§ Baroness Jegerasked Her Majesty's Government:
What was the cost of management and administration in the National Health Service for 1994 as a percentage of the total cost of the National Health Service; and what was the equivalent percentage for the year 1987–88.
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§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Department of Health (Baroness Cumberlege)The cost of headquarters administration in England as a percentage of total National Health Service revenue expenditure was (provisionally) 3.9 per cent. in 1993–94 and 3.8 per cent., in 1987–88. Organisational and accounting practice changes make it difficult to compare expenditure in 1993–94 with that in 1987–88.
Information for the other countries of the United Kingdom on a comparable basis is not available because of organisational differences.