§ Mr. WatersonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average amount of NHS spending was per head in(a) England, (b) the South-East, (c) East Sussex and (d) Eastbourne, in each of the last five years. [87592]
§ Mr. HuttonInformation on the average amount of national health service spending per weighted head of population in the East Sussex, Brighton and Hove Health Authority area, the South Eastern Region and in England is shown in the table. Information is not held centrally for East Sussex or Eastbourne.
283WS3. Expenditure is taken from audited health authority and primary care trust summarisation forms which are prepared on a resource basis and therefore differ from cash allocations in the year. The expenditure is the total expenditure by the health authority and by the primary care trusts within the health authority and region area. The majority of General Dental Services expenditure is not included in the health authority or primary care trust summarisation forms and is separately accounted for by the Dental Practice Board. An element of pharmaceutical services expenditure is accounted for by the Prescription Pricing Authority and not by health authorities.
4. Health authorities and primary care trusts should account for their expenditure on a gross basis. This results in an element of double counting in 2000–01 and 2001–02 where one body acts as the main commissioner and is then reimbursed by other bodies. This element cannot be identified in 2000–01 but has been removed in 2001–02 following the submission of the relevant information.
Sources:
Health authority annual accounts 1997–98 to 1999–2000
Health authority summarisation forms 2000–01 to 2001–02
Primary care trust summarisation schedules 2000–01 to 2001–02
Weighted population figures for 1997–98 to 2001–02