HC Deb 04 February 2002 vol 379 cc770-1W
Mr. Llwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list his Department's total expenditure by month in each financial year since 1997–98.

Mr. Hutton

The monthly expenditure by the Department for the period 1 April 1997 to 31 December 2001 is shown in the table.

£000
Month 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02
April 3,289,571 3,272,043 3,981,814 4,334,631 4,352,192
May 3,363,658 3,131,688 3,049,401 3,258,726 4,279,585
June 2,902,421 3,304,207 3,568,651 4,288,344 4,795,583
July 3,289,298 3,785,692 3,986,260 3,397,964 3,971,748
August 3,079,196 2,785,252 3,922,629 3,776,939 5,132,307
September 3,425,728 4,758,707 3,617,399 4,522,599 4,247,376
October 3,703,245 3,764,203 3,597,776 3,520,058 4,702,310
November 2,680,109 4,980,046 3,632,962 3,878,473 5,208,304
December 3,624,934 3,819,993 4,375,852 4,623,396 5,604,820
January 3,239,372 3,102,676 3,216,403 3,646,583 —
February 3,269,260 3,888,446 3,857,369 4,478,028 —
March 3,827,711 4,651,852 4,741,358 5,867,822 —

Notes:

1. Figures represent the actual monthly cash expenditure in round £000.

2. Figures are shown gross of income receipts.

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