Maternity Services Miss McIntosh To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent on NHS maternity services in (a) the Vale of York, (b) North Yorkshire and (c) England in (i) 2005, (ii) 2006, (iii) 2007 and (iv) 2008. Phil Hope Information is not collected in the format requested. In the following table we show information on maternity expenditure by the primary care trusts (PCT) that cover the York and North Yorkshire area. In 2006-07, the Selby and York, Hambleton and Richmond, Craven, Harrowgate and Rural District, Scarborough, Whitby and Ryedale PCTs amalgamated to form the North Yorkshire and York PCT. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |£000 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |2004-05|2005-06|2006-07|2007-08| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North Yorkshire and York PCT |—|—|22,434|27,100| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Selby and York PCT |5,228|5,562|—|—| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hambleton and Richmond PCT |3,241|3,195|—|—| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Craven, Harrowgate and Rural District PCT |6,126|6,167|—|—| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Scarborough, Whitby and Ryedale PCT |1,341|1,450|—|—| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total |15,936|16,374|22,434|27,100| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ||||| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |England |1,544,838|1,677,204|1,616,777|1,786,896| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Note:Where possible any inter PCT expenditure is eliminated to avoid double counting in the England figures.Source:Primary care trust audited summarisation schedules||||| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Miss McIntosh To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many times hospitals in (a) the Vale of York, (b) North Yorkshire and (c) England closed maternity units to expectant mothers in (i) 2005, (ii) 2006, (iii) 2007 and (iv) 2008. Phil Hope Information is not collected centrally on the number of maternity unit closures. Patients from the Vale of York and North Yorkshire access obstetric care at the Friarage hospital, but there are also women who receive their obstetric care from the James Cook University hospital in Middlesbrough. There has been one occasion when maternity services have closed for a significant amount of time. This is the closure of the Friarage hospital between the 17 July 2009 and the 26 October 2009.