Mr. Ben Chapman: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what per capita spending on health was in Wirral, South in(a) 1997, (b) 2001 and (c) the last year for which figures are available. [222681]Miss Melanie Johnson: Expenditure based on individual constituencies is not available. The expenditure per capita on health inWirral Health Authority area and Cheshire and Merseyside Strategic Health Authority area is shown in the table.£ per head_________________________________________________________________________________________________.Wirral Health Authority area Cheshire and Merseyside Strategic HealthAuthority area1997-98 557.21 n/a2001-02 872.21 n/a2003-04 n/a 1,063.39_________________________________________________________________________________________________.Notes: 1. Expenditure is taken from audited health authority summarisation forms and primary care trust summarisation scheduleswhich are prepared on a resource basis and therefore differ from cash allocations in the year. Figures are given in cash terms. 2.Allocations per weighted head of population provide a much more reliable measure to identify differences between funding of healthauthorities and primary care trusts. 3. Figures for 1997-98 and 2001-02 have been prepared using gross expenditure figures. Figuresfor 2003-04 have been adjusted to eliminate expenditure which would be double counted where an authority acts as a lead incommissioning healthcare or other services. Sources: 1. Wirral Health Authority audited accounts 1997-98. 2. Wirral Health Authorityaudited summarisation forms 2001-02. 3. Cheshire and Merseyside Strategic Health Authority audited summarisation forms 2003-04. 4.Primary care trust audited summarisation schedules 2001-02 and 2003-04 for bodies within the above health authority areas. 5.Weighted population figures.