§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give for each year since 1979 the total amount Welsh health authorities have written off as bad debts because of private patients not paying their bills.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThis information has not been collected centrally, but we have arranged for it to be included in the annual accounts of health authorities from 1985–86.
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give for Wales and for each year since 1979 the income received from private patients in National Health Service hospitals (a) in gross terms, (b) revalued by the retail price index and (c) revalued by the National Health Service pay and prices index.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe information requested is shown in the following table:
£000s Gross income Wales Revalued by retail price Index Revalued by NHS pay and prices index 1979–80 323 469 500 1980–81 441 551 535 1981–82 494 554 553 1982–83 478 500 502 1983–84 598 598 598