§ Mr. LofthouseTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how many women in(a) the Yorkshire region and (b) the area covered by the Pontefract district health authority, have died from cervical cancer in the last five years for which figures are available, expressed per thousand women.
§ Mrs. CurrieThe information is given in the table.
462Whealth authority within the Mersey region of the percentage of the total budget which is spent upon administration.
§ Mrs. CurrieFollowing is the information derived from the 1986–87 annual accounts of the relevant health authorities:—
Revenue expenditure on headquarters administration as a proportion of total revenue expenditure District health authority Per cent. Chester 3.46 Crewe 3.64 Halton 5.23 Macclesfield 3.20 Warrington 3.18 Liverpool 2.92 St. Helens and Knowsley 3.44 Southport and Formby 4.68 South Sefton 3.27 Wirral 2.66 Note:—Expenditure on headquarters administration includes the pay and pay related costs of staff of all disciplines employed at district headquarters level and their office costs and overheads. It excludes the cost of clerical and secretarial support staff employed in departments at hospital and unit level: such costs are regarded as operational.
§ Mrs. Ann WintertonTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will indicate the extent to which the population of each district health authority in the Mersey region has altered over the last five year period for which figures are available and over the last 10 year period for which figures are available.
§ Mrs. CurrieThe information requested is given in the table.
Numbers and rates per 1,000 women of deaths from malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri (ICD(9) 1801) to usual residents of Yorkshire Regional Health Authority and Pontefract District Health Authority, 1982–1986 Year Yorkshire RHA Pontefract DHA Number Rate Number Rate 1982 159 0.09 5 0.06 1983 168 0.09 5 0.06 1984 165 0.09 9 0.10 1985 177 0.10 8 0.09 1986 150 0.08 14 0.16 1 International Classification of Diseases 9th Revision.