§ Mr. TylerTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the per capita expenditure by each health authority area in each of the last three years for which information is available. [29070]
§ Mr. HoramI refer the hon. Member to the reply my right hon. Friend the Minister for Health gave the hon. Member for Darlington (Mr. Milburn) on 26 May 1994, column305 and the reply my right hon. Friend the then Secretary for Health gave the hon. Member for Darlington on 12 December 1994, column 465, for per capita spend for each district health authority in 1992–93 and 1993–94.
Per capita spend for each district health authority in 1994–95 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 to the former district health authorities.