Written question asked by John Bercow (Conservative) on Monday, 19 November 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 6 February 2002. It was answered by Lord Hutton of Furness (Labour) on Wednesday, 6 February 2002 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the performance of NHS trusts in meeting the external financing limits set by his Department.

Answer: Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the performance of NHS trusts in meeting the external financing limits set by his Department. [16947] Mr. Hutton: The performance of national health service trusts against 2000-01 external financing limits is shown in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 2000-01 trust external financing limits Number Percentage Total NHS trusts meeting EFL 343 96 Total NHS trusts meeting EFL after £10,000 350 98 de minimus applied _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: The data are taken from the 2000-01 NHS Trust Summarised Accounts. The data remain provisional, and are subject to continuing audit by the National Audit.

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