§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what estimates she has of the cost of hospital treatment in the Health Service to the victims of road accidents, and of the costs to the health service of long-stay patients who have come into care as a result of road accidents.
§ Dr. OwenThe cost of treatment of road accident casualties is not separately identified in National Health Service accounts, but from the best available information, it is estimated that during the financial year ended 31st March 1975 expenditure on hospital in-patient and out-patient services in England for this type of patient amounted to £23 million.