§ Mr. ByersTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what amount of income the national health service received from private pay beds for each financial year since 1979 and for the latest year for which information is available; and how much each national health service trust has received since its establishment by way of income from private pay beds.
§ Mr. SackvilleInformation on overall private patient income for the national health service in England is given in the table. I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave the hon. Member for Bristol, South (Ms Primarolo) on 7 February at column 43 for information on private patient income for individual NHS trusts. The figures for 1992–93 are confirmed.
NHS (England) private patient income Year £000 1978–79 30,830 1979–80 36,127 1980–81 46,642 1981–82 54,404 1982–83 51,850 1983–84 55,844 1984–85 55,953 1985–86 61,325 1986–87 59,437 1987–88 67,514 1988–89 77,659 1989–90 92,590 1990–91 108,732 1991–92 140,834 1992–93 157,314 Source:
NHS Summarised Accounts of Health Authorities and NHS Trusts (England).
Note:
The figures in the table include money received from NHS patients for accommodation in single rooms and small wards (section 63 NHS Act 1977), private in-patients (Section 65)and private out-patients (section 66).
Information for 1993–94 will not be available until December 1994.