§ Mr. GoodladTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what has been the level of funding for(a) the Crewe, (b) the Chester and (c) the Halton health districts in each of the last eight years, expressing year-on-year changes as a percentage in both cash and real terms.
§ Mrs. Currie[holding answer 3 December 1987]: The table shows the percentage growth in gross revenue expenditure between 1982–83 and 1986–87 the latest year for which outturn data are available. District level information is not available prior to 1982–83.
Percentage growth in gross revenue expenditure1 Chester Crewe Halton Cash Real terms2 Cash Real terms2 Cash Real terms2 1982–83 to 1983–84 6.3 1.6 6.1 1.4 7.5 2.8 1983–84 to 1984–85 3.7 -0.7 6.2 1.8 5.9 1.4 1984–85 to 1985–86 1.9 -3.9 5.3 -0.7 36.9 29.1 1985–86 to 1986–87 6.5 3.4 7.2 4.1 15.7 12.3 1 Figures are based on health authorities' summarised accounts; figures for 1986–87 are provisional. 2 As measured by the Gross Domestic Product Deflator.