Capital And Revenue Expenditure, Shropshire

Mr. Conway
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what was the capital and revenue expenditure by Shropshire health authority and its predecessor authority in 1978–79, 1982–83, 1986–87 and 1991–92;(2) what was the capital and revenue expenditure on family practitioner services in Shropshire in 1978–79, 1982–83, 1986–87 and 1991–92.

Mr. Dorrell
The information requested and derived from annual accounts submitted to the Department for the financial years 1978–79, 1982–83, 1986–87 and 1990–91 (the latest available) is shown in the table. Equivalent information for 1991–92 will be available in the autumn.--
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Sources: Annual accounts of the Shropshire health authority, the West Midlands regional health authority and the Shropshire family health services authority and those of the predecessor health authorities and family practitioner committee (FPC).

Notes:

1. The figures have been expressed at 1991–92 prices by the use of the gross domestic product deflators.

2. The figures for total capital expenditure include costs for schemes within Shropshire which were accounted for by the west Midlands regional health authority (RHA). All expenditure incurred by that RHA for its region as a whole is excluded.

3. Capital expenditure in particular localities tends to vary from year to year mainly reflecting changes in the pattern of capital investment throughout the country.

4. All expenditure on family health services—FHS (formerly family practitioner services)—is essentially regarded as current (i.e. revenue) expenditure. It is not strictly attributable to particular districts and is recorded in annual accounts after the deduction of charges to patients.

5. The FHS figures for 1986–87 and 1990–91 also include the administrative expenses of the Shropshire family health services authority—£268,000 (cash) revenue, and £145,000 (cash) capital, in 1986–87 and £799,000 (cash) revenue, in 1990–91. Prior to 1 April 1985 the Shropshire FPC was associated with the Shropshire district (formerly area) health authority and its administrative costs formed a comparatively small part of the health authority's total expenditure and are not separately identifiable.