§ Mr. HancockTo 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 BlearsThe 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.