§ Mr. Neil HamiltonTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will tabulate in cost terms the expenditure of the Crewe district health authority for each year since 1979.
§ Mrs. CurrieFollowing is information derived from the annual accounts of the Crewe district health authority since its establishment on 1 April 1982:
Revenue Expenditure Capital Expenditure £000 £000 1982–83 30,337 2,436 1983–84 32,185 2,425 1984–85 34,193 3,063 1985–86 36,011 1,264 1986–87 38,619 922 Notes:
1. The figures for capital expenditure include sums in respect of schemes within the district recorded in the annual accounts of the Mersey regional health authority. Revenue and capital expenditure incurred by the latter authority for the region as a whole is excluded.
2. Prior to 1 April 1982 the authority's predecessor health district formed part of the Cheshire area health authority and district based figures were not collected centrally.