§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list, by region, expenditure by the NHS on advertising in each of the last five years. [76485]
§ Mr. Denham[holding answer 15 March 1999]: Information about national Health Service expenditure on
Advertising expenditure 1993–94 to 1997–98 trusts and health authorities £ Region 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 Northern/Yorkshire 3,222,848 3,612,511 5,108,073 4,614,783 4,694,683 Trent 2,704,686 3,327,513 3,654,782 3,473,188 4,212,484 Anglia and Oxford 2,860,525 4,263,608 5,207,245 5,288,974 5,302,599 North Thames 5,383,073 8,301,039 10,787,87 10,743,83 11,084,23 South Thames 4,354,905 6,448,038 8,664,092 7,935,490 8,428,801 South and West 2,944,936 4,121,499 4,971,958 4,450,681 5,739,418 West Midlands 2,110,235 3,655,466 5,001,479 4,618,611 4,789,712 North West 2,485,535 3,295,971 4,453,542 3,916,934 4,558,358 Sources:
1. Financial returns of trusts and health authorities 1996–97 to 1997–98
2. Financial returns of trusts, district health authorities, regional health authorities and special health authorities of the London postgraduate teaching hospitals 1993–94 to 1995–96 (this is not audited data)
3. Regional aggregates as in 1997–98 have been used rather than the 14 regions in existence prior to 1 April 1996
4. Regional data differs from information previously supplied because of (a) movement of NHS trusts and health authorities between regions, and (b) inclusion of special health authorities within the Thames regions. National totals remain consistent.