§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 10 July,Official Report, column 237, on advertising costs, if he will publish such information as is available. [37698]
§ Mr. MaloneNo data are available which separately identify advertising expenditure. The available data include information about a range of expenditure such as recruitment advertising, health promotion initiatives and measures to improve local accountability such as the production of annual reports and information about services.
The information available is as follows:
Expenditure which includes advertising by health authorities and NHS trusts in England by region Region 1993–94 £ 1992–93 £ 1991–92 £ 1990–91 £ Northern 1,536,557 1,308,722 1,399,551 1,323,781 Yorkshire 1,686,291 1,854,389 1,546,213 1,859,669 Trent 2,704,686 2,293,997 2,085,979 2,216,819 East Anglian 1,172,152 1,036,682 907,766 1,025,380 North-west Thames 2,498,796 2,194,458 2,207,702 2,486,098 North-east Thames 2,455,868 2,490,538 2,621,400 3,221,808 South-east Thames 2,337,759 2,420,354 2,031,840 2,274,056 South-west Thames ,833,519 1,653,714 1,867,469 2,328,691 Wessex 1,270,588 1,201,590 1,070,856 1,334,230 Oxford 1,666,571 1,611,181 1,363,725 1,811,388 South Western 1,674,348 1,416,404 1,509,019 1,495,296 West Midlands 2,110,235 2,273,185 2,271,774 2,788,696 Mersey 1,016,055 974,966 868,299 881,187 North Western 1,469,480 1,306,521 1,504,003 1,761,767 Special health authorities 633,838 633,378 735,386 784,834 Total England 26,066,743 24,670,079 23,990,982 27,593,700 Source:
1. The annual financial returns of NHS trusts, 1991–92 to 1993–94.
2. The annual financial returns of district and regional health authorities and the special health authorities of the London postgraduate teaching hospitals, 1991–92 to 1993–94.
The annual accounts of district and regional health authorities and the special health authorities of the London postgraduate teaching hospitals 1990–91.
499W
Expenditure which includes advertising by health authorities and NHS trusts in England by region 1994–95 £ Northern and Yorkshire 3,597,713 Trent 3,327,513 Anglia and Oxford 4,263,608 North Thames 8,214,511 South Thames 6,398,960 South and West 4,070,058 West Midlands 3,706,907 North Western 3,310,769 Special health authorities 135,606 Total England 37,025,645 Source:
1. The annual financial returns of NHS trusts.
2. The annual financial returns of district and regional health authorities and the special health authorities of the London postgraduate teaching hospitals.