HC Deb 25 February 1991 vol 186 cc355-6W
Mr. Robin Cook

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the average expenditure per day per patient, in cash and constant prices, for food provisions for hospital in-patients in each year since 1980.

Mr. Dorrell

[holding answer 28 January 1991]The information requested for the financial years 1980–81 to 1988–89 (the latest available) is shown in the table.

Hospital costs—England—average costs of catering provisions per patient day
Year £ £
(cash) (at 1988–89 prices)
1980–81 1.09 1.56
1981–82 1.18 1.55
1982–83 1.24 1.54
1983–84 1.26 1.50
1984–85 1.32 1.50
1985–86 1.36 1.50
1986–87 1.41 1.50
1987–88 1.49 1.55
1988–89 1.56 1.56

Total revenue expenditure on hospital and community health services (HCHS)
£000 (cash)
Regions 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85
Northern 337,996 437,025 482,670 520,838 553,996 586,852
Yorkshire 380,746 494,198 547,802 583,406 619,586 657,579
Trent 449,348 585,409 646,945 696,746 742,437 795,285
East Anglian 188,939 244,605 269,169 288,951 312,485 335,302
North West Thames 450,636 580,117 649,984 633,215 665,435 701,170
North East Thames 488,198 636,251 700,172 800,677 841,130 881,326
South East Thames 471,151 603,001 662,702 700,421 739,438 772,108
South West Thames 361,292 465,365 515,008 530,393 559,102 586,260
Wessex 271,164 349,377 389,027 418,407 449,145 482,636
Oxford 223,651 285,343 313,135 334,669 352,838 381,948
South Western 332,137 426,839 474,291 507,281 540,430 571,018
West Midlands 532,172 681,869 751,667 809,722 861,251 919,255
Mersey 287,489 368,928 407,417 436,241 456,590 483,314
North Western 463,250 603,630 679,828 729,550 769,183 814,490
Regions Total 5,238,169 6,761,957 7,489,817 7,990,517 8,463,046 8,968,543
SHAs 94,751 123,474 140,168 150,712 162,311 166,311
England 5,332,920 6,885,431 7,629,985 8,141,229 8,625,357 9,134,854

£000 (cash)
1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
Regions
Northern 620,085 664,666 726,424 802,662 862,403
Yorkshire 699,526 748,109 817,426 901,280 971,646
Trent 843,156 914,488 1,009,393 1,121,344 1,211,905
East Anglian 358,247 389,423 431,278 487,095 528,194
North West Thames 728,848 777,781 832,775 945,712 1,024,712
North East Thames 914,188 976,100 1,048,946 1,178,457 1,276,820
South East Thames 807,525 857,088 928,872 1,039,270 1,115,590
South West Thames 608,276 650,071 744,435 829,204 903,224
Wessex 506,941 549,152 599,818 671,018 724,776
Oxford 402,374 433,809 478,889 537,279 587,380
South Western 603,266 650,026 710,039 788,652 852,097
West Midlands 973,915 1,049,734 1,149,328 1,266,424 1,381,172
Mersey 507,924 542,821 589,166 647,160 699,483
North Western 860,336 922,352 1,002,641 1,104,796 1,174,578
Regions Total 9,434,607 10,125,620 11,069,430 12,320,353 13,313,980
SHAs 174,792 191,546 207,281 234,692 259,397
England 9,609,399 10,317,166 11,276,711 12,555,045 13,573,377

Source:

The annual costing returns (financial returns for 1987–88 and 1988–89) of the district health authorities in England and those of the special health authorities for the London postgraduate teaching hospitals. (Predecessor authorities prior to 1982–83).

Note: The figures have been expressed at 1988–89 prices by the use of the provisions purchases sub-index of the health services prices index.