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Weighted Capitation Formula

Volume 324: debated on Thursday 28 January 1999

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Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list for each health authority the average wage according to the market forces staff factor of the weighted capitation formula. [66095]

Mr. Denham

The table gives average wages for health authorities compiled from the source data used to calculate the staff market forces factor.In calculating the staff market forces factor, the data are adjusted in two ways. First, to isolate the effect of geographical location from other factors, for example gender and occupation; and secondly, to reflect the location of the National Health Service trusts from which the health authorities commission their services.There is to be a wide ranging review of the formula used to make cash allocations to health authorities and primary care groups.

£
Health authorityAverage wage over three years, 1995–97
East London and the City501.61
Camden and Islington482.56
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster478.61
Bedfordshire464.66
Hillingdon461.94
Brent and Harrow438.73
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham429.58
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow427.70
Berkshire419.20
Kingston and Richmond414.94
East Surrey409.65
West Surrey409.65
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth386.31
Buckinghamshire384.60
East and North Hertfordshire379.81
West Hertfordshire379.81
Croydon365.90
West Sussex362.08
Bexley and Greenwich360.84
Barking and Havering358.55
Enfield and Haringey356.07
Wiltshire351.05
North Cheshire350.53
South Cheshire350.53
Stockport350.53
North and Mid Hampshire347.66
Portsmouth and South East Hampshire347.66
£
Health authorityAverage wage over three years, 1995–97
Southampton and South West Hampshire347.66
North Essex346.19
South Essex346.19
Oxfordshire346.03
Gloucestershire346.03
Avon345.87
Cambridge and Huntingdon345.53
Barnet342.43
Bromley335.10
Redbridge and Waltham Forest331.72
Birmingham328.68
Dudley328.68
Sandwell328.68
Solihull328.68
Walsall328.68
Wolverhampton328.68
Northamptonshire327.09
East Kent326.59
West Kent326.59
Coventry326.43
Warwickshire326.43
Tees324.84
Manchester323.67
Salford and Trafford323.67
West Pennine323.67
Liverpool320.66
Sefton320.66
St. Helen's and Knowsley320.66
Wirral320.66
Dorset317.94
North Derbyshire317.08
South Derbyshire317.08
Leicestershire314.54
Bradford312.95
Calderdale and Kirklees312.95
Leeds312.95
Wakefield312.95
East Riding309.49
South Humber309.49
Gateshead and South Tyneside306.20
Newcastle and North Tyneside306.20
Sunderland306.20
Bury and Rochdale305.37
East Lancashire305.37
North West Lancashire305.37
South Lancashire305.37
Wigan and Bolton305.37
East Sussex, Brighton and Hove304.99
Suffolk304.31
North Nottinghamshire303.21
Nottingham303.21
Somerset302.94
North Yorkshire298.71
North Cumbria298.54
Morecambe Bay298.54
North Staffordshire297.84
South Staffordshire297.84
East Norfolk297.35
North West Anglia297.35
Lincolnshire297.26
Barnsley295.99
Doncaster295.99
Rotherham295.99
Sheffield295.99
Herefordshire295.69
Worcestershire295.69
County Durham294.87
Shropshire289.21
Northumberland282.57
North and East Devon282.30
£
Health authorityAverage wage over three years, 1995–97
South and West Devon282.30
Isle of Wight281.71
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly260.86

Notes:

1. The figures are derived from the New Earnings Survey Panel Data Set supplied by the Office for National Statistics, rearranged by health authority area. They represent gross weekly earnings of full-time employees aged 16 to 70 in the private sector whose pay was not affected by absence.

2. The three year average is used to be consistent with the convention used when calculating the staff market forces factor.