10,878 1,052 9.67 (10.23)
Regional Total 18,403,718 90 — — 22,684,005 251,526 1.11 0.06 4,594,522 66,923 1.46 0.14

North Western Region Health Districts
Catering Domestic/Cleaning Laundry
Total expenditure Private contracts Total expenditure Private contracts Total expenditure Private contracts
£ £ Percentage of total Difference in percentage from 1983–84 £ £ Percentage of total Difference in percentage from 1983–84 £ £ Percentage of total Difference in percentage from 1983–84
Lancaster 1,979,558 — — — 1,979,067 18,159 0.92 0.66 312,555 1,122 0.36 0.10
Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde 1,841,201 — — — 1,870,248 7,518 0.40 (0.15) 291,948 172 0.06 (0.03)
Preston 2,576,324 — — — 2,558,433 11,452 0.45 0.31 487,730 12,096 2.48 (7.26)
Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley 2,712,959 — — — 2,760,616 13,486 0.49 (0.36) 514,868 2,873 0.56 (0.10)
Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale 2,302,966 — — — 2,476,981 3,435 0.14 (0.42) 367,284 166 0.05 (0.19)
West Lancashire 881,511 — — — 870,233 1,561 0.18 (0.31) 139,186 — — (0.82)
Chorley and South Ribble 401,163 — — — 511,833 4,680 0.91 (0.43) 83,822 1,125 1.34 (0.62)
Bolton 1,481,865 — — — 1,425,853 20,714 1.45 (0.28) 324,280 — — (0.06)
Bury 766,518 — — — 860,249 12,604 1.47 0.54 270,769 252,010 93.07 1.53
North Manchester 2,492,200 — — — 2,740,068 13,971 0.51 (0.63) 189,039 1,319 0.70 (4.65)
Central Manchester 1,688,958 — — — 2,082,476 33,575 1.61 0.03 325,315 71,431 21.96 19.95
South Manchester 2,487,801 — — — 2,882,580 58,450 2.03 0.33 339,748 594 0.17 0.43
Oldham 846,624 — — — 1,219,763 2,013 0.17 0.14 96,144 7,106 7.39 (56.65)
Rochdale 983,509 — — — 804,132 15,246 1.90 (0.03) 159,483 2,514 1.58 (0.36)
Salford 2,809,282 — — — 3,032,703 116,046 3.83 0.62 501,474 4,683 0.93 —
Stockport 1,741,142 — — — 1,798,379 39,753 2.21 (0.02) 363,850 20,241 5.56 (2.99)
Tameside and Glossop 935,635 — — — 1,233,282 15,125 1.23 (0.33) 123,356 5,391 4.37 0.02
Trafford 1,074,167 — — — 970,379 73,591 7.58 5.88 267,891 14,357 5.36 2.71
Wigan 1,554,327 — — — 1,443,083 4,673 0.32 (0.22) 363,217 — — —
Regional Health Authority 40,540 — — — 243,332 51,913 21.33 (3.50) 22,142 14,589 65,89 (10.62)
Regional Total 31,598,250 — — — 33,763,690 517,965 1.53 0.10 5,544,101 411,789 7.43 (2.47)

Notes:

1. All figures are total current expenditure on the relevant service: capital expenditure is excluded.

2. Figures in brackets are reductions in percentage between 1983–84 and 1984–85.

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