§ Sandra GidleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the standard spending assessment allocation for social services and the expenditure per head of population in Hampshire was for each year from 1996—97 to date. [155857]
§ Mr. HuttonHampshire's social services standard spending assessment allocations for 1996–97 to 2001–02 are:
£million 1996–97 189.430 1997–98 137.052 1998–99 140.713 1999–2000 145.063 2000–01 153.051 2001–02 160.724 The gross expenditure on social services by Hampshire per head of population from 1996–97 to 1999–2000 is:
£ 1996–97 145.61 1997–98 138.87 1998–99 147.47 1999–20001 160.25 1Provisional Portsmouth and Southampton became unitary authorities in April 1997 and while the 1996–97 figures in the tables include their allocations and expenditure the figures for subsequent years exclude them.