HC Deb 16 July 1987 vol 119 c625W
Mr. Irving

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will indicate (a) the cost of running the Eastdale unit at Balderton hospital for the last five years and (b) how the cost was distributed between his Department and the relevant health authority.

Mrs. Currie

Central Nottinghamshire district health authority estimates that between 1981–82 and 1985–86 (the most recent five-year period for which figures are available) the cost of running the Eastdale unit was £1,351,000. Of that sum, £496,000 (37 per cent.) was contributed directly by the Department by means of a special allocation to the Trent regional health authority.