§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how much was paid to the Stationery Office for the copies of the National Health Service annual report 1985 distributed by his Department.
§ Mr. WhitneyThe Department will receive the standard pre-publication discount of 40 per cent. and will pay £9,300.
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) how many staff, and at what Civil Service grades, were involved in preparing the National Health Service annual report 1985;
- (2) when work commenced in his Department on preparing the National Health Service annual report 1985; when the copy went to the printers; and when it was published;
- (3) why his Department made no provision for monitoring the total costs of preparing, promoting and distributing the National Health Service annual report 1985.
§ Mr. Whitney"The Health Service in England—Annual Report 1985" was produced in order to inform the public about the largest of our public services, which forms a major part of the responsibilities of the Secretary of State for Social Services. As such, the production of the report is in the mainstream of the Department's activities, and its preparation and costs are integral to the normal responsibilities of the Department.
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether any outside persons or organisations were involved in preparing the National Health Service annual report 1985; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. WhitneyThe report was prepared entirely within the Department.
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the full printing cost of the print run of the National Health Service annual report 1985.
Number of attendances by private out-patients in NHS hospitals in England Region† 1970 1971 1972 1973 †1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 †1982 1983 1984 Northern 907 1,022 980 873 621 574 528 665 1,213 1,961 3,432 4,806 5,222 5,581 6,808 Yorkshire 1,555 1,624 3,176 3,758 2,457 2,845 2,250 3,259 2,606 5,302 15,930 13,009 9,986 10,832 11,093 Trent 7,348 9,121 8,355 7,944 742 7,849 7,341 7,519 8,999 10,505 12,789 16,767 10,361 8,062 9,575 East Anglian 248 916 741 738 1,262 2,311 2,163 1,089 1,798 2,380 3,031 4,250 4,710 5,179 7,915 North West Thames 12,860 14,168 14,486 10,109 18,045 18,030 22,621 25,015 24,348 26,669 27,914 33,570 27,626 26,324 27,556 North East Thames 13,868 13,768 15,234 14,784 16,522 16,923 16,981 15,914 17,567 23,489 22,691 30,392 34,913 37,879 40,189 South East Thames 12,484 13,692 14,655 8,144 8,037 10,278 10,168 9689 7,966 8,594 8,730 11,319 14,101 16,109 19,445 South West Thames 15,146 18,013 18,602 12,482 3,405 3,605 3,994 3,128 4,287 7,501 5,866 13,300 14,237 14,880 14,753 Wessex 381 1,047 693 834 1,857 2,104 2,629 2,418 2,662 2,807 3,135 3,798 4,465 5,123 6,046 Oxford 3,145 3,339 4,066 4,650 5,128 659 363 439 3,409 6,193 5,904 4,282 5,072 5,637 6,556 South Western 2,143 1,209 1,357 1,910 1,359 1,113 1,704 609 651 1,208 1,937 3,644 3,320 3,559 3,879 West Midlands 2,278 1,258 3,064 4,018 2,903 2,533 2,684 2,844 3,001 4,245 4,907 5,761 6,629 7,795 8,828 Mersey 1,281 2,197 1,865 1,814 2,814 2,106 2,490 3,026 2,993 2,635 3,236 3,141 5,141 6,762 8,561 North Western 4,727 5,376 6,376 7,113 5,776 5,707 5,065 6,504 6,371 7,382 9,074 12,845 14,845 16,535 19,188 Special Health Authorities/Boards of Governors * * * * 7,883 8,406 10,425 22,911 23,138 21,052 19,949 19,917 21,795 20,511 21,073 England 78,371 86,750 93,650 79,171 78,811 85,043 91,406 105,029 111,009 131,923 148,525 180,801 182,423 190,768 211,465 498W
Number of attendances by private day cases in NHS hospitals in England Region† 1970 1971 1972 1973 †1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1081 †1982 1983 1984 Northern * * 1,480 1,538 1,547 1,619 1,665 2,051 2,600 2,037 2,610 2,886 1,236 1,950 2,020 Yorkshire * * 1,480 1,814 3,212 3,875 3,435 3,491 3,837 2,809 3,357 3,644 2,875 3,156 2,793 Trent * * 2,122 2,043 1,659 1,714 2,540 2,091 2,252 2,324 3,147 3,205 2,739 2,864 2,468 East Anglian * * 386 886 742 1,032 1,167 1,215 1,452 1,508 1,484 1,285 1,016 886 815 North West Thames * * 1,322 1,569 1,180 1,399 1,996 1,870 1,934 1,813 2,381 3,293 2,404 2,214 2,273 North East Thames * * 2,854 3,032 2,593 3,092 3,133 2,625 2,418 2,117 2,567 2,668 3,024 2,760 2,444 South East Thames * * 2,071 2,072 1,988 2,398 2,426 1,977 2,392 2,964 3,607 3,514 3,059 3,007 3,140 South West Thames * * 1,299 1,506 1,210 1,286 1,204 1,219 1,727 1,569 2,049 2,137 2,480 2,593 2,112 Wessex * * 1,795 1,536 1,677 1,574 1,977 1,713 1,545 1,554 1,744 1,627 1,587 1,560 1,612
§ Mr. WhitneyThe estimated cost of printing the report was £8,500 including materials.
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many copies of the National Health Service annual report 1984 were printed; how many were distributed free; how many were sold; and how many were left unsold.
§ Mr. WhitneyThree thousand eight hundred and thirty copies of the report were printed, 1,800 were distributed free, and Her Majesty's Stationery Office has no remaining copies of the report.
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many press releases were issued by his Department about the National Health Service annual report 1985; when they were issued; and what was the embargo time.
§ Mr. WhitneyThe press office of the Department issued on the afternoon of 25 November one press release about the National Health Service annual report without embargo.
The figure for 1984 contained in the report, were also given in a statistical bulletin published on 4 October. A press release was issued on 3 October embargoed for 0001 hours the following day. Copies of both releases have been placed in the Library.