§ Mr. Andrew GeorgeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what levels of spending on health per head of population were in each health authority area in each year since 1998–99, calculated on the same basis as used in his answer of 19 October 1999,Official Report, columns 473–75W. [146726]
§ Mr. DenhamLevels of spending on health per head of the population for 1999–2000 in each health authority area are given in the table.
Figures for 2000–01 are not yet available.
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England—expenditure by head of population (by health authority), 1999–2000 Health authority £ Avon 698.15 Barking and Havering 799.37 Barnet 747.25 Barnsley 774.34 Bedfordshire 657.62 Berkshire 645.83 Bexley and Greenwich 815.06 Birmingham 830.78 Bradford 767.95 Brent and Harrow 857.03 Bromley 920.09 Buckinghamshire 609.95 Bury and Rochdale 737.38 Calderdale and Kirklees 700.40 Cambridgeshire 670.28 Camden and Islington 1,212.95 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 757.66 County Durham 760.30 Coventry 811.57 Croydon 704.70 Doncaster 885.35 Dorset 747.21 Dudley 750.26 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 860.41 East and North Hertfordshire 686.03 East Kent 754.82 East Lancashire 794.35 East London and The City 1,091.58 East Riding 724.75 East Surrey 791.72 East Sussex, Brighton and Hove 848.70 Enfield and Haringey 754.13 Gateshead and South Tyneside 845.73 Gloucestershire 685.18 Herefordshire 824.83 Hillingdon 712.10 Isle of Wight 833.25 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 1,048.08 Kingston and Richmond 758.81 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 984.13
England—expenditure by head of population (by health authority), 1999–2000 Health authority £ Leeds 843.77 Leicestershire 688.98 Lincolnshire 745.55 Liverpool 989.40 Manchester 1,003.16 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 913.11 Morecambe Bay 1,049.86 Newcastle and North Tyneside 894.89 Norfolk 712.36 North and East Devon 720,80 North and Mid Hampshire 602.92 North Cheshire 750.52 North Cumbria 762.81 North Derbyshire 685.27 North Essex 688.76 North Nottinghamshire 706.29 North Staffordshire 742.17 North West Lancashire 807.54 North Yorkshire 709.21 Northamptonshire 636.08 Northumberland 855.96 Nottingham 765.61 Oxfordshire 650.05 Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 668.15 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 758.38 Rotherham 716.74 Salford and Trafford 849.16 Sandwell 827.70 Sefton 785.38 Sheffield 1,008.48 Shropshire 674.72 Solihull 662.84 Somerset 668.84 South and West Devon 748.98 South Cheshire 705.51 South Derbyshire 687.05 South Essex 698.92 South Humber 784.76 South Lancashire 693.89 South Staffordshire 639.74 Southampton and South West Hampshire 708.89 St. Helens and Knowsley 777.56 Stockport 706.02 Suffolk 668.15 Sunderland 770.91 Tees 823.22 Wakefield 781.28 Walsall 748.72 Warwickshire 681.17 West Hertfordshire 705.79 West Kent 713.34 West Pennine 705.55 West Surrey 707.74 West Sussex 722.04 Wigan and Bolton 707.32 Wiltshire 696.83 Wirral 780.50 Wolverhampton 763.63 Worcestershire 652.87 England—before national adjustment for drugs and GDS 761.14 England—after national adjustment for drugs and GDS 797.14 Notes:
1.An element of drugs expenditure has been accounted for by the Prescription Pricing Authority rather than individual health authorities. Also the majority of General Dental Service expenditure is not available by health authority. A total national position is shown including these two elements.
2.These figures are not comparable between years or between health authorities as a result of changes in accounting practice and other technical accounting differences.
330W3.The expenditure per head of the resident population does not provide the best comparison between health authorities. Recent Parliamentary Questions have been answered in terms of expenditure per weighted head of population where the crude population figures have been modified to take into consideration the health needs of the population. This agrees with the methodology used for the weighted capitation formula which is used to inform health authority allocations.
4.Figures for the expenditure per weighted head of population for 1999–2000 have been placed in the Library.
Source:
Health Authority summarisation forMs for 1999–2000
Mid-year population estimates for 1999 (which are not comparable with weighted population figures)