§ Mr. Spring:To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost of the national health service per head of population was in each year since 1996–97; and what the estimated cost is for each year from 2003–04 to 2005–06 in (a) each of the English regions and (b) Suffolk. [140701]
§ Mr. Hutton:Available information on the average amount of national health service spending per weighted head for the former English Regions and the Suffolk Health Authority area for 1996–97 to 2001–02 has been placed in the Library. This information is not available in the same format for 2002–03. Information on the average spending per weighted head for the strategic health authorities in 2002–03 has also been placed in the Library, although the Suffolk area cannot be separately identified after 2001–02, along with revenue allocations per weighted head for 2003–04 to 2005–06.