But the Prime Minister rejected suggestions of a North - South divide, insisting the Government spends «more per head of the population on flood defences in the North than we do in the South». (dailymail.co.uk)
IPPR North analysis of government's spending figures shows that in 2010/11, government spent # 1050 per head of population in London compared to between # 450 and # 550 per person in the three northern regions. (totalpolitics.com)
Even in areas that were funded, the amount per head of population varies wildly, from the equivalent of # 3.52 per adult woman in Cumbria to just 11p in Kent. (politics.co.uk)