§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will give, for each health and social services board and for Northern Ireland as a whole, the expenditure on contractual arrangements for patient care in each year since 1979.
§ Mr. NeedhamThe information requested is as follows:
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Financial year Northern board £ Southern board £ Eastern board £ Western board £ Northern Ireland Total £ 1982–83 2,679 73,281 1,187,942 22,937 1,286,839 1983–84 2,580 110,000 1,509,529 Nil 1,622,109 1984–85 2,649 121,588 1,610,314 Nil 1,734,551