§ Mr. OatenTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the net expenditure was on learning disability by the national health service in each year since 1997–98. [126928]
§ Dr. LadymanThe gross expenditure in the hospital and community health servicesince 1997–98 is shown in the table.
£ million Expenditure on learning disability 1997–98 1,324 1998–99 1,365 1999–2000 1,421 2000–01 1,486 It is not possible to exclude charges and receipts from the figures to produce a net expenditure figure. It is also not possible to determine the amount of primary care expenditure that is purely learning disability.