§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of the NHS budget was spent on the care of patients with learning difficulties in each of the last five years. [65486]
§ Mr. DenhamThe following is the information:
Expenditure on the care of patients with learning difficulties 1993–94 to 1997–98 Year Expenditure on learning difficulties1 Total revenue expenditure2 Proportion of total revenue expenditure on learning difficulties per cent. 1993–94 1,132,664 28,860,577 3.92 1994–95 1,126,667 30,271,914 3.72 1995–96 1,157,673 32,162,568 3.60 1996–97 1,234,718 31,612,941 3.91 1997–98 1,285,627 33,269,629 3.86 11993–94 to 1995–96 health authority financial returns. 1996–97 and 1997–98 health authority annual accounts. 2Summarised accounts of the regional and district health authorities and special health authorities for the London postgraduate teaching hospitals and family health services authorities, 1993–94 to 1995–96, 1996–97 and 1997–98.