§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how much money was received in total by the NHS from NHS patients paying for accommodation in single rooms or small wards in 1988–89, 1990–91 and 1992–93; what was the estimated average charge for such accommoda-tion; and how many people paid such a charge in each of those years.
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§ Mr. SackvilleThe figures requested on income are shown in the table. Information on the number of people paying such charges are held locally. Therefore, estimated average charges are not known. Income of this sort enables hospitals to improve services for all patients.
Income from amenity beds Year Sum received £ 1988–89 764,276 1990–91 1,260,313 1992–93 1,776,185 Source: Annual accounts and receipts and payments returns for regional health authorities, district health authorities and London postgraduate special health authorities.
Notes:
1. Figures for 1988–89 and 1990–91 were obtained from the annual accounts of health authorities. The figures for 1992–93 were only separately identifiable in the receipts and payments returns. The figures for 1992–93 are not, therefore, directly comparable with those for the earlier years.
2. Amenity bed income received by national health service trusts has been omitted as it is not separately identified from private patient in annual accounts.