District Health Authorities (Hansard, 5 July 1985)

§ Mr. Kenneth Clarke

[pursuant to his reply, 25 June 1985, c. 385]: The information is shown in the table. I should stress that comparisons based on crude population figures are not a precise indication of how the service provided by an authority relates to the needs of its district. In particular, they take no account of the use made of services in one district by residents of others, of the fact that certain highly specialised services are concentrated in particular localities, of extra costs associated with undergraduate medical teaching, of the payment of London weighting allowances, and of differences in the age structure and morbidity of the populations served. The comparison is further distorted by the fact that certain authorities provide ambulance services serving a number of districts, the expenditure in these cases being shown only in the accounts of the providing authority.

Health district	Revenue expenditure per head £
1 Bloomsbury	874–16
2 Hampstead	580–02
3 Victoria	520–10
4 Preston	486–29
5 West Lambeth	466–42
6 Paddington	459–35
7 Tower Hamlets	445–81
8 Wandsworth	442–10
9 South Manchester	416–04
10 Central Manchester	403–60
11 City and Hackney	391–75
12 Central Birmingham	386–18
13 Newcastle Upon Tyne	384–84
14 North Manchester	334–81
15 Lewisham and North Southwark	316–63
16 Hammersmith and Fulham	307–61
17 Lancaster	288–09
18 Camberwell	281–48
19 Wakefield	272–62
20 Waltham Forest	265–29
21 Islington	263–85
22 Salford	260–42
23 Greenwich	259–12
24 Aylesbury	248–16
25 South Sefton	247–42
26 West Birmingham	246–32
27 Sheffield	241–37
28 Exeter	240–26
29 Liverpool	236–77
30 East Surrey	233–59
31 Chester	227–78

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Health district	Revenue expenditure per head £
32 Mid Surrey	226–42
33 Warrington	224–45
34 Frenchay	215–87
35 Cambridge	212–73
36 South Birmingham	210–35
37 Barnet	210–04
38 Kingston and Esher	208–79
39 Kidderminster	207–47
40 Hillingdon	206–76
41 Tunbridge Wells	205–68
42 Leeds Western	203–76
43 Bristol and Weston	202–39
44 Salisbury	202–01
45 Southampton and South West Hampshire	201–93
46 North Birmingham	198–90
47 Nottingham	195–33
48 Darlington	193–23
49 Leeds Eastern	192–38
50 Brent	188–94
51 West Lancashire	188–50
52 South Tees	187–51
53 Southport and Formby	185–80
54 Burnley Pendle and Rossendale	185–36
55 Dartford and Gravesham	184–03
56 Haringey	183–19
57 York	183–02
58 Merton and Sutton	182–44
59 East Yorkshire	180–81
60 Southmead	180–66
61 Harrow	180–34
62 Canterbury and Thanet	179–16
63 North Lincolnshire	179–02
64 North East Essex	178–69
65 Oxfordshire	178–09
66 East Cumbria	177–05
67 Huddersfield	175–71
68 Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley	175–35
69 North West Hertfordshire	174–51
70 Plymouth	172–97
71 Norwich	172–87
72 Northumberland	172–45
73 Sunderland	171–78
74 Northampton	171–12
75 Hull	171–03
76 Harrogate	170–39
77 Wolverhampton	169–19
78 South Warwickshire	168–96
79 Croydon	167–41
80 South West Surrey	167–41
81 Eastbourne	167–31
82 Bradford	167–26
83 South West Durham	166–80
84 Maidstone	165–99
85 East Suffolk	165–86
86 Bromley	165–84
87 Isle of Wight	165–66
88 Macclesfield	165–13
89 North West Surrey	164–88
90 West Dorset	164–47
91 Brighton	164–05
92 Worcester	163–49
93 Coventry	163–31
94 Hounslow and Spelthorne	162–94
95 North Staffordshire	162–73
96 North West Durham	162–43
97 Basingstoke and North Hants	162–41
98 Somerset	161–34
99 Hastings	159–43
100 Swindon	158–63
101 Basildon and Thurrock	158–01
102 Gloucester	157–95
103 Peterborough	157–44
104 Hartlepool	157–16
105 Wirral	156–90

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Health district	Revenue expenditure per head £
106 Chichester	155–27
107 Newham	153–50
108 North Warwickshire	152–35
109 East Birmingham	151–53
110 South Derbyshire	151–45
111 Hereford	150–08
112 Winchester	149–16
113 West Cumbria	148–33
114 Bexley	147–61
115 Redbridge	147–54
116 Airedale	147–26
117 Leicestershire	146–92
118 Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton	144–52
119 Central Nottinghamshire	144–13
120 Calderdale	143–76
121 Shropshire	143–76
122 Bath	143–21
123 West Berkshire	143–00
124 South West Hertfordshire	142–60
125 Barking, Havering and Brentwood	142–05
126 Grimsby	141–57
127 Doncaster	141–10
128 Cornwall	140–72
129 North Tees	140–20
130 Mid Downs	139–86
131 East Dorset	139–65
132 Mid Essex	139–32
133 Dudley	139–27
134 Stockport	139–23
135 St. Helens and Knowsley	135–95
136 North Devon	134–34
137 Great Yarmouth	134–30
138 Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde	132–52
139 North Bedfordshire	132–26
140 Portsmouth and South East Hants	131–90
141 Crewe	131–47
142 Bolton	129–05
143 West Suffolk	129–03
144 East Berkshire	128–05
145 Ealing	127–63
146 Barnsley	127–40
147 Walsall	127–12
148 Torbay	126–33
149 Pontefract	126–16
150 Gateshead	126–05
151 Oldham	125–79
152 South Bedfordshire	125–70
153 South Lincolnshire	124–46
154 Bromsgrove and Redditch	124–36
155 Wigan	123–72
156 Medway	123–60
157 Dewsbury	122–63
158 Enfield	121–96
159 Cheltenham	121–84
160 Solihull	121–71
161 South Cumbria	121–57
162 West Surrey and North East Hants	121–36
163 Huntingdon	121–13
164 Southend	120–67
165 West Essex	120–01
166 West Norfolk and Wisbech	119–84
167 South Tyneside	119–51
168 Worthing	119–44
169 Mid Staffordshire	119–24
170 South East Kent	118–08
171 Scarborough	117–08
172 Rotherham	117–02
173 Bury	115–97
174 South East Staffordshire	114–66
175 Durham	114–10
176 Rochdale	113–73
177 North Hertfordshire	113–68
178 Trafford	112–59
179 Rugby	111–65

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Health district	Revenue expenditure per head £
180 Bassetlaw	110–52
181 Scunthorpe	109–47
182 Tameside and Glossop	108–25
183 Kettering	107–41
184 Northallerton	104–72
185 Sandwell	102–75
186 North Tyneside	95–94
187 North Detbyshire	93–31
188 Wycombe	89–32
189 East Hertfordshire	89–13
190 Halton	67–59
191 Milton Keynes	66–57
192 Chorley and South Ribble	61–04

Note: The figures exclude expenditure on family practitioner services, which was borne in the accounts of only some 90 of the authorities. The population figures used are the final home population estimates for mid 1983.