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Written question asked by Peter Robinson (Democratic Unionist Party) on Tuesday, 22 November 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 24 November 2005. It was answered by Shaun Woodward (Labour) on Tuesday, 29 November 2005 on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office.

Medical Instruments

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much money was spent by each health board on medical instruments for use in each year since 1998; and what the projected spend in Northern Ireland is in (a) 2006 and (b) 2007.
Answer

The expenditure on the purchase and maintenance of medical and surgical equipment incurred by each health board (including the spend for the board itself and the trusts within the host board area) for the period 1998–99 to 2003–04 is given as follows:

£000
EHSSB NHSSB SHSSB WHSSB Total
1998–99 23,839 4,252 3,318 4,149 35,558
1999–2000 25,378 4,559 3,191 3,965 37,093
2000–01 27,311 4,877 4,960 4,813 41,961
2001–02 29,641 5,976 5,285 5,919 46,821
2002–03 33,669 2,782 6,398 6,843 49,692
2003–04 38,947 3,250 6,481 6,809 55,487
Total 178,785 25,696 29,633 32,498 266,612

The estimated expenditure for 2004–05, 2005–06 and 2006–07 could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
440 c384-5W;440 c384-5W; 31956
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Expenditure Northern Ireland Medical equipment
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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