West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust Mike Penning To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent on administration by West Hertfordshire NHS Hospital Trust in each of the last five years. Phil Hope The following table shows the administration costs at West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust for the period 2003-04 to 2007-08 (the last five years for which information is available). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Administrative costs (£000)| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2007-08 |19,123 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006-07 |19,935 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005-06 |18,607 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004-05 |19,922 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003-04 |17,525 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Source:The administrative costs figures are taken from the financial returns of NHS trusts. The financial returns data is not audited but is validated to the audited summarisations schedules.| | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------