§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 5 February,Official Report, column 24, if he will list for each trust in each year since its inception the cost of staff travelling and subsistence, by region. [14887]
§ Mr. Horam[holding answer 12 February 1996]: The information will be placed in the Library.
The figures include expenditure on travelling and subsistence incurred in the delivery of direct patient care, for instance by community nurses. The total expenditure by NHS trusts on travelling and subsistence in 1994–95 was less than 1 per cent. of operating expenses.