asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what has been the capital expenditure, in total and per head of population, under all headings, in the NHS, in each of the regional health authorities to the latest available date; and what were the figures for each of the the last 10 years.

The capital expenditure in total and per head of population in each regional health authority since 1948 is not available. Comparable information for each regional hospital board and for

						Capital expenditure £ million
Regional Hospital Board						Total to 31st March 1973	1973–74	Total to 31st March 1974	Total to 31st March 1974 by head of 1981 projected population (£)
Newcastle		…	…	…	…	73	13·5	87	28
Leeds	…	…	…	…	…	76	10·9	87	27
Sheffield*		…	…	…	…	102	20·0	122	25
East Anglian		…	…	…	…	42	7·9	50	25
N.W. Metropolitan			…	…	…	85	14·0	99	23
N.E. Metropolitan			…	…	…	72	12·0	84	25
S.E. Metropolitan			…	…	…	63	11·2	74	21
S.W. Metropolitan			…	…	…	65	8·7	74	22
Oxford	…	…	…	…	…	54	9·9	64	28
South Western		…	…	…	…	72	13·2	85	25
Birmingham		…	…	…	…	108	15·9	124	23
Manchester		…	…	…	…	87	13·6	100	22
Liverpool		…	…	…	…	54	7·2	61	27
Wessex*	…	…	…	…	…	47	9·8	56	25
Totals		…	…	…	…	1,000	167·8	1,167	24
Boards of Governors on Teaching Hospitals (England)			…	…	…	224	36·6	261	—
* Includes expenditure on new teaching hospitals at Nottingham and Southampton.

The capital expenditure of regional hospital boards and boards of governors for each of the nine years to 1972–73 is given in table 2.8 of Health and Personal Social Service Statistics for England 1973, and table 2.10 for the 1974 issue. The 1981 population projections for each regional hospital board area are given at table 1.4 of the 1973 issue.