§ Mr. Ellis Smithasked the Minister of Health if he will set out in tabular form
HEALTH AND WELFARE SERVICES—GREAT BRITAIN Gross Cost of National Health Service Expenditure expressed as a percentage of National Income Gross Cost Hospital Doctors and Dentists Hospital Nurses Other Hospital Staff Hospital Building New Hospitals (included in previous column) £ million per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. 1949.50 … 436 3.88 0.22 0.45 0.57 0.09 — 1954–55 … 575 3.57 0.22 0.44 0.60 0.09 — 1959–60 … 867 4.00 0.20 0.53 0.65 0.11 0.01 1963–64 … 1,148 4.20 0.25 0.57 0.69 0.23 0.05 1965–66 … 1,338 (Estimated) *— — — — — — * National Income figures for 1965–66 are not yet available.