§ Mr. HarveyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent on NHS management and administration in each region in England in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [127689]
§ Mr. Denham[holding answer 27 June 2000]: Management costs expenditure is shown in the tables.
£ million Health authority/region 1997–98 Outturn 1998–99 Plan1 1999–2000 Plan2 Northern and Yorkshire 54.0 53.7 70.1 Trent 44.8 43.9 56.3 Eastern 42.3 41.0 52.8 London 77.6 73.5 92.8 South East 70.6 68.2 87.2 South West 37.7 38.2 49.7 West Midlands 45.9 44.3 57.2 North West 59.3 56.4 74.1 England 452.2 419.2 540.2 11998–99 outturn figures will be published shortly. 2Comprises health authority cost baseline of £418 million and £122 million to support primary care groups redistributed from the former general practice fundholder management allowance.
£ million NHS trust/region1 1997–98 outturn Northern and Yorkshire 164.6 Trent 122.0 Anglia and Oxford 120.2 North Thames 235.0 South Thames 206.5 South West 147.8 West Midlands 135.4 North West 164.3 England 1,295.7 1At 1 April 1998 regions were re-configured. These figures are expressed in the old configuration.
£ million NHS trust/region 1998–99 plan1 1999–2000 plan Northern and Yorkshire 169.0 164.5 Trent 126.4 126.4 Eastern 120.5 119.2 London 282.7 281.1 South East 204.0 201.6 South West 111.3 111.2 West Midlands 134.1 133.6 North West 168.1 168.3 England 1,316.1 1,305.9 11998–99 outturn figures will be published shortly