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HEALTH

Neurosurgical Consultants

Dr. Brand: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the number of neurosurgical consultants in each NHS region in each of the last 10 years. [110932]

Mr. Denham: The latest available information is shown in the tables.

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Neurosurgical consultants by regional office 1995-1998England at 30 September each year Headcount

	1995	1996	1997	1998
Northern and Yorkshire	20	20	20	20
Trent	10	10	10	10
Anglia and Oxford	10	10	10	10
North Thames	20	20	20	20
South Thames	10	10	10	20
North West	20	20	20	20
South and West	10	20	20	20
West Midlands	10	10	10	10
England	110	120	130	130

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Neurosurgical consultants by regional health authority 1988-1995England at 30 September each year Headcount

	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Northern	10	10	10	0	10	0	10	10
Yorkshire	10	10	0	10	10	10	10	10
Trent	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
East Anglia	0	0	0	10	0	0	10	10
Oxford	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0
NW Thames	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	10
NE Thames	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
SE Thames	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	0
SW Thames	0	10	10	10	0	10	10	10
Mersey	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
North Western	10	10	10	10	20	20	10	10
South Western	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wessex	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
West Midlands	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
England	100	90	100	100	100	100	110	110

Notes:

1. Figures rounded to nearest 10

2. 'O' denotes five or less

3. Regional totals may not equal England total due to rounding and staff working in more than one region

4. The regional structure changed on 1 April 1996, when the regional health authorities were replaced by regional offices. For September 1995, data are available in either format.

Source:

Department of Health Medical and Dental Workforce Census

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Administration Expenditure

Mr. Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the change in central administration spending by his Department in each of the last two years; what is the budgeted change for this year and 2001. [106771]

Ms Stuart: The change in central administration spending by my Department was a reduction of 7.9 per cent. in real terms in 1997-98, from the previous year, and a further 9.9 per cent. reduction in 1998-99. The budgeted changes are a 8.7 per cent. real terms increase for 1999-2000, and a real terms reduction of 6.1 per cent. in 2001-01.

The budgeted administration expenditure in 1999-2000 includes an amount towards the set up costs of the new Food Standards Agency. Excluding this amount, the changes in real terms are:

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Year	Percentage change
1997-98	-7.9
1998-99	-9.9
1999-2000	+3.9
2000-01	-1.7

Capitation Targets

Mr. Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the amount by which each health authority in England is expected to be above or below its capitation target in (a) 1999-2000 and (b) 2000-01, expressed (i) in cash terms and (ii) as a percentage of each authority's expenditure. [112037]

Mr. Denham [holding answer 9 March 2000]: The information requested is shown in the table.

