§ Mr. WicksTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will detail for each financial year since 1990–91 the resource allocation, per head of population, for each health district in the old South West Thames region.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe per capita spend for 1990–91, 1991–92 and 1992–93 is shown in the table. Comparisons of those 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. Those differences feature in the formulae used to inform the main allocations made to district health authorities. Thirdly, before 1991–92, DHAs were funded for their catchment populations and not for their resident populations.
District health authority 1990–91 (£) 1991–92 (£) 1992–93 (£) North West Surrey 278 341 369 West Surrey 182 268 285 South West Surrey 346 361 359 Mid Surrey 396 372 407 East Surrey 361 379 402 Chichester 266 336 377 Mid Downs 233 305 314 Worthing 229 332 355 Croydon 280 342 365 Kingston and Esher 325 373 407 Richmond and Twickenham 237 413 425 Wandsworth 702 534 569 Merton and Sutton 279 386 410 Source: Expenditure - 1992–93 annual accounts of health authorities (England)
Population - Mid year population estimates.
Figures for 1993–94 and 1994–95 are not yet available.