Chamber and committees

Question reference: S1W-02849

Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: 29 November 1999
Current status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 13 December 1999

Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list by local authority area, per capita health expenditure in Tayside for each of the past five years.

Answer

Details of NHS expenditure are only available by Health Board or NHS Trust. Health Boards are responsible for the costs of healthcare for their resident population, whether this be spent within its geographical boundaries or in other locations. It is therefore not possible to provide data on a Local Authority basis.

The table below shows per capita health expenditure by Tayside Health Board in the last five years.

Year	Expenditure per capita £
1994-95	806.66
1995-96	831.76
1996-97	861.92
1997-98	889.70
1998-99	937.03

The per capita figures have been calculated using the expenditure figures, as per the audited annual accounts, and the weighted population figures taken from the Scottish Health Service Costs Book for the relevant years.

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