§ Mr. Dobsonasked 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 in 1985–86 the total expenditure on hospital cleaning, the total expenditure on services provided to hospitals by private 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 answer is as follows:
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 requested is as follows:
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Health and Social Services Board Total Expenditure in 1985/86 hospital laundry £ Expenditure 1985/86 on services provided by private laundry companies £ Per cent. of Total Difference between 1984/85 percentage and 1985/86 percentage Northern 981,722 242,474 24.70 + 2.55 Southern 915,780 1,516 0.16 + 0.16 Eastern 3,330,437 56,468 1.69 + 0.05 Western 906,194 21,853 2.41 - 0.50 All boards 6,134,133 322,311 5.25 + 0.21
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will give for 1985–86 for each health and social services board and for Northern Ireland as a whole 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. NeedhamNo catering services are provided to hospitals by private catering companies. The total expenditure on hospital catering is as follows:
Health and Social Services Board Total expenditure in 1985–86 on hospital catering £ Northern 2,600,259 Southern 3,064,442 Eastern 11,587,869 Western 3,547,059 All boards 20,799,629
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will give for each year since 1979 the percentage of expenditure on (a) hospital catering, (b) hospital laundry and (c) hospital cleaning which has been paid to private contractors for services provided to the National Health Service in Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. NeedhamThe information requested is shown in the table:
Percentage of Total Expenditure Paid to Private Contractors Year Hospital Catering Hospital Laundry Hospital Cleaning 1979–80 NIL 5.26 0.93 1980–81 NIL 5.25 0.86 1981–82 NIL 5.65 0.86 1982–83 NIL 5.21 0.92 1983–84 NIL 4.86 0.73 1984–85 NIL 5.04 1.10 1985–86 NIL 5.25 1.17