HC Deb 28 May 1982 vol 24 cc445-7W
Mr. Mike Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish figures showing the changes in hospital current expenditure at constant prices, on inputs other than staff, broken down by convenient categories for 1980 and 1981.

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

The following table shows expenditure on various categories of non-staff expenditure by health authorities in 1980–81. It is not possible to separate expenditure relating to hospitals from community health services in this detail. Expenditure in 1981–82 is not yet available.

Analysis of 1980–81 non-staff revenue expenditure
£
Drugs 185,279,797
Medical Gases 8,365,914
Dressings 37,258,897
Medical and Surgical Equipment—Purchases 180,717,089

expenditure, current and capital, at constant 1978 survey prices for 1979–80 and 1980–81, provisional, as percentages of total covering services for primary care, general and acute hospital and maternity, the elderly and physically handicapped, the mentally handicapped, the mentally ill, children and other.

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

Apart from certain centrally financed services, funds are not allocated centrally to particular programmes. Our estimate of health and local authorities' spending are valid for monitoring broad trends, but not for making close comparisons between individual programmes or between one year and the next. The most readily available figures are at November 1980 prices, and are attached. They are net of charges, and indicate changes in programme shares within an expanding overall total. Figures from 1976–77 presented on the same price base have been included to show the trend across a longer period.

£
Medical and Surgical Equipment—Maintenance Contracts 8,952,807
X-Ray Equipment and Materials
X-Ray Film 27,938,038
X-Ray Equipment and Chemicals 8,296,474
X-Ray Equipment—Maintenance Contracts 5,424,001
Patients' Appliances 46,995,730
Laboratory Equipment—Instruments and Materials 38,769,139
Laboratory Equipment—Maintenance Contracts 3,569,027
Laboratory Services provided by non-NHS Bodies 8,452,809
Occupational and Industrial Therapy Equipment and Materials 4,132,718
Fluoridation Payments to Water Authorities 416,401
Provisions—Purchases 154,172,176
Provisions—Contract catering 977,645
Staff Uniform and Clothing including contracts for making up etc. 23,180,775
Patients' Clothing 14,143,721
Fuel, Light and Power
Coal 19,777,023
Oil 90,749,677

£
Electricity 61,748,013
Gas 50,936,848
Other 1,217,047
Water 16,534,859
Laundry—Equipment and Materials 5,867,691
Laundry—External Contracts 7,176,811
Cleaning—Equipment and Materials 24,758,500
Cleaning—External Contracts 9,638,192
Furniture and Furnishing 18,158,621
Hardware and Crockery 8,820,304
Bedding and Linen 38,836,614
Engineering Maintenance—Equipment and Materials 41,326,488
Engineering Maintenance—External Contracts 43,098,000
Building Maintenance—Equipment and Materials 21,112,417
Building Maintenance—External Contracts 46,977,151
Gardening and Farming—Equipment and Materials 2,611,711
Gardening and Farming—External Contracts 2,808,803
Office Equipment 21,678,852
Printing and Stationery 35,730,113
Postage 13,264,345
Telephones—Rental 22,188,469
Telephones—Other, including calls 21,031,260
Advertising 8,675,749
Transport
Purchase of vehicles 5,606,025
Fuel and Oil 15,464,272
Maintenance—Equipment and Materials 5,428,181
Maintenance—External Contracts 6,615,053
Hire (including Hospital Car Service) 13,039,649
Other 1,239,750
Travelling and Subsistence Expenses 86,454,590
Removal Expenses 11,180,855
Joint User Agreements (Part III NA Act 1948) 4,992,733
Contractual arrangements for Patient Care 28,541,239
Rates 82,206,120
Rent 17,222,676
Patients' allowances 7,835,648
Student bursaries 6,538,868
All other expenses 93,607,799
TOTAL 1,777,740,174

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