Table 1.

Value and number of payments, number of companies and recipients, and top donors in integrated dataset

Descriptive statistic	England	Scotland	Wales	Northern Ireland
Country population 2015*—n	54 786 300	5 373 000	3 099 100	1 851 600
Total value—£	52 445 615	3 649 749	1 987 703	518 000
Total value—£ (adjusted for population size)†	957 037	675 880	641 194	272 632
Payments—n	18 190	1370	990	311
Recipients—n	3575	282	216	156
Companies—n	100	72	64	42
Median payment value (IQR)—£	280 (665.5)	400 (685.3)	300 (658.2)	475.20 (1164.4)
Value of payments to healthcare organisations—£	40 217 772	3 029 365	1 887 918	474 795
Value of payments to patient organisations—£	12 227 843	620 384	99 784	43 206

*Data obtained from the Office for National Statistics, values correct for mid-2015.

†Total value of payments divided by the population size.