HC Deb 30 June 1992 vol 210 cc499-500W
Mr. Alex Carlile

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the cost in 1991 of running Welsh district health authorities; what were the comparable figures for 1988; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Gwilym Jones

The aggregate cost of administering district health authority functions in 1988–89 was £55,916,000. No comparable figure for 1991–92 is yet available.