Patient Care (Expenditure)

HC Deb 25 November 1985 vol 87 cc470-1W

Mr. Dobson

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will give, for each health and social services board and for Northern Ireland as a whole, the expenditure on contractual arrangements for patient care in each year since 1979.

Mr. Needham

The information requested is as follows:

Financial year	Northern board £	Southern board £	Eastern board £	Western board £	Northern Ireland Total £
1982–83	2,679	73,281	1,187,942	22,937	1,286,839
1983–84	2,580	110,000	1,509,529	Nil	1,622,109
1984–85	2,649	121,588	1,610,314	Nil	1,734,551