HC Deb 24 October 1988 vol 139 cc68-71W
Mr. McLoughlin

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will indicate for each health authority in the shire counties the number of people they serve, how much each pays in lieu of rates to the local authority and how much this amounts to per person served by the area.

Mrs. Currie

[holding answer 26 July 1988]: I regret that information precisely as requested is not available. Following is the information held centrally.

District Health Authorities (Non-metropolitan Counties) Resident population mid 1986 Expenditure on contributions in lieu of rates 1986–87
000s Total £000s Per head of resident population £
Cambridge 273.3 1,983 7.3
Darlington 123.9 884 7.1
Preston 125.0 838 6.7
Nottingham 616.4 3,817 6.2
Basildon and Thurrock 281.0 1,425 5.1
Aylesbury Vale 142.5 678 4.8
West Cumbria 136.6 659 4.8
Mid Surrey 167.0 785 4.7
North West Hertfordshire 261.2 1,221 4.7
Peterborough 201.1 911 4.5
Bristol and Weston 364.8 1,579 4.3
Chester 177.7 745 4.2
Kidderminster 100.9 419 4.2
South Tees 291.1 1,230 4.2
Exeter 302.6 1,228 4.1
Hartlepool 90.7 373 4.1
East Surrey 185.3 746 4.0
Hull 306.7 1,232 4.0
North Tees 175.8 710 4.0
North Hertfordshire 186.1 723 3.9
Oxfordshire 539.6 2,052 3.8
Southampton and South West Hants 417.5 1,579 3.8
York 260.5 981 3.8
Lancaster 129.9 479 3.7
Crewe 246.7 876 3.6
Grimsby 159.0 567 3.6
Northumberland 301.0 1,090 3.6
Leicestershire 875.0 3,059 3.5
Tunbridge Wells 195.7 684 3.5
North Devon 131.5 450 3.4
North West Surrey 207.9 717 3.4
Salisbury 123.0 416 3.4
Eastbourne 227.8 759 3.3
East Cumbria 177.4 589 3.3
Frenchay 219.7 728 3.3
Northampton 301.3 983 3.3
East Suffolk 318.4 1,020 3.2
Southern Derbyshire 525.6 1,669 3.2
Swindon 227.7 723 3.2
Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale 229.4 713 3.1
Norwich 465.6 1,431 3.1
Warrington 181.6 570 3.1
Huntingdon 129.8 394 3.0
Mid Essex 287.0 863 3.0
North Lincolnshire 267.7 807 3.0
Basingstoke and North Hants 215.0 615 2.9
Chichester 178.7 497 2.9
Dartford and Gravesham 220.5 638 2.9
North Staffordshire 460.7 1,316 2.9
Central Nottinghamshire 285.1 804 2.8
Macclesfield 178.9 503 2.8
South Cumbria 172.6 483 2.8
Southmead 232.3 661 2.8
South West Durham 153.6 427 2.8
West Berkshire 445.0 1,268 2.8
East Yorkshire 188.9 504 2.7
Great Yarmouth and Waveney 194.9 526 2.7