	1999-2000 distance from target		2000-01 distance from target
Health authority	£000	Percentage	£000	Percentage
Avon	-6,924	-1.17	-7,351	-1.15
Barking and Havering	-1,934	-0.75	2,573	0.94
Barnet	4,594	2.25	447	0.20
Barnsley	-4,786	-2.98	-5,379	-3.11
Bedfordshire	-12,427	-3.82	-13,980	-3.98
Berkshire	-15,619	-3.50	-15,847	-3.23
Bexley and Greenwich	14,573	5.31	18,097	6.15
Birmingham	2,656	0.39	4,390	0.60
Bradford	-5,542	-1.77	-3,853	-1.13
Brent and Harrow	9,296	3.09	7,051	2.15
Bromley	-498	-0.27	214	0.11
Buckinghamshire	-9,343	-2.48	-11,999	-2.92
Bury and Rochdale	-3,241	-1.29	-1,049	-0.39
Calderdale and Kirklees	1,619	0.44	-671	-0.17
Cambridge and Huntingdon(2)	-2,663	-1.13	--	--
Cambridgeshire(2)	--	--	-10,687	-2.41
Camden and Islington	6,949	2.22	6,701	1.95
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly	6,454	2.08	5,506	1.65
County Durham	-9,737	-2.31	-8,724	-1.93
Coventry	-7,182	-3.45	-6,172	-2.76
Croydon	-2,556	-1.25	-2,517	-1.14
Doncaster	-276	-0.14	-427	-0.20
Dorset	9,771	2.24	9,035	1.93
Dudley	-1,840	-1.00	-3,044	-1.52
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow	-2,835	-0.59	-133	-0.03
East and North Hertfordshire	-2,118	-0.73	-4,059	-1.28
East Kent	7,108	1.83	11,031	2.67
East Lancashire	-2,389	-0.68	-2,822	-0.74
East London and The City	-24,117	-4.69	-20,945	-3.77
East Norfolk(2)	3,198	0.85	--	--
East Riding	-2,397	-0.66	-159	-0.04
East Surrey	5,013	2.10	5,777	2.25
East Sussex, Brighton and Hove	10,634	2.15	13,072	2.48
Enfield and Haringey	1,731	0.54	1,464	0.42
Gateshead and South Tyneside	-1,954	-0.76	-2,889	-1.05
Gloucestershire	12,408	3.85	10,564	3.05
Herefordshire	61	0.06	-319	-0.30
Hillingdon	658	0.43	-963	-0.58
Isle of Wight	6,326	7.35	6,603	7.16
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster	-27,917	-8.88	-27,876	-8.14
Kingston and Richmond	4,593	2.25	5,795	2.55
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham	-3,567	-0.62	12,253	2.00
Leeds	1,203	0.26	3,114	0.62
Leicestershire	-13,466	-2.54	-16,280	-2.83
Lincolnshire	2,528	0.64	-3,733	-0.88
Liverpool	7,149	2.09	6,603	1.81
Manchester	7,758	2.28	7,498	2.06
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth	9,553	2.31	8,245	1.88
Morecambe Bay	8,671	4.40	7,291	3.43
Newcastle and North Tyneside	1,752	0.53	3,206	0.91
Norfolk(2)	--	--	186	0.04
North and East Devon	5,434	1.84	4,395	1.38
North and Mid Hampshire	3,913	1.36	1,612	0.52
North Cheshire	3,561	1.80	2,200	1.04
North Cumbria	111	0.06	434	0.20
North Derbyshire	-575	-0.25	-1,090	-0.44
North Essex	-3,480	-0.69	-436	-0.08
North Nottinghamshire	-2,849	-1.19	-5,763	-2.21
North Staffordshire	-8,156	-2.62	-5,796	-1.74
North West Anglia(2)	-4,748	-1.86	--	--
North West Lancashire	-1,356	-0.42	54	0.02
North Yorkshire	-1,736	-0.40	-2,462	-0.53
Northamptonshire	4,847	1.51	3,079	0.89
Northumberland	-325	-0.17	-661	-0.31
Nottingham	-10,151	-2.53	-10,245	-2.39
Oxfordshire	-9,569	-2.84	-8,166	-2.24
Portsmouth and South East Hampshire	-917	-0.28	60	0.02
Redbridge and Waltham Forest	13,384	4.72	11,902	3.89
Rotherham	-1,079	-0.67	-1,970	-1.14
Salford and Trafford	6,440	2.13	5,725	1.75
Sandwell	-2,795	-1.34	-2,060	-0.93
Sefton	1,987	1.05	5,688	2.82
Sheffield	5,419	1.50	4,686	1.21
Shropshire	-905	-0.36	-3,616	-1.34
Solihull	1,598	1.32	496	0.38
Somerset	2,866	1.00	1,843	0.59
South and West Devon	6,989	1.86	5,998	1.48
South Cheshire	2,168	0.54	4,007	0.93
South Derbyshire	-7,068	-2.03	-5,958	-1.59
South Essex	-14,809	-3.42	-7,240	-1.57
South Humber	6,625	3.44	4,180	2.01
South Lancashire	4,328	2.38	4,249	2.14
South Staffordshire	2,721	0.85	-508	-0.15
Southampton and South West Hamptonshire	312	0.10	178	0.05
St. Helens and Knowsley	-1,013	-0.43	-2,173	-0.85
Stockport	802	0.46	926	0.49
Suffolk	6,452	1.65	3,950	0.94
Sunderland	-1,530	-0.76	-2,255	-1.04
Tees	-3,681	-0.99	-4,624	-1.15
Wakefield	771	0.37	1,031	0.46
Walsall	-2,093	-1.27	-2,826	-1.58
Warwickshire	7,616	2.66	5,177	1.67
West Hertfordshire	4,980	1.59	1,788	0.53
West Kent	3,636	0.65	5,974	0.99
West Pennine	-4,898	-1.62	-5,594	-1.72
West Surrey	8,531	2.35	10,150	2.65
West Sussex	-3,555	-0.76	-2,609	-0.52
Wigan and Bolton	-12,069	-3.13	-12,351	-2.98
Wiltshire	5,699	1.68	7,725	2.12
Wirral	4,365	2	7,386	3.14
Wolverhampton	-2,351	-1.45	-3,311	-1.89
Worcestershire	5,228	1.75	1,981	0.62

(2) On 1 April 1999 Cambridge and Huntingdon Health Authority, East Norfolk Health Authority and North West Anglia Health Authority merged to form Cambridgeshire Health Authority and Norfolk Health Authority

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