Care in the Community

HC Deb 27 January 1998 vol 305 cc201-2W

Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the total amount of money that has been spent in the Greater London area on care in the community in each of the last three years. [24529]

Mr. Boateng

Gross expenditure on care in the community(a) by London Health Authorities on National Health Service Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) and (b) by London boroughs and the Corporation of the City of London, for the last three years, is given in the table.

£ millon
	1994–95	1995–96	1996–97
(a) Hospital and Community Health Services	63,033	74,594	95,745
(b) Personal Social Services (PSS):
non-residential services	475	511	n/a
residential services	472	557	n/a

PSS expenditure for 1996–97 is not yet available.