AQW 12140/22-27

Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 17/05/2024
Answered On Date: 28/05/2024
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the amount spent on public taxis for patients in the last five years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.

Answer:

As advised by Trusts, the detailed spend on public taxis for patients in the last five years is outlined below:-

	2019/20£m	2020/21£m	2021/22£m	2022/23£m	2023/24*£m
Northern Trust	1,069	567	1,065	1,212	1,436
Belfast Trust	1,635	1,419	1,897	1,996	1,742
S. Eastern Trust	1,399	1,256	1,847	1,894	1,772
Southern Trust	1,573	938	1,518	1,909	2,152
Western Trust	819	695	844	853	599
NIAS	206	795	853	2,588	2,287
Total	6,701	5,670	8,024	10,452	9,988

*Note. 23/24 figures are draft, unaudited and uncertified figures.