District Health Authorities (Non-metropolitan counties) Resident population mid 1986 Expenditure on contributions in lieu of rates 1986–87
000s Total £000s Per head of resident population £
Harrogate 134.6 370 2.7
Scarborough 143.3 392 2.7
South Lincolnshire 299.6 796 2.7
South West Surrey 183.6 502 2.7
West Essex 253.8 687 2.7
West Norfolk and Wisbech 184.0 498 2.7
North West Durham 86.1 224 2.6
Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 525.9 1,367 2.6
Worthing 242.0 638 2.6
Bath 396.4 975 2.5
Canterbury 301.0 749 2.5
Gloucester 308.0 772 2.5
South Warwickshire 223.0 557 2.5
West Dorset 196.5 492 2.5
West Suffolk 224.5 553 2.5
Mid Downs 274.1 661 2.4
Plymouth 327.9 802 2.4
South West Hertfordshire 244.7 586 2.4
Torbay 237.0 578 2.4
West Surrey and North East Hampshire 275.6 662 2.4
Bassetlaw 104.9 244 2.3
Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley 270.9 621 2.3
East Berkshire 361.3 823 2.3
North Derbyshire 361.6 818 2.3
Somerset 396.4 916 2.3
South East Staffordshire 252.3 579 2.3
Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde 318.3 709 2.2
Milton Keynes 161.8 359 2.2
Shropshire 392.7 853 2.2
West Lancashire 106.8 240 2.2
East Dorset 441.8 937 2.1
Kettering 253.2 531 2.1
Mid Staffordshire 308.0 657 2.1
Scunthorpe 193.9 400 2.1
South Bedfordshire 275.3 590 2.1
Southend 320.7 687 2.1
Winchester 208.2 444 2.1
Worcester 236.3 487 2.1
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 448.2 916 20
Halton 142.5 291 2.0
Isle of Wight 124.5 254 2.0
North Warwickshire 172.8 367 2.0
Wycombe 271.6 531 2.0
Brighton 297.7 573 1.9
Durham 235.9 459 1.9
Maidstone 195.5 364 1.9
North Bedfordshire 245.6 479 1.9
South East Kent 264.5 512 1.9
East Hertfordshire 293.8 519 1.8
North East Essex 298.7 528 1.8
Bromsgrove and Redditch 164.0 280 1.7
Cheltenham 209.1 332 1.6
Medway 323.8 507 1.6
Hastings 164.2 237 1.4
Herefordshire 153.3 217 1.4
Rugby 85.0 117 1.4
Northallerton 113.2 145 1.3
Chorley and South Ribble 192.8 139 0.7

Sources:

a. Mid year estimates of resident populations—1986 (Office of Population, Censuses and Surveys).

b. Annual accounts of those district health authorities wholly or mainly lying outside London and the metropolitan counties—1986–87, being the latest year for which complete information is available centrally.

Notes to the table

1. The population figures make no allowance for people resident in one locality who receive treatment in others.

2. Expenditure on contributions in lieu of rates by regional health authorities and by family practitioner committees is excluded.

Year (1 Aug-31 July) Nurses and Midwives Doctors and Dentists Ancillary Staff Retail Prices Index (July-July)
Percentage Percentage Percentage
1969–70 20.0 130.0 n.a. 6.7
1970–71 8.5 130.0 219.0 10.1
1971–72 8.0 8.0 210.9 5.8
1972–73 8.0 4.5 217.1 9.4
1973–74 11.0 7.4 217.1 17.1
330.0
1974–75 20.0 35.0 24.9 26.3
1975–76 8.0 2.2 17.3 12.9
1976–77 5.0 2.5 6.5 17.6
1977–78 10.0 10.0 10.0 7.8
1978–79 10.0 25.7 9.0 15.6
1979–80 421.0 510.7 410.6 16.9
14.0 18.7 13.0
1980–81 6.0 6.0 7.8 10.9
1981–82 6.2 6.0 8.7
1982–83 612.3 9.7 4.5 4.2
1983–84 7.5 6.9 4.5 4.5
1984–85 8.6 6.3 4.7 6.9
1985–86 7.8 7.6 6.0 2.4
1986–87 9.5 7.7 5.0 4.4
1987–88 817.9 7.9 75.4 4.8
1The 1969–70 increase of 30 per cent, paid from April 1970, covered the period up to 31 March 1972.
2 Estimated figures.
3Halsbury award of 30 per cent. paid in May 1974.
4Staged Clegg award paid in August 1979 and April 1980.
5Part of 1978–79 Review Body award paid from April 1980.
6Two-year award paid wholly in 1982–83 pay round.
7In addition the standard working week will be reduced by 1 hour wef the week including 12.12.88.
8Figure revised in the light of the regrading outcome; original Review Body estimate 15.3 per cent.