HC Deb 26 April 1994 vol 242 c149W
14. Mr. Dunn

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the NHS capital programme for the financial year 1993–94; and if she will make a statement.

Mr. Sackville

The value of the national health service capital programme for the financial year 1993–94 amounted to over £1.8 billion.

This was the largest provision for capital in the history of the NHS.

15. Mr. Ian Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate has been made of the change in the number of patients treated in NHS trusts since 1991; and what was the change in other hospitals over the same period.

Mr. Sackville

All hospitals are showing improved performance and trusts are at the leading edge. The growth in finished consultant episodes for general and acute specialties in national health service trusts for the latest year available, 1992–93 was 5.3 per cent. and the comparable figure for directly managed units was 3.6 per cent.