Office Equipment

HC Deb 14 January 1994 vol 235 cc329-30W

Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list for 1992–93 and 1991–92 the expenditure on office equipment by(a) regions, (b) districts and (c) trusts.

Mr. Sackville

[holding answer 14 December 1993]: Information on revenue expenditure is shown in the table.

Revenue expenditure on office equipment
	1991–92	1992–93
	£ 000s	£ 000s
Regional Health Authorities	2,767	2,980
District Health Authorities	32,028	30,873
Trusts	4,135	12,725

Note: The figures for 1992–93 are provisional.

Source: The financial returns of regional health authorities, district health authorities and NHS trusts.

Costs have remained roughly static in real terms since 1990–91. The increase in expenditure by National Health Service trusts reflects the increase in their numbers.