§ Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list his Department's total expenditure by month in each financial year since 1997–98.
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§ Mr. HuttonThe monthly expenditure by the Department for the period 1 April 1997 to 31 December 2001 is shown in the table.
£000 Month 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 April 3,289,571 3,272,043 3,981,814 4,334,631 4,352,192 May 3,363,658 3,131,688 3,049,401 3,258,726 4,279,585 June 2,902,421 3,304,207 3,568,651 4,288,344 4,795,583 July 3,289,298 3,785,692 3,986,260 3,397,964 3,971,748 August 3,079,196 2,785,252 3,922,629 3,776,939 5,132,307 September 3,425,728 4,758,707 3,617,399 4,522,599 4,247,376 October 3,703,245 3,764,203 3,597,776 3,520,058 4,702,310 November 2,680,109 4,980,046 3,632,962 3,878,473 5,208,304 December 3,624,934 3,819,993 4,375,852 4,623,396 5,604,820 January 3,239,372 3,102,676 3,216,403 3,646,583 — February 3,269,260 3,888,446 3,857,369 4,478,028 — March 3,827,711 4,651,852 4,741,358 5,867,822 — Notes:
1. Figures represent the actual monthly cash expenditure in round £000.
2. Figures are shown gross of income receipts.