HC Deb 07 April 1998 vol 310 c194W
Mr. Heathcoat-Amory

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of expenditure on heating fuel in the NHS for(a) 1997–98 and (b) 1998–99. [37839]

Mr. Milburn

The Department's National Health Service Estates agency collects information on fuels used for energy in the NHS. This includes gas, oil, coal and electricity used to provide NHS trusts total energy requirement for lighting, heating and ventilation, power etc. Information is not collected separately on heating fuel.

The estimated cost of energy for NHS trusts in England for 1997–98 is £190,220,554. For 1998–99 it is £184,042,841.