Written question asked by Rhodri Morgan (Labour) on Wednesday, 26 November 1997, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 1 December 1997. It was answered by Alan Milburn (Labour) on Monday, 1 December 1997 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the total licence income from all NHS sources to Computer Aided Medical Systems Ltd. in each financial year since 1991-92; and what proportion of this income was derived from Read Codes version 3.

Answer: Mr. Rhodri Morgan: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the total licence income from all NHS sources to Computer Aided Medical Systems Ltd. in each financial year since 1991-92; and what proportion of this income was derived from Read Codes version 3. [18534] Mr. Milburn: The revenues for National Health Service licences paid to Computer Aided Medical Systems Ltd. up to 1995-96 are as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ April 1991 to September 1992 (18 months) 1,530,900 October 1992 to September 1993 1,286,912 October 1993 to September 1994 1,572,877 October 1994 to September 1995 1,684,016 October 1995 to September 1996 1,615,189 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The relevant accounts for the year 1996-97 are not yet available. The National Health Service Read Code licence covers the use of all versions of the Read Codes and it is not possible to estimate what proportion of the above income was derived from Read Codes version 3.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 18534; 302 c87-8W
Session: 1997-98
Subjects: Computers Licensing Income NHS Classification schemes Computer Aided Medical Systems
Contains statistics: Yes