NHS Trusts (Hansard, 28 November 2001)

§ Mr. Bercow
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the performance of NHS trusts in(a) 2000–01 and (b) 2001–02 in meeting their responsibility to break even on an income and expenditure basis. [16955]

§ Mr. Hutton
The annual accounts for national health service trusts in 2000–01 show no trust reporting a failure in its statutory duty to break even on an income and expenditure basis taking one year with another.
The 2001–02 annual accounts will not be received until the autumn of 2002. However, expectation is that all NHS trusts will meet the duty.

§ Mr. Bercow
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on NHS trusts' planned costs for(a) 2001–02, (b) 2002–03 and (c) 2003–04. [16957]

§ Mr. Hutton
The planned expenditure of national health service trusts for financial year 2001–02 is circa £30.3 billion.
Information on the planned costs of NHS trusts in financial years 2002–03 and 2003–04 will be collected as part of the normal planning cycle for the NHS. Information such as this will normally be available in May/June of the financial year concerned.