HC Deb 01 February 1972 vol 830 c64W
62. Mr. Leslie Huckfield

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many bad debts resulted from private practice in hospitals in each of the years from 1968 to the present.

Sir K. Joseph

Records of small bills which remain unpaid are not kept centrally. Those over £100 amounted in England to:

Year Number of Cases Total Value
£
1968–69 18 6,066
1969–70 25 6,851
1970–71 32 7,430