HC Deb 06 February 2002 vol 379 c1043W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of the departmental expenditure limit in 2001–02 will be accounted for by salary costs and pension contributions. [32006]

Mr. Hutton

The total departmental expenditure limit in 2001–02 is £49.8 billion. The current estimate of the hospital and community health service paybill in 2001–02 is £22.7 billion (45 per cent. of the planned expenditure).

The estimate of the HCHS paybill includes all salary costs—including pension contributions.