§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the per capita spending figure for each(a) district health authority and (b) family health services authority in each of the last four years.
§ Mr. SackvilleI refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave the hon. Member for Don Valley (Mr. Redmond) on 7 December 1992 at columns513–18, and to the reply the then Minister for Health, my right hon. Friend the Member for Peterborough (Dr. Mawhinney), gave him on 26 May at column 305. The per capita spend for district health authorities and family health services authorities for 1991–92 and 1993–94 will be placed in the Library.
Comparisons of these per capita spend figures need to be treated with caution. First, not all the expenditure covered arises from population-related activities. Secondly, crude populations do not reflect differences in age structure or relative health care need. These differences feature in the formulae used to inform the main allocations made to DHAs.