§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answer to the hon. Member for Bradford, North (Mr. Rooney) of 31 January,Official Report, column 539, what was the total private income of the national health service from overseas visitors under section 121 of the National Health Service Act 1977 in 1991–92 and 1992–93 in each region, special health authority and individual trust.
§ Mr. SackvilleOverseas visitors charged under section 121 of the National Health Service Act 1977 are charged as national health service patients and not private patients. The available information is shown in the tables. Figures for trusts are not available centrally.
£ thousands Region 1991–92 1992–93 Northern 168 100 Yorkshire 106 67 Trent 143 45 East Anglian 130 180 North West Thames 722 963 North East Thames 178 141 South East Thames 312 416 South West Thames 180 248 Wessex 113 145 Oxford 319 334 South Western 148 42 West Midlands 189 153 Mersey 74 8 North Western 74 121 Source: Receipts and Payments returns of health authorities (England).
Notes: Figures for 1992–93 are provisional.
£000s Special health authority 1991–92 1992–93 Hospitals for Sick Children 0 0 National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery 0 0 Moorfields Eye Hospital 0 0 The Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospital 0 24 The Royal Brompton National Heart and Lung Hospitals 0 0 The Royal Marsden Hospital 1 0.7 Hammersmith and Queen Charlotte's Hospitals 25 26 The Eastman Dental Hospital 0 0 Source: Receipts and Payments returns of health authorities (England).
Note: Figures for 1992–93 are provisional.
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