§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish a table, using PACT data, to show the average expenditure per head on general practitioner prescribed calcium supplements in each regional health authority area for the most recent available period.
§ Mrs. Virginia Bottomley[holding answer 30 April 1991]: The information requested is as follows.
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Regional health authority Cost (£ thousands) List size Cost per head (£) Northern 101,022 3,181,402 0.03 Yorkshire 88,777 3,793,708 0.02 Trent 137,619 4,875,982 0.03 East Anglia 47,045 2,084,700 0.02 North West Thames 102,037 4,137,667 0.02 North East Thames 85,277 4,254,350 0.02 South East Thames 87,379 4,052,797 0.02 South West Thames 88,080 3,222,530 0.03 Wessex 72,937 3,012,328 0.02 Oxford 50,556 2,663,876 0.02
Regional health authority Cost (£ thousands) List size Cost per head (£) South Western 107,547 3,587,414 0.03 West Midlands 146,726 5,468,708 0.03 Mersey 78,575 2,524,886 0.03 North Western 123,458 4,157,513 0.03 Note: For PACT purposes every FHSA within each Region is permanently allocated to one of three quarterly processing cycles. The information provided is based on data relating to the following PACT periods:
- October 1990 to December 1990
- November 1990 to January 1991
- December 1990 to February 1991