§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will place in the Library copies of the latest annual accounts and financial returns for Northallerton health authority;
(2) if he will list in the Official Report the capital and revenue sums spent on all hospitals in the Northallerton health authority area for each of the past five years.
§ Mr. MellorFigures of revenue and capital expenditure for the Northallerton health authority are shown in the table.
For more detailed information on regional capital spending within the district and for copies of the authority's latest annual accounts and financial returns, which are generally presented to health authorities meeting in public session, I suggest the hon. Member contact the chairman of the Northallerton health authority.
Northallerton Health Authority Revenue expenditure (cash) Capital expenditure (cash) Hospital services Total Total £000 £000 £000 1983–84 8,015 11,498 892 1984–85 8,570 12,426 1,906 1985–86 9,024 13,017 4,650 1986–87 9,690 14,119 2,091 1987–881 10,672 15,848 636 1 Provisional figures (ie as yet subject to audit). Source: Annual financial accounts of Northallerton Health Authority and Yorkshire Regional Health Authority (RHA).
Notes to the table:
- 1. The total expenditure figures include expenditure on hospital, community health and other services.
- 2. The total capital expenditure figures include sums in respect of district schemes recorded in the annual accounts of the Yorkshire RHA most of which relates to hospital services but details are not held centrally.
- 3. Revenue and capital expenditure incurred by Yorkshire RHA for the region as a whole is excluded. Expenditure on family practitioner services which is accounted for by family practitioner committees and cannot strictly be attributed to particular districts is similarly excluded.