National Health Service (Cost)

HC Deb 17 March 1970 vol 798 cc119-20W

Mr. Bishop

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the figures for the net and gross cost of the National Health Service and the cost as a proportion of the national income in

		1950–51	1951–52	1952–53	1953–54	1954–55
		Per cent.	Per cent.	Per cent.	Per cent.	Per cent.
Hospitals	…	53.6	55.5	51.6	55.8	56.5
Family practitioner services	…	32.1	30.3	32.6	28.8	28.8
Local health authority services	…	7.8	8.0	8.0	8.2	8.4
Local welfare authority services	…	3.5	3.2	3.2	3.7	3.7
Welfare Foods	…	Not available for these years
Other	…	3.0	3.0	4.6	3.5	2.6
Totals	…	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

		1955–56	1956–57	1957–58	1958–59	1959–60
		Per cent.	Per cent.	Per cent.	Per cent.	Per cent.
Hospitals	…	55.2	53.5	54.4	54.8	55.1
Family practitioner services	…	27.8	27.2	27.7	27.5	27.3
Local health authority services	…	8.1	7.9	8.1	8.2	8.3
Local welfare authority services	…	3.6	3.7	3.8	3.7	3.8
Welfare Foods	…	3.0	5.6	4.0	3.5	3.4
Other	…	2.3	2.1	2.0	2.3	2.1
Totals	…	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

each year from 1950 to 1969 in the United Kingdom.

Mr. Crossman

The information is as follows:

HEALTH AND WELFARE SERVICES (GREAT BRITAIN)
		Gross Cost
			As percentage of Gross	Net Cost
		£m.	National Product	£m.
1950–51	…	489	4.1	432
1951–52	…	501	3.8	443
1952–53	…	564	4.0	495
1953–54	…	545	3.6	472
1954–55	…	573	3.5	499
1955–56	…	640	3.7	560
1956–57	…	720	3.8	637
1957–58	…	755	3.8	644
1958–59	…	803	3.9	651
1959–60	…	864	4.0	701
1960–61	…	961	4.1	792
1961–62	…	1,006	4.1	793
1962–63	…	1,060	4–1	830
1963–64	…	1,147	4.1	906
1964–65	…	1,254	4.2	1,009
1965–66	…	1,389	4.4	1,168
1966–67	…	1,520	4.5	1,293
1967–68	…	1,669	4.7	1,444
1968–69	…	1,807	4.9	1,539