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Mr. Lomas
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many health districts there were in England on 1st April 1974; and how many there are at the latest available date.
Mr. Deakins
Two hundred and five and 202 respectively.
Mr. Lomas
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list in the Official Report how many health districts there were in each of the 90 area health authorities in England on 1st April 1974 and at the latest available date.
Mr. Deakins
On 1st April 1974 the number of districts in health areas was as follows:
| Northern region | ||
| Cleveland | … | 3 |
| Cumbria | … | 3 |
| Durham | … | 4 |
| Northumberland | … | 1 |
| Gateshead | … | 1 |
| Newcastle | … | 1 |
| North Tyneside | … | 1 |
| South Tyneside | … | 1 |
| Sunderland | … | 1 |
| Yorkshire region | ||
| Humberside | … | 4 |
| North Yorkshire | … | 4 |
| Bradford | … | 2 |
| Calderdale | … | 1 |
| Kirklees | … | 2 |
| Leeds | … | 2 |
| Wakefield | … | 2 |
| Trent region | ||
| Derbyshire | … | 3 |
| Leicestershire | … | 3 |
| Lincolnshire | … | 2 |
| Nottinghamshire | … | 4 |
| Barnsley | … | 1 |
| Doncaster | … | 1 |
| Rotherham | … | 1 |
| Sheffield | … | 3 |
| East Anglia region | ||
| Cambridgeshire | … | 2 |
| Norfolk | … | 3 |
| Suffolk | … | 2 |
| North-West Thames region | ||
| Bedfordshire | … | 2 |
| Hertfordshire | … | 4 |
| Barnet | … | 2 |
| Brent and Harrow | … | 2 |
| Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow | … | 4 |
| Hillingdon | … | 1 |
| Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster | … | 3 |
| North-East Thames region | ||
| Essex | … | 5 |
| Barking and Havering | … | 2 |
| Camden and Islington | … | 3 |
| City and East London | … | 3 |
| Enfield/Haringey | … | 2 |
| Redbridge and Waltham Forest | … | 2 |
| South-East Thames region | ||
| East Sussex | … | 3 |
| Kent | … | 6 |
| Greenwich and Bexley | … | 2 |
| Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham | … | 4 |
| South-West Thames region | ||
| Surrey | … | 7 |
| West Sussex | … | 3 |
| Croydon | … | 1 |
| Kingston and Richmond | … | 1 |
| Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth | … | 3 |
| Wessex region | ||
| Dorset | … | 2 |
| Hampshire | … | 4 |
| Isle of Wight | … | 1 |
| Wiltshire | … | 3 |
| Oxford region | ||
| Berkshire | … | 2 |
| Buckinghamshire | … | 2 |
| Northamptonshire | … | 2 |
| Oxfordshire | … | 1 |
| South-Western region | ||
| Avon | … | 4 |
| Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | … | 1 |
| Devon | … | 4 |
| Gloucestershire | … | 2 |
| Somerset | … | 2 |
| West Midlands region | ||
| Hereford and Worcester | … | 4 |
| Salop | … | 1 |
| Staffordshire | … | 3 |
| Warwickshire | … | 3 |
| Birmingham | … | 5 |
| Coventry | … | 1 |
| Dudley | … | 1 |
| Sandwell | … | 1 |
| Solihull | … | 1 |
| Walsall | … | 1 |
| Wolverhampton | … | 1 |
| Mersey region | ||
| Cheshire | … | 5 |
| Liverpool | … | 2 |
| St. Helens and Knowsley | … | 1 |
| Sefton | … | 2 |
| Wirral | … | 2 |
| North-Western region | ||
| Lancashire | … | 6 |
| Bolton | … | 1 |
| Bury | … | 1 |
| Manchester | … | 3 |
| Oldham | … | 1 |
| Rochdale | … | 1 |
| Salford | … | 1 |
| Stockport | … | 1 |
| Tameside | … | 1 |
| Trafford | … | 1 |
| Wigan | … | 1 |
- Liverpool 1 district
- Sheffield 2 districts
- Avon 3 districts