Community Health Councils

HC Deb 11 April 1986 vol 95 c216W

Mr. Ashley

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the average budgets of community health councils in each of the English health regions; and if he will estimate the change in the value of these budget allocations, in real terms, over the last five years.

Mr. Hayhoe

The available information on community health council expenditure is set out in the following table. It is not possible to provide comparable data for the years prior to 1982–83 because of the changes in health authority and community health council boundaries in 1982.

Community Health Council Expenditure
Regional Health Authority	1982–83	1983–84	1984–85
	Cash*£	Constant prices† £	Cash*£	Constant prices† £	Cash £
1. Northern	27,985	30,439	29,739	30,967	30,832
2. Yorkshire	25,554	27,795	26,454	27,547	28,149
3. Trent	34,528	37,556	36,205	37,700	36,998
4. East Anglian	26,811	29,162	30,056	31,297	32,114
5. North West Thames	40,725	44,297	41,560	43,276	40,997
6. North East Thames	33,527	36,467	32,825	34,181	33,208
7. South East Thames	28,136	30,604	28,220	29,385	30,563
8. South West Thames	30,054	32,690	31,776	33,088	33,884
9. Wessex	24,882	27,064	26,514	27,609	27,453
10. Oxford	32,139	34,958	33,018	34,382	35,573
11. South Western	28,833	31,362	33,835	35,232	34,399
12. West Midlands	28,499	30,998	30,314	31,566	31,837
13. Mersey	28,865	31,396	29,048	30,248	31,013
14. North Western	27,969	30,422	31,519	32,821	32,446

Notes:

^* Average expenditure per CHC, taken from health authorities summarised accounts.

† Revalued to 1984/85 levels using the Gross Domestic Product deflator.