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Northern Ireland Office

Answer

Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the cost of providing (a) elderly, (b) hospital, (c) community, (d) maternity and child health, (e) family and childcare and (f) learning disability care in the Province was in each of the last five years. [201943] Angela Smith: The information requested is provided in the following table. Total trust expenditure in Northern Ireland £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 Elderly care 337.5 358.9 388.8 413.3 473.6 Hospital 694.0 756.4 821.7 896.8 990.6 Community (excluding 142.0 152.7 171.4 193.7 223.0 personal social services) Maternity and child health 62.3 66.9 71.9 83.5 89.6 Family and child care 66.8 73.9 83.5 94.8 108.0 Learning disability 88.9 94.3 100.5 114.7 136.5 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: Most of the main programmes of care make use of services from the hospital, community and personal social services sectors. Expenditure figures for the hospital and community sectors quoted above can therefore overlap with those for individual programmes.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

201943; 428 c610W

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Community care Hospitals Health services Expenditure Learning disability Northern Ireland Maternity services Paediatrics

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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