§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each year since 1945 in terms of (a) 1970 prices, (b) 1976 prices and (c) at current prices total expenditure on the health services and total expenditure on the health services per capita.
NET PUBLIC EXPENDITURE ON THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE (UNITED KINGDOM) At 1970 prices At survey 1976 prices At current prices Year £ million £ per cap £ million £ per cap £ million £ per cap 1949 … … 1,089 21.7 2,424 48.4 2,974 59.4 1950 … … 1,199 23.9 2,669 53.2 3,274 65.2 1951 … … 1,206 24.0 2,685 53.4 3,293 65.4 1952 … … 1,181 23.4 2,629 52.1 3,225 64.0 1953 … … 1,202 23.8 2,676 52.9 3,282 64.9 1954 … … 1,227 24.2 2,732 53.8 3,351 66.0 1955 … … 1,263 24.8 2,812 55.2 3,449 67.7 1956 … … 1,292 25.2 2,876 56.2 3,528 68.9 1957 … … 1,326 25.8 2,952 57.4 3,621 70.4 1958 … … 1,359 26.3 3,026 58.6 3,711 71.8 1959 … … 1,412 27.2 3,144 60.5 3,856 74.2 1960 … … 1,460 27.9 3,250 62.0 3,987 76.1 1961 … … 1,480 28.0 3,295 62.4 4,042 76.5 1962 … … 1,517 28.5 3,377 63.4 4,143 77.8 1963 … … 1,561 29.1 3,475 64.9 4,263 79.6 1964 … … 1,631 30.3 3,631 67.4 4,454 82.6 1965 … … 1,706 31.5 3,798 70.0 4,659 85.9 1966 … … 1,785 32.8 3,974 72.9 4,874 89.4 1967 … … 1,860 33.9 4,141 75.6 5,079 92.7 1968 … … 1,947 35.4 4,335 78.7 5,317 96.6 1969 … … 1,914 34.6 4,261 77.1 5,227 94.6 1970 … … 2,005 36.2 4,464 80.5 5,475 98.8 1971 … … 2,057 37.0 4,580 82.4 5,617 101.0 1972 … … 2,140 38.4 4,764 85.4 5,844 104.7 1973 … … 2,208 39.5 4,916 87.9 6,030 107.8 1974 … … 2,256 40.3 5,023 89.8 6,161 110.1 1975 … … 2,414 43.2 5,375 96.1 6,592 117.8 1976 … … 2,488 44.5 5,539 99.0 6,794 121.5