§ Mr. Marlowasked the Secretary of State for Social Services why nearly 30 per cent. of the capital expenditure in the Oxford regional health authority in 1979–80 was committed to professional fees, salaries and wages; and how this compares with comparable private sector capital expenditure schemes.
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§ Sir George Young[pursuant to his reply, 30 April 1981, c. 445]: The percentage of capital expenditure which regional health authorities spend on professional fees, salaries and wages depends to a large extent on the number and size of schemes in progress and the stage which has been reached on each–that is, in planning or under construction. The Department's records of expenditure indicate that in 1979–80 the percentage of capital expenditure which Oxford RHA spent on relevant professional fees, salaries and wages—both "in house" and private consultants—was 18 per cent. This compares with a national average in 1979–80 of 14 per cent. I have no information relating to private sector schemes.