§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 19 April,Official Report, column 640, if he will publish figures for total expenditure on extra-contractual referrals for each year for which figures are available. [27286]
§ Mr. MaloneThe national health service executive's estimates of outturn expenditure on extra-contractual referrals in England is shown in the table. As the data have been collected on a fast-track basis and for management purposes they are not subjected to the normal validation checks and definitions.
Year Estimated total ECR expenditure £ million Estimated ECR expenditure as a percentage of total health authority expenditure Percentage 1992–93 295 1.5 1993–94 350 1.7 1994–95 386 1.8