Asked by: Lord Christopher (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the sources of National Health Service revenue; and in the last financial year how much was contributed by each.
Answered by Earl Howe - Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
Total spending on the National Health Service in England (against the Department's Departmental Expenditure Limit) was around £105.2 billion in 2012-13. 2013-14 accounts figures will be available later this year.
Through the Department, the NHS is funded predominantly through general taxation.
NHS providers of health care - NHS trusts and foundation trusts (FTs) - are semi-autonomous organisations whose income derives predominantly from the provision of healthcare services.
NHS trusts and FTs also receive smaller levels of income from other sources, such as local authorities, private and overseas patients, education and training and injury costs recovery.
To illustrate the levels of income received from varying sources, the following table summarises the final income received in NHS trusts and FTs in 2012-13.
| Provider Income as a | |||||
NHS trusts £million | FTs £million | Total £million | Total % |
| % of Total DEL | |
Revenue from Patient Care activities - |
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Commissioners | 26,239 | 33,275 | 59,514 | 85.8% |
| 56.6% |
Local authorities | 390 | 490 | 880 | 1.3% |
| 0.8% |
Private patients | 127 | 351 | 479 | 0.7% |
| 0.5% |
Overseas patients | 20 | 20 | 40 | 0.1% |
| 0.0% |
Injury costs recovery | 104 | 105 | 209 | 0.3% |
| 0.2% |
Other | 131 | 0 | 131 | 0.2% |
| 0.1% |
Other Non Trading Income |
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| |||
Education, training and research | 1,665 | 2,081 | 3,746 | 5.4% |
| 3.6% |
Non-patient care services to other bodies | 597 | 629 | 1,227 | 1.8% |
| 1.2% |
Charitable Contributions | 55 | 174 | 230 | 0.3% |
| 0.2% |
Other | 1,133 | 1,803 | 2,936 | 4.2% |
| 2.8% |
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|
|
Total | 30,461 | 38,929 | 69,390 | 100.0% |
| 65.9% |
Notes:
1. “Other” category includes income from subleasing property, bank interest and other small amounts from patients including transport services, parking income, etc.
2. Patient income from prescription, ophthalmic and dental charges are routed through primary care trusts (NHS England in 2013-14) and not included in the numbers reported in this table.
Asked by: Lord Christopher (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the annual cost of the National Health Service.
Answered by Earl Howe - Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
Total spending on the National Health Service in England (against the Department's Departmental Expenditure Limit) was around £105.2 billion in 2012-13. 2013-14 accounts figures will be available later this year.
Through the Department, the NHS is funded predominantly through general taxation.
NHS providers of health care - NHS trusts and foundation trusts (FTs) - are semi-autonomous organisations whose income derives predominantly from the provision of healthcare services.
NHS trusts and FTs also receive smaller levels of income from other sources, such as local authorities, private and overseas patients, education and training and injury costs recovery.
To illustrate the levels of income received from varying sources, the following table summarises the final income received in NHS trusts and FTs in 2012-13.
| Provider Income as a | |||||
NHS trusts £million | FTs £million | Total £million | Total % |
| % of Total DEL | |
Revenue from Patient Care activities - |
|
|
| |||
Commissioners | 26,239 | 33,275 | 59,514 | 85.8% |
| 56.6% |
Local authorities | 390 | 490 | 880 | 1.3% |
| 0.8% |
Private patients | 127 | 351 | 479 | 0.7% |
| 0.5% |
Overseas patients | 20 | 20 | 40 | 0.1% |
| 0.0% |
Injury costs recovery | 104 | 105 | 209 | 0.3% |
| 0.2% |
Other | 131 | 0 | 131 | 0.2% |
| 0.1% |
Other Non Trading Income |
|
|
| |||
Education, training and research | 1,665 | 2,081 | 3,746 | 5.4% |
| 3.6% |
Non-patient care services to other bodies | 597 | 629 | 1,227 | 1.8% |
| 1.2% |
Charitable Contributions | 55 | 174 | 230 | 0.3% |
| 0.2% |
Other | 1,133 | 1,803 | 2,936 | 4.2% |
| 2.8% |
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Total | 30,461 | 38,929 | 69,390 | 100.0% |
| 65.9% |
Notes:
1. “Other” category includes income from subleasing property, bank interest and other small amounts from patients including transport services, parking income, etc.
2. Patient income from prescription, ophthalmic and dental charges are routed through primary care trusts (NHS England in 2013-14) and not included in the numbers reported in this table.