asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list for each year since 1974–75 for the Peterborough health district (a) the revenue allocation in actual and real terms compared to 1974–75, (b) the capital allocation in actual and real terms compared with 1974–75,(c) the number of in-patient cases treated, (d) the number of out-patient cases treated, (e) the total number of staff employed, (f) the number of doctors employed and (g) the number of nurses and midwives employed.
The information we have available on (a) is as follows. Figures up to 1982 are not directly comparable with those from 1982 onwards because on 1 April 1982 Peterborough health district, formerly part of Cambridgeshire area health authority, became a health authority in its own right and there were some minor boundary changes.
Peterborough District Health Area
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Revenue Expenditure
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(£ million cash)
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*1983–84 prices
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| 1974–75 | 6·5 | 19·9 |
| 1975–76 | 9·1 | 22·1 |
| 1976–77 | 10·6 | 22·7 |
| 1977–78 | 12·3 | 23·3 |
| 1978–79 | 14·2 | 24·2 |
| 1979–80 | 17·6 | 25·7 |
| 1980–81 | 23·3 | 28·7 |
| 1981–82 | 26·7 | 29·8 |
| 1982–83 | 27·9 | 29·2 |
| 1983–84 | 29·9 | 29·9 |
| 1984–85 | 32·0 | 30·6 |
* The figures have been calculated using the gross domestic product deflators. | ||
We do not have the information requested in (b) available centrally. But in any case it would not be very meaningful because capital expenditure at district level fluctuates from year to year depending on whether schemes in the district have been included in the regional capital programme. My hon. Friend may like to approach the East Anglian regional health authority direct for detailed information:
The information requested in (c) and (d) is as follows:
NHS Hospitals, Peterborough District Health Authority*
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In-patient cases
| Day cases
| Total out-patient attendances
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| 1974 | 22,338 | 1,355 | 143,371 |
| 1975† | 21,266 | 1,750 | 136,196 |
| 1976 | 23,247 | 2,228 | 140,291 |
| 1977 | 23,522 | 2,341 | 146,374 |
| 1978 | 23,289 | 2,454 | 149,317 |
| 1979† | 24,348 | 2,661 | 153,505 |
| 1980 | 27,448 | 3,168 | 158,369 |
| 1981 | 28,860 | 3,916 | 163,471 |
| 1982† | 28,654 | 3,845 | 163,196 |
| 1983 | 29,688 | 3,556 | 165,515 |
| 1984‡ | 30,250 | 3,851 | 169,067 |
* Peterborough Health District prior to 1 April 1982. | |||
† Activity levels in the years 1975, 1979, 1982 were in general affected by industrial action in the health service. | |||
‡ Provisional. | |||
We do not have information readily available on (e), (f) and (g) and my hon. Friend may also wish to contact the Regional Health Authority about this.