§ Dr. IddonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average cost was of food for each patient in each year since 1985 in(a) Bolton Hospitals NHS Trusts, (b) North West NHS hospitals and (c) NHS hospitals in England. [122594]
§ Mr. DenhamInformation on the cost of food was collected centrally for the first time in the 1998–99 financial year.
The cost of meal provision per patient per day for Bolton Hospitals National Health Service Trust was £4.39.
The total cost of meal provision for the North West Region was £41,291,201.
The total cost of meal provision for England was £255,868,647.