§ Ms HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what were the administrative costs of NHS as a percentage of the total NHS budget in each year since 1989. [3120]
§ Mr. MaloneThe information is shown in the table. Changes over the roles and responsibilities of family practitioner committees, family health services authorities, district health authorities, and regional health authorities, and the transfer of functions to national health service trusts, mean that the figures are not strictly comparable.
Adminstration costs as a percentage of total revenue expenditure for the NHS in England Administration expenditure £000 Total revenue expenditure £000 Percentage of revenue expenditure on administration 1989–90 730,500 18,275.603 4.0 1990–91 929,947 20,161,643 4.6 1991–92 846,467 23,292,462 3.6 1992–93 962,862 27,468,802 3.5 1993–94 1,136,415 28,927,234 3.9 1994–95 1,180,479 29,457,618 4.0 Sources:
1. The annual accounts of district and regional health authorities and the special health authorities of the London postgraduate teaching hospitals.
2. The annual accounts of family practitioner committees, 1989–90.
3. The annual accouns of family health services authorities, 1990–91 to 1994–95.
4. The annual accounts of the Prescription Pricing Authority.
5. The annual accounts of the Dental Practice Board.
Notes:
1. The figures for 1994–95 are provisional.
2. RHA and DHA costs are those reported in the accounts as "Authority administration and purchasing expenses". This includes capital charges after 1991–92. FPC/FHSA administration costs are those reported in the annual accounts as revenue administration costs and represent that part of total expenditure which is not medical, dental, ophthalmic or pharmaceutical.
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