§ Mr. WilshireTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will estimate the cost of the 1 per cent. increase in national insurance payments for each NHS trust in its first year of application. [53934]
§ Mr. HuttonIt is not possible to estimate the cost for each individual national health service trust. The cost to the NHS as a whole is estimated to be around £200 million next year, or 0.3 per cent. of total NHS spending.