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NHS: Finance

Volume 477: debated on Monday 16 June 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much NHS funding was provided per capita in (a) Suffolk and (b) England in each of the last five years. (209351)

Information in the exact format requested is not collected in the audited accounts but can be derived from other information held centrally.

The following table shows the revenue resource limits (RRLs) per capita for Suffolk and England, for the years 2002-03 to 2006-07, which are the latest years for which these data are available by individual health body.

£ per head

Suffolk1

England2

2002-03

3786.04

959.39

2003-04

855.91

1,075.42

2004-05

981.09

1,228.80

2005-06

1,020.67

1,325.87

2006-07

1,091.88

1,397.55

1 Figures for Suffolk—RRL data for 2002-03 to 2006-07 relate to all PCTs in Suffolk and take account of any adjustments made to initial allocations, including both topslice and repayment of topslice.

2 England: RRL data for 2002-03 to 2006-07 relate to all health authorities and PCTs.

3 As 2002-03 population figures were not available we have used 2001-02 population data as a proxy.

Note:

The figures represent expenditure by the particular commissioners within the areas specified. This does not include all health related expenditure as pharmaceutical services and most general dental services expenditure is not accounted for by commissioners.

Sources:

Audited primary care trust (PCT) summarisation schedules 2002-03 to 2006-07

Unweighted population figures Department of Health Allocations Branch