HC Deb 29 January 1988 vol 126 cc410-1W
Mr. Evennett

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will list the total expenditure on capital projects in each of the four Thames health regions in each of the last three years for which figures are available; (2) if he will list the total annual expenditure of each of the four Thames health regions in each of the last three years for which figures are available.

Mrs. Currie

Following is the information requested:

Hospital and Community Health Services1 Total Expenditure
£ thousand
Revenue Capital Revenue and Capital
North West Thames
1984–85 701,170 55,369 756,539
1985–86 728,848 64,906 793,754
1986–87 777,781 66,543 844,324
North East Thames
1984–85 881,326 66,652 947,978
1985–86 914,188 65,932 980,120
1986–87 976,100 75,904 1,052,004

Revenue Capital Revenue and Capital
South East Thames
1984–85 772,108 49,853 821,961
1985–86 807–525 55,181 862,706
1986–87 857,088 76,517 933,605
South West Thames
1984–85 586,260 42,174 628,434
1985–86 608,276 52,859 661,135
1986–87 650,071 54,172 704,243
1 Includes ambulance, blood transfusion and other services.

Source: Annual accounts of regional and district health authorities comprising the four Thames regions.

Note: Expenditure on family practitioner services is excluded: such expenditure is accounted for by family practitioner committees (FPCs) and cannot strictly be attributed to particular regions. However, prior to 1 April 1985 many of the district health authorities within each region had an associated FPC and those authorities' expenditure totals for 1984–85 include small elements relating to FPC administrative expenses which are not separately identifiable.