§ Mrs. Margaret EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the total cost of the public health laboratory service in each of the last three years.
Total expenditure (cash) 1986–87 1987–88 11988–89 Region Regional health authorities £000 District health authorities £000 Region total £000 Regional health authorities £000 District health authorities £000 Region total £000 Regional health authorities £000 District health authorities £000 Region total £000 Northern 49,249 668,102 717,351 46,185 732,671 778,856 55,691 800,844 856,535 Yorkshire 77,299 740,791 818,089 70,463 812,399 882,862 70,801 905,679 976,480 Trent 79,660 912,306 991,966 73,401 1,011,787 1,085,188 81,274 1,133,256 1,214,530 East Anglian 28,876 393,076 421,952 27,606 434,256 461,862 29,435 491,172 520,607 North West Thames 57,877 786,447 844,324 50,360 866,914 917,274 59,999 1,003,195 1,063,194 North East Thames 72,324 979,681 1,052,005 55,687 1,086,053 1,141,740 76,422 1,223,109 1,299,531 South East Thames 59,634 873,972 933,606 63,769 956,251 1,020,020 66,668 1,064,886 1,131,554 South West Thames 60,254 643,969 704,243 103,166 710,939 814,105 110,282 800,097 910,379 Wessex 62,790 557,361 620,151 55,523 609,274 664,797 56,683 680,977 737,660 Oxford 35,391 431,957 467,346 33,377 486,034 519,411 43,945 545,075 589,020 South Western 53,070 665,359 718,429 41,357 737,832 779,189 45,207 818,652 863,859 West Midlands 106,455 1,058,538 1,164,993 106,307 1,146,550 1,252,857 82,442 1,266,708 1,349,150 Mersey 49,370 541,893 591,264 46,641 593,950 640,591 26,245 663,287 689,532 North Western 84,994 903,031 988,025 88,870 989,569 1,078,438 88,340 1,093,787 1,182,127 TOTAL 877,243 10,156,503 11,033,746 862,712 11,174,480 12,037,192 893,435 12,490,723 13,384,158 1 Provisional figures (as yet subject to audit). Notes:
1. The figures cover total revenue and capital expenditure on all Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS)—including hospital, community health, patient transport (ie ambulance), blood transfusion and other services.
2. Expenditure on family practitioner services (FPS) which is accounted for by family practitioner committees and cannot strictly be assigned to particular regions, is excluded.
3. The figures for regional health authorities include expenditure on services within HCHS which are directly managed by those authorities and expenditure on major capital schemes at district levels within the respective regions.
4. The annual accounts of the special health authorities for the London postgraduate teaching hospitals, which do not form part of the regional structure, record total expenditure on HCHS as follows:
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§ Mr. FreemanThe public health laboratory service board, which is the statutory body with responsibility for running the public health laboratory service in England and Wales has received grants from the Department of Health and the Welsh Office in respect of that responsibility as follows.
£000s Financial year Revenue Capital Total 1986–87 31,083 418 31,501 1987–88 34,898 2,976 37,874 1988–89 37,629 5,013 42,642 The public health laboratory service board also receives funds from the sale of its services.