HC Deb 28 March 2001 vol 365 c673W
Sandra Gidley

To 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. Hutton

Hampshire'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.