asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the expenditure per capita on health service facilities in each of the area health authorities in the Wessex and the South-West Regional Health Authority areas.

The information is as follows:

Area Health Authority	1975–76 revenue expenditure per head of population £
WESSEX REGION
Dorset	74
Hampshire (Teaching)	77
Wiltshire	71
Isle of Wight	80
SOUTH-WESTERN REGION
Avon (Teaching)	99
Cornwall	71
Devon	82
Gloucestershire	68
Somerset	87

Expenditure figures are expressed in terms of the 1975 provisional mid-year estimates of resident population; they are influenced by the incidence of additional expenditure on the provision of facilities for the clinical teaching of medical and dental students.The population figures used take no account of people who are provided with treatment outside their area of residence, nor are they adjusted for differences in the morbidity and age /sex structure of area populations.