§ Hugh BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been spent on the NHS in(a) Yorkshire, (b) North Yorkshire and (c) York at current prices in each year since 1979. [188957]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe information is not collected centrally in the format requested.
The table shows expenditure in Yorkshire at 2002–03 prices, by strategic health authority area, for 1996–1997 to 2002–03, which is the latest year for which figures are available.
Information is not available in the required format prior to 1996–1997, owing to the reorganisation of the National Health Service, it is not possible to provide comparable data prior to that year.
£million Strategic health authority areas North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire West Yorkshire South Yorkshire 1996–97 1,096,213 1,562,719 1,051,131 1997–98 1,080,148 1,489,636 990,486 1998–99 1,145,340 1,566,685 1,050,276 1999–2000 1,274,338 1,764,383 1,234,301 2000–01 1,333,692 1,867,079 1,279,797 2001–02 1,411,497 1,974,656 1,370,042 2002–03 1,487,910 2,194,397 1,490,440 Sources: Audited accounts of the health authorities 1996–97 to 1998–99. Audited summarisation forms of the health authorities 1999–2000 to 2001–02. Audited summarisation forms of the strategic health authorities 2003–03. Audited summarisation schedules of primary care trusts within the health authority areas 2000–01 to 2002–03.