§ Mr. Maurice Macmillanasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will show the revenue from charges payable under the Road Traffic Act, 1960, and the Road Traffic (Payments for Treatment) (England and Wales) Order, 1968, for the years 1960 to 1968, respectively; and whether he will express these as a percentage of the total cost of medical treatment for road traffic casualties for each of those years.
§ Mr. Maurice Macmillanasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will give the approximate total cost of medical treatment for road traffic casualties for each of the years 1960 to 1968, respectively.
§ Mr. CrossmanThe income received by National Health Service hospitals in England was as follows:
Figures of the total cost of medical treatment for road traffic casualties are not available, but it is estimated that the cost to the hospital service is currently about £10 million a year.
Year £ 1960–61 430,000 1961–62 458,000 1962–63 484,000 1963–64 509,000 1964–65 546,000 1965–66 555,000 1966–67 549,000 1967–68 575,000 1968–69 579,000