§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will give, for each year since 1970 and for each health and social services board, the number of attendances by (a) private outpatients, (b) private day cases and (c) private regular day cases.
§ Mr. NeedhamThis information could be obtained only at a disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will give, for each health and social services board in 1984–85, the total expenditure on hospital catering, the total expenditure on services provided to hospitals by private catering companies, the latter figure as a percentage of the former and the difference between that percentage and the percentage in the previous year.
§ Mr. NeedhamThe information is as follows:
hospitals by private laundry companies, the latter figure as a percentage of the former and the difference between that percentage and the percentage in the previous year.
§ Mr. NeedhamThe information is as follows:
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Health and social services board Total expenditure in 1984–85 on hospital laundry Expenditure in 1984–85 on services provided by private laundry companies Difference between 1983–84 percentage and 1984–85 percentage £ £ per cent of Total Northern 1,096,330 242,869 22.15 -3.38 Southern 1,131,170 Nil 0 Nil Eastern 3,301,521 54,296 1.64 +.55 Western 871,516 25,375 2.91 +1.13 All boards 6,400,537 322,540 5.04 +.18
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will give, for each health and social services board in 1984–85, the total expenditure on hospital cleaning, the total expenditure on services provided to
Health and social services board Total expenditure in 1984–85 on hospital cleaning Expenditure in 1984–85 on services provided by private cleaning companies Diference between 1983–84 percentage and 1984–85 percentage £ £ per cent of Total Northern 2,164,328 12,089 .55 +.06 Southern 2,505,472 17,000 .68 -.02 Eastern 7,857,740 108,848 1.38 +.5 Western 2,501,986 27,927 1.1 +.6 All boards 15,029,526 165,864 1.1 +.37