§ Mr. DarlingTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the value of capital expenditure undertaken by national health service trusts in each financial year since 1990–91. [3824]
§ Mr. HoramThe total national health service capital expenditure in England for 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94 and 1994–95 is set out in the table.
A figure for 1990–91 cannot be given as NHS trusts were not established until the following financial year.
The audited figures for 1995–96 are not yet available.
The definition of capital has changed during this period; therefore comparisons between years cannot readily be made. For 1993–94, the threshold value for the definition of capital expenditure was increased from £1,000 to £5,000. As a result of this change, in 1993–94, over £100 million was transferred from capital to revenue to take account of the increase to the capital threshold.
Financial year NHS trust capital expenditure £000 1991–92 223,515 1992–93 625,090 1993–94 1,098,769 1994–95 1,631,122