Northern Ireland Executive for Health

HL Deb 18 December 2003 vol 655 c166WA

Lord Laird

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What percentage of funds allocated by the Northern Ireland Executive for Health in the last financial year was spent on administration; and what was spent on providing healthcare.[HL437]

Baroness Amos

Of the final funds allocated to the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety for 2002–03, total expenditure on management and administration costs by the four health and social services boards and 19 health and social services trusts amounted to 4.6 per cent. In addition, the department's own administration costs amounted to £36 million. Taken together, therefore, the total percentage of the 2002–03 final allocation spent on administration and management amounted to 6.1 per cent. A further 91.4 per cent was spent on delivery of health and social services and the remaining 2.5 per cent was spent on the provision of an effective fire-fighting, rescue and fire safety service.