HC Deb 03 February 2004 vol 417 c869W
Mrs. Iris Robinson

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will estimate the cost incurred as a result of women from outside Northern Ireland giving birth in local hospitals in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement. [152362]

Angela Smith

Using an estimate based on average expenditure, the cost to the HPSS of such births was £211,445, excluding private patients, for the financial year 2002–03.