§ Mr. Robin CookTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the cost of catering provisions per patient per day in each regional health authority in each year since 1979, expressed in cash and constant prices.
Hospital costs—average cost of catering provisions per patient day £ cash 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 Northern 1.01 1.10 1.22 1.27 1.30 1.36 1.38 1.43 1.56 Yorkshire 1.00 1.09 1.18 1.26 1.26 1.32 1.33 1.42 1.53 Trent 1.03 1.08 1.16 1.28 1.31 1.35 1.41 1.50 1.59 East Anglia 1.02 1.09 1.17 1.23 1.27 1.33 1.32 1.35 1.46 North West Thames 1.05 1.11 1.21 1.22 1.29 1.37 1.44 1.38 1.51 North East Thames 1.01 1.07 1.17 1.24 1.28 1.33 1.41 1.49 1.58 South East Thames 10.3 1.12 1.21 1.21 1.25 1.36 1.41 1.44 1.62 South West Thames 1.02 1.09 1.16 1.19 1.24 1.30 1.37 1.43 1.55 Wessex 1.02 1.07 1.17 1.23 1.22 1.36 1.43 1.49 1.52 Oxford 1.10 1.20 1.29 1.25 1.30 1.34 1.36 1.53 1.68 South Western 1.00 1.05 1.14 1.21 1.22 1.30 1.31 1.31 1.50 West Midlands 1.00 1.06 1.15 1.22 1.20 1.26 1.28 1.31 1.42 Mersey 1.01 1.07 1.17 1.23 1.20 1.26 1.31 1.33 1.39 North Western 1.01 1.11 1.19 1.26 1.24 1.27 1.29 1.35 1.40 SHAs 1.29 1.34 15.3 1.57 1.64 1.74 1.68 1.89 1.96 England 1.02 1.09 1.18 1.24 1.26 1.32 1.36 1.41 1.52
Hospital costs—average cost of catering provisions per patient day £ at 1989–90 prices 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 Northern 2.02 1.86 1.88 1.83 1.79 1.78 1.72 1.72 1.78 Yorkshire 2.00 1.85 1.82 1.81 1.73 1.73 1.65 1.71 1.75 Trent 2.06 1.83 1.79 1.84 1.80 1.77 1.75 1.80 1.81 East Anglia 2.04 1.85 1.80 1.77 1.75 1.74 1.64 1.62 1.67 North West Thames 2.10 1.88 1.87 1.76 1.77 1.79 1.79 1.66 1.72 North East Thames 2.02 1.81 1.80 1.78 1.76 1.74 1.75 1.79 1.80 South East Thames 2.06 1.90 1.87 1.74 1.72 1.78 1.75 1.73 1.85 South West Thames 2.04 1.85 1.79 1.71 1.70 1.70 1.70 1.72 1.77 Wessex 2.04 1.81 1.80 1.77 1.68 1.78 1.78 1.79 1.73 Oxford 2.20 2.03 1.99 1.80 1.79 1.75 1.69 1.84 1.92 South Western 2.00 1.78 1.76 1.74 1.68 1.70 1.63 1.57 1.71 West Midlands 2.00 1.80 1.77 1.76 1.65 1.65 1.59 1.57 1.62 Mersey 2.02 1.81 1.80 1.77 1.65 1.65 1.63 1.60 1.59 North Western 2.02 1.88 1.84 1.81 1.70 1.66 1.60 1.62 1.60 SHAs 2.59 2.27 2.36 2.26 2.25 2.28 2.09 2.27 2.24 England 2.04 1.85 1.82 1.78 1.73 1.73 1.69 1.69 1.73 Source: The annual costing returns (financial returns for 1987–88) of the district health authorities in England and those of the special health authorities for the London postgraduate teaching hospitals. (Predecessor authorities prior to 1982–83).