asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will publish in the Official Report a breakdown by region of hospital expenditure on administration and medical care separately for the year 1974–75.

Processing of the accounts received for 1974–75 is not yet completed, but provisional figures for that year are shown below. Boards of governors, which are not administered by regional health authorities, have been shown separately, for information. The figures in the column headed "Administration" cover both salaries and other expenses of local administration in hospitals, but exclude expenditure on district, area and regional headquarters. Those under "Medical Care" represent remuneration of medical practitioners in hospitals and exclude the cost of nursing and support services and of medical personnel employed on administrative duties at district, area and regional headquarters.