The Department of Health spent just over £500,000 providing central support for 'special activities' during the NHS 50th anniversary year in 1998, said health minister John Denham.
The total cost was£1.67m, spread across the financial years 1997-98 and 1998-99. This figure was offset by sponsorship of around£1m.
(Hansard , 2 November, column 105)
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