Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 6192

Hospitals: Food

Tabled: 4 October 2024
Answered: 14 October 2024

Question

Esther McVey

ConservativeTatton

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the cost to the public purse for hospital food in each of the last five years.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The following table shows the cost of inpatient food services, as well as other patient food services, in England over the last five years:YearInpatient food service costsOther patient food service costs2022/23£750,600,000£126,000,0002021/22£660,200,000£8...

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