Health written question – answered at on 21 October 2013.
Andrew George
Liberal Democrat, St Ives
To ask the Secretary of State for Health
(1) how much the NHS has spent on maternity services in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion of total NHS spending this represented in each such year;
(2) how much was spent on NHS maternity services in each region in each year since 2010-11.
Daniel Poulter
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health
The following table shows the amount spent by primary care trusts (PCTs) on maternity services from 2010-11 to 2012-13 and the proportion of total national health service pending that represents.
| Purchase of secondary healthcare: Maternity | |||
| Region | 2012-13 | 2011-12 | 2010-11 |
| England (£000) | 2,583,371 | 2,620,977 | 2,532,350 |
| Percentage of total NHS spending | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| Source: Department of Health Annual Report and Accounts. | |||
The following table shows how much was spend on NHS maternity service in each region for 2010-11 to 2012-13.
| £000 | |||
| Purchase of secondary healthcare: Maternity | |||
| Region | 2012-13 | 2011-12 | 2010-11 |
| East Midlands Strategic Health Authority (SHA) | 177,390 | 210,298 | 206,929 |
| East of England SHA | 289,734 | 279,289 | 265,409 |
| London SHA | 493,625 | 525,838 | 479,526 |
| North East SHA | 107,339 | 107,848 | 114,257 |
| North West SHA | 345,958 | 345,079 | 346,241 |
| South Central SHA | 193,269 | 186,450 | 179,337 |
| South East Coast SHA | 194,988 | 183,262 | 167,141 |
| South West SHA | 234,386 | 234,665 | 233,049 |
| West Midlands SHA | 272,892 | 271,736 | 277,764 |
| Yorkshire and the Humber SHA | 273,791 | 276,512 | 262,697 |
| Note: For 2012-13 table does not cast due to rounding. Source: Department of Health Annual Report and Accounts and PCT Summarisation Schedules | |||
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