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Mr. Llwyd
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much money has been spent at community hospitals on providing intermediate care for rural areas in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. [32432]
Mr. Milburn
Financial information is collected on the basis of National Health Service trusts and cannot be disaggregated between hospitals or types of hospital. However, information about expenditure on community health services by rural health authorities in England is set out in the table.
| Expenditure on community health services by rural health authorities in England–1996/97 | |
| £000 | |
| Health authority | Expenditure |
| North Cumbria | 19,517 |
| North Yorkshire | 23,983 |
| Leicestershire | 27,868 |
| Lincolnshire | 29,160 |
| North Derbyshire | 20,487 |
| North Nottinghamshire | 8,430 |
| South Derbyshire | 21,231 |
| East Norfolk | 12,942 |
| North West Anglia | 15,916 |
| Northamptonshire | 16,085 |
| Suffolk | 28,205 |
| Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | 15,098 |
| North and East Devon | 11,796 |
| Somerset | 17,673 |
| Dudley | 12,476 |
| Herefordshire | 8,178 |
| Shropshire | 18,233 |
| South Staffordshire | 19,538 |
| Warwickshire | 24,603 |
| Worcestershire | 14,724 |
| South Cheshire | 25,891 |
| South Lancashire | 14,331 |
| Total | 406,365 |
Source:
Audited Health Authority final accounts—1996–97 (Table HAA04A).