§ Mr. HobanTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much money was paid for(a) private and (b) NHS medical treatment of service personnel in each calendar year since 1997. [117883]
§ Mr. Caplin[holding answer 9 June 2003]The information requested is only held by financial year. The cost of private treatment in respect of centrally run treatment initiatives and single service schemes in the United Kingdom in each of the years from 2001–02 to 2002–03 is shown as follows. No figures for private treatment have been recorded centrally for years prior to 2000–01.
£ million 2000–01 0.769 2001–02 4.095 2002–03 3.326 Expenditure on NHS providers between 1996–97 and 2002–03 was as follows:
£ million 1996–97 0.137 1997–98 2.294 1998–99 7.419 1999–2000 8.560 2000–01 15.168 2001–02 23.209 2002–03 25.725 The figures represent payments under the Service Level Agreements between the Ministry of Defence and 2W the NHS Hospital Trusts which host the MOD Hospital Units (MDHUs) as they became established, the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine (RCDM) from 2001–02 onwards, and the Royal Surrey County Hospital from 2000–01 onwards (for oromaxillofacial treatment only).
The figures for 1996–97 to 2000–01 represent the net costs to MOD after offsetting the payments received from the host Trusts in respect of military personnel serving in MDHU's, the RCDM and the Royal Surrey County Hospital. With effect from 1 April 2001, the two sets of costs were separated and figures shown for that year onwards represent gross treatment costs.