Rt Hon Sir John Whittingdale OBE MP

Member of Parliament for Maldon

Primary care per capita costs

Mr Whittingdale: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much Mid Essex Primary Care Trust received per capita in the latest period for which figures are available; [79233]

(2) what the average level of per capita funding for primary care trusts in England was in the latest period for which figures are available; [79234]

(3) which 10 primary care trusts received the (a) highest and (b) lowest level of per capita funding in the latest period for which figures are available. [79235]

Mr Simon Burns: Mid Essex Primary Care Trust (PCT) received funding of £1,399 per capita in the 2011-12 PCT revenue allocations compared to the national average of £1,693.

The 10 PCTs with the highest and lowest per capita funding for 2011-12 are shown in the following table.

2011-12 total revenue allocations per head (1)
  £

Highest

 

Islington PCT

2,350

Newham PCT

2,320

City and Hackney Teaching PCT

2,275

Knowsley PCX

2,246

Liverpool PCT

2,200

Hammersmith and Fulham PCT

2,180

Blackpool PCT

2,128

Tower Hamlets PCT

2,116

Brent Teaching PCT

2,101

Lambeth PCT

2,074

   

Lowest

 

Berkshire West PCT

1,367

South Gloucestershire. PCT

1,370

Mid Essex PCT

1,399

Leicestershire County and Rutland PCT

1,403

Buckinghamshire PCT

1,407

Bedfordshire PCT

1,431

Oxfordshire PCT

1,439

Cambridgeshire PCT

1,445

Berkshire East PCT

1,451

Kingston PCT

1,458