Health Technology Assessment (Hansard, 22 February 1999)

HC Deb 22 February 1999 vol 326 c128W 128W

§ Dr. Harris
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list his Department's expenditure on the health technology assessment for each year from 1992 to 1998. [69781]

§ Ms Jowell
Expenditure in the National Health Service Health Technology Assessment Programme from 1992 to 1998 was as follows:

Year £ million

1992–93 nil

1993–94 nil

1994–95 nil

1995–96 1.8

1996–97 4.4

1997–98 3.8

1998–99 ¹6.3

¹Estimate

Copies of the "Annual Report of the NHS Health Technology Assessment Programme 1998" will be placed in the Library. This report gives details of expenditure by project.

Year	£ million
1992–93	nil
1993–94	nil
1994–95	nil
1995–96	1.8
1996–97	4.4
1997–98	3.8
1998–99	¹6.3
¹Estimate