HC Deb 19 December 2003 vol 416 c193W
Mr. Lansley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he will publish a statement of the costs, with particular reference to costs relating to NHS reference costs, of commissioning(a) independent and (b) private sector health care by the NHS. [141316]

Mr. Hutton

Information will be included in "NHS Reference Costs 2003", which I expect to publish shortly. The publication will include separate expenditure data for treatments undertaken by national health service and non-NHS providers. The data does not, however, distinguish between not-for-profit and commercial providers.