§ Mr. ViggersTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much has been spent on private medical care for members of Her Majesty's forces in each of the last five years. [80793]
§ Dr. MoonieExpenditure on the referral of Service personnel to private healthcare providers in each of the last five years is shown in the table:
£million Financial year Cost 1998–99 0.12 1999–2000 0.17 2000–01 0.77 2001–02 4.10 2002–031 2.18 1 As at November 2002 Notes:
The referrals were made to a number of private healthcare providers, under both contractual and ad hoc arrangements. A small number of referrals to private healthcare providers were made by the Army Training and Recruitment Agency in 2000, but no financial information regarding these referrals is available. Some £3K of the expenditure recorded in 2000–01 relates to referrals made by the RAF to local healthcare providers in 2000–01 and 2001–02, but expenditure cannot be separated for each financial year.