Measuring health outcomes and using that information to improve services is integral to the delivery of effective health care. For example, cancer registry data are used in the planning and delivery of services, and also on a wider scale for the development of national policy on public health interventions and for the prioritisation of research. The National Programme for IT infrastructure provides a vehicle for collecting, sharing and storing health outcomes data, among many other applications.
The specific information requested is not available as a separately identifiable reporting line within overall national health service expenditure.
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 9 March 2009, Official Report, columns 117-18W.