HC Deb 24 February 1988 vol 128 c241W
Mr. Pike

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the most recent information he has as to the administration costs of(a) the National Health Service and (b) private insurance-based schemes.

Mr. Newton

The 1986–87 annual accounts of health authorities, family practitioner committees, and so on, comprising the National Health Service in England show that 3.72 per cent. of their total revenue was incurred on headquarters administration. We do not collect comparable information for the private sector.