[holding answer 4 June 2007]: Information about the spending per head of population on mental health in each local district in 2007-08 is not available. Details of total planned investment, and of overall investment per head, in each strategic health authority (SHA) from 2003-04 to 2005-06 is shown in the following tables. Data are not available prior to 2003-04, and data for 2006-07 have not yet been published.
Primary care trusts (PCTs), together with their SHAs and other local stakeholders, should determine their future spending plans from their own allocated funds when commissioning services to meet the mental heath and other healthcare needs of their local populations. Funding allocations for mental health are included in the needs element of the weighted-capitation formula, the needs adjustment part of which was examined in a major review of the formula prior to the 2003-04 to 2005-06 revenue allocations to PCTs.
The review was overseen by the Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation, and the results were published in the Allocation of Resources to English Areas report. A copy of the report is available in the Library.
SHA Total investment (£000) Overall investment per head (£) North Central London 234,380 207 South East London 260,590 204 South West London 166,496 185 North West London 275,728 174 Surrey and Sussex 212,414 173 Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 192,256 168 Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire 184,947 166 Dorset and Somerset 93,656 164 Hampshire and Isle of Wight 155,116 157 Essex 134,130 155 South West Peninsula 126,243 154 West Yorkshire 224,289 154 North East London 231,272 152 Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland 134,663 149 West Midlands South 129,479 146 Northumberland, Tyne and Wear 147,234 145 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 132,985 145 Cumbria and Lancashire 177,823 144 Cheshire and Merseyside 241,707 142 Birmingham and The Black Country 252,558 141 County Durham and Tees Valley 113,848 139 North and East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire 123,498 136 Shropshire and Staffordshire 117,419 135 South Yorkshire 118,112 134 Thames Valley 156,705 134 Trent 199,112 130 Greater Manchester 252,233 128 Kent and Medway 114,884 128 Total investment and average investment per head 4,903,776 153 Source: Mental Health Strategies, 2005-06 National Survey of Investment in Mental Health Services
SHA Total investment (£000) Overall investment per head (£) North Central London 213,890 189 South East London 237,073 186 North West London 279,702 176 Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 186,763 163 South West London 145,856 162 Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire 169,551 152 Surrey and Sussex 182,701 149 Dorset and Somerset 83,813 147 West Yorkshire 210,400 144 Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland 129,099 143 Essex 121,542 140 South West Peninsula 114,254 140 Hampshire and Isle of Wight 127,362 139 Cumbria and Lancashire 168,747 137 West Midlands South 120,924 137 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 125,132 136 Northumberland, Tyne and Wear 131,681 130 Cheshire and Merseyside 248,920 130 Shropshire and Staffordshire 111,052 127 County Durham and Tees Valley 103,908 127 North East London 193,999 127 Trent 192,412 126 Thames Valley 142,925 122 Greater Manchester 213,158 122 South Yorkshire 105,328 120 Birmingham and The Black Country 212,163 119 North and East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire 103,499 114 Kent and Medway 98,006 109 Total investment and average investment per head 4,473,860 140 Source: Mental Health Strategies, 2004-05 National Survey of Investment in Mental Health Services
SHA Total investment (£000) Overall investment per head (£) South East London 217,402 170 North West London 245,403 155 South West London 138,815 154 North Central London 170,792 151 Essex 125,046 144 Surrey and Sussex 178,506 140 Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 152,490 133 South West Peninsula 107,813 132 Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire 142,268 127 Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland 114,758 127 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 115,988 126 Northumberland, Tyne and Wear 124,717 123 West Midlands South 108,531 123 Hampshire and Isle of Wight 113,134 120 Somerset and Dorset 68,195 119 Thames Valley 139,097 119 West Yorkshire 170,642 117 Cumbria and Lancashire 141,391 115 Shropshire and Staffordshire 94,026 108 Birmingham and The Black Country 192,721 108 County Durham and Tees Valley 87,130 107 Kent and Medway 94,945 106 Greater Manchester 185,402 106 Cheshire and Merseyside 203,623 106 North East London 154,353 101 South Yorkshire 87,210 99 North and East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire 88,348 98 Trent 147,746 97 Total investment and average investment per head 3,910,506 122 Source: Mental Health Strategies, 2003-04 National Survey of Investment in Mental Health Services