§ Mr. John EvansTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will provide the current average cost to public funds of a normal birth at(a) hospital and (b) home.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe information is not available in the form requested.
The average cost of care during pregnancy and childbirth in the hospital and community health services in 1990–91 was £1,217 per birth. This includes obstetric in-patient and out-patient services and community midwifery but excludes services provided by general practitioners.