Written question asked by Peter L Pike (Labour) on Monday, 28 February 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 9 March 2005. It was answered by Melanie Johnson (Labour) on Wednesday, 9 March 2005 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was being spent in (a) 1997 and (b) the last year for which figures are available in (i) East Lancashire Acute Trust and (ii) Burnley General Hospital; and if he will make a statement. - Inc table and figures.

Answer: Mr. Pike: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was being spent in (a) 1997 and (b) the last year for which figures are available in (i) East Lancashire Acute Trust and (ii) Burnley General Hospital; and if he will make a statement. [219497] Miss Melanie Johnson: Trust operating expenses for East Lancashire hospitals national health service trust and its predecessor trusts is shown in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Trust Amount (£ thousand) 1997-98 Burnley Health Care NHS Trust 88,898 1997-98 Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley 79,313 Health Care NHS Trust 2003-04 East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust 231,430 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Sources: 1. Audited summarisation schedules of the East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust 2003-04. 2. Audited summarisation schedules of the Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Health Care NHS Trust and the Burnley Health Care NHS Trust 1997-98.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 431 c1908W;431 c1901-2W; 219497
Session: 2004-05
Subjects: Health services Expenditure Operating costs East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust Burnley Hospital
Contains statistics: Yes
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