§ Mr. Richard Pageasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the revenue received from National Health Service paybeds, expressed in terms of 1978 prices for each year from 1972 onwards.
§ Mr. Moyle:For England the information requested is given in the table below:
Financial year Actual income £ million Revalued to 1978 prices*£ million 1971–72 10.06 24.82 1972–73 11.95 27.31 1973–74 13.70 28.49 1974–75 15.30 27.18 1975–76 19.63 27.70 1976–77 24.60 30.26 1977–78 26.97 29.08 1978–79† 29.73 29.73 *Actual income has been brought to 1978 prices by use of the value of the General Index of Retail Prices for the October of each year. *Estimated.