To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the NHS budget was spent on commissioning private providers in each of the last five years.
Answered on
6 March 2017
The requested information is supplied in the following table:
2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | |
£ million | £ million | £ million | £ million | £ million | |
Total commissioner spend on independent sector | 5,320 | 5,669 | 6,467 | 8,067 | 8,722 |
Total National Health Service revenue expenditure | 100,266 | 102,570 | 106,495 | 110,554 | 114,730 |
Spend on independent sector as a percentage of total NHS revenue spend | 5.3% | 5.5% | 6.1% | 7.3% | 7.6% |
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Department of Health and Social Care
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