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Communications Spending

Volume 454: debated on Wednesday 6 December 2006

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much was spent on press, public relations and communications work by (a) each (i) health and social services board and (ii) health trust in Northern Ireland and (b) the Health Estates Agency in (A) 2003-04, (B) 2004-05 and (C) 2005-06; what expenditure is planned by each for such work in 2006-07; and if he will make a statement. (107350)

The information is as follows:

1. The information relating to spending on press, public relations and communications work by each health and social services board and health trust from 2003-04 is detailed in the following tables.

£

Board

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-071

Eastern

105,000

110,000

116,000

116,000

Northern

89,226

96,424

95,775

110,276

Southern

2

103,498

106,000

97,880

Western

29,000

33,000

31,000

23,000

Total

223,226

342,922

232775

347,156

1 Estimated

2 Not available

£

Trust

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-071

Altnagelvin Hospital

79,853

71,445

63,599

42,968

Armagh and Dungannon

20,672

31,851

23,493

27,484

Belfast City

57,517

105,393

62,966

70,472

Causeway Hospital

96,288

125,080

112,736

102,000

Craigavon and Banbridge Community

45,653

58,323

60,941

61,446

Craigavon Area Hospital Group

38,806

44,683

38,314

68,435

Down Lisburn

128,388

112,977

116,180

119,374

Foyle

12,132

15,310

5,778

6,472

Green Park Healthcare

56,598

53,810

43,587

23,137

Homefirst Community

296,376

236,810

287,064

264,936

Mater Hospital

3,460

3,573

3,688

3,744

Newry and Mourne

0

0

0

0

NT Ambulance Service

17,500

17,500

17,500

17,500

North and West Belfast

101,000

116,000

114,000

117,000

Royal Group

389,964

367,168

388,909

390,000

South and East Belfast

253,837

237,736

226,822

221,151

Sperrin Lakeland

0

0

40,296

90,000

Ulster Community and Hospital

97,820

119,720

123,665

124,020

United Hospitals

92,906

94,119

96,949

87,227

Total

1,788,770

1,811,498

1,826,487

1,837,366

1 Estimated

2. The requested expenditure for the Health Estates Agency is not available, as it is included in the overall figures for the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety. Information about DHSSPS expenditure was provided in the reply to PQ06-4475.