HC Deb 17 April 2002 vol 383 cc1029-30W
Mr. Burns

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what has been the annual cost of providing NHS Direct over the last two years for which figures are available. [46719]

Ms Blears

[holding answer 10 April 2002]: The table states the costs incurred in 2000–01 on a cash basis, and

Pharmaceutical contractor fraud outputs——Recoveries
£
April 2001 to February 20024 2,130,260
Total 7,479,751
1Figures relate to the prevention of continuing fraud.
2Progress tracked since December 1998 when PSA targets on pharmaceutical contractor fraud for the period to the end of 2001–02 were published.
3Figure relates to all recoveries December 1998 to March 2000.
4Recovery figures for March 2002 not yet available.

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