Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of hospitals trusts in England had a budget deficit in each of the last four years.
The proportion of National Health Service provider trusts in deficit for each of the last four years can be found in the table below:
| 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 |
Total Providers in Deficit | 13 | 31 | 27 | 65 |
Total Providers in Surplus | 237 | 223 | 225 | 184 |
Total Providers | 250 | 254 | 251 | 249 |
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Proportion of Providers in Deficit | 5.2% | 12.2% | 10.8% | 26.1% |
Notes:
1. The number of providers includes NHS trusts and foundation trusts.
2. The numbers also reflect those NHS trusts that became foundations trusts during the year as separate organisations from the new foundation trust.