HC Deb 05 November 2002 vol 392 c264W
Mr. Hancock

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the total running costs of NHS organisations serving(a) Portsmouth South and (b) Hampshire were in 1997; what the totals are now; and if he will make a statement. [78965]

Ms Blears

The total expenditure of the local provider organisations serving the former Portsmouth and South East Hampshire health authority area in 1997–98 was £242.9 million. This included Portsmouth Hospitals National Health Service Trust and Portsmouth Healthcare NHS Trust. The total forecast out-turn expenditure in 2002–03 for Portsmouth Hospitals Trust and the provider functions of the East Hampshire, Fareham and Gosport and Portsmouth City Primary Care Trusts is £383.6 million. It is not possible to provide information for the Portsmouth South constituency.

The total expenditure by health authorities in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight in 1997–98 was £971.7 million and the forecast outturn expenditure in 2002–03 for the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Strategic Health Authority and the 10 constituent primary care trusts which have commissioning functions is £1,501.4 million.

In both cases it is difficult to make direct comparisons between 1997–98 expenditure and 2002–03 forecast out-turn expenditure because of the various organisational changes which have taken place in the intervening years.