Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital trusts in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) Scotland have recorded budget deficits in each of the last five years.

For the spending outturns of National Health Service hospital trusts in England for the past five years, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston on 12 October 2017 to Question 105323.

The Department does not hold records on the spending outturns for trusts in Wales, Northern Ireland or Scotland. These are matters for the devolved administrations.