§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales how much money was received and how much money went uncollected in each of the health authorities in Wales, for services and beds taken up by private patients for each year since May 1979.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsIncome from private resident patients and from private out-patients in 1979–80 and 1980–81 was as follows:
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1979–80 1980–81 £ £ Clwyd 120,119 171,241 Dyfed 63,653 111,636 Gwent 3,219 2,172 Gwynedd 69,631 98,391
1979–80 1980–81 £ £ Mid Glamorgan 11,873 14,247 Powys — — South Glamorgan 41,444 26,473 West Glamorgan 12,683 18,997 Wales 322,622 443,157 Actual income figures for 1981–82 are not yet available centrally, but the estimated income from all private patients is £475,000.
Information about uncollected income from private patients is not separately identified in authorities' annual accounts and is not therefore available centrally.