To 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]

The 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.