§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will set out by NHS region, health authority and984W NHS trust the (a) number of out-of-area patients treated and (b) cost of out-of-area treatments in each of the last four years for which information is available. [21005]
§ Mr. Hutton[holding answer 10 December 2001]: Information on the cost of out-of-area treatments has been placed in the Library. The information on patient numbers is not available centrally.
The out-of-area treatment adjustment was introduced in 1999–2000. Information is therefore available only for the three years 1999–2000 to 2001–02.