§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give for each year since 1979 the percentage of the expenditure on (a) medical and surgical equipment maintenance, (b) X-ray equipment maintenance, (c) laboratory equipment maintenance, (d) catering, (e)
Payment to private contractors as a percentage of relevant expenditure Per cent. 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 Medical and surgical equipment maintenance 5.14 5.57 5.76 6.25 5.77 4.69 X-ray equipment maintenance 35.98 41.27 44.97 51.40 52.14 55.19 Laboratory equipment maintenance 4.85 8.40 9.60 11.06 8.78 9.98 Catering 0.013 0.011 0.047 0.013 0.013 0.014 Laundry 3.79 5.45 2.64 6.81 *8.25 5.69 Cleaning 0.64 0.68 0.72 0.69 0.64 0.68 Engineering maintenance 14.86 13.22 14.04 14.56 12.98 11.44 Building maintenance 24.06 19.99 29.19 37.59 24.51 22.97 Grounds (etc.) maintenance 2.13 2.21 3.16 4.89 4.72 5.22 Vehicle maintenance 18.93 16.77 13.39 13.42 19.59 14.91 Computers n/a n/a n/a n/a 18.80 21.16 Source: The annual accounts of health authorities.
Notes:
1. All figures are for current expenditure: capital is excluded.
2. Information in the table has been prepared on as consistent a basis as practicable but comparisons of percentages between services may in some cases be misleading as the basis of the total relevant expenditure figures for different services are not completely uniform.
3. There is no centrally available information on the expenditure on external contracts for computers prior to 1983–84.
* A fire in the central laundry in E. Dyfed led to some additional external contracts in 1983–84. This central laundry has since been repaired and re-opened.
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give for each health district in 1984–85 the total expenditure on cleaning, the expenditure on services