§ Mr. Peter Bottomleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was programme expenditure as a percentage of total health and personal social services current and capital spending in 1979–80 on the same basis as the headings used on page 16 of "The Way Forward", published by his Department in 1977.
§ Dr. VaughanAn analysis of total health and personal social services current and capital expenditure in 1979–80, on the same basis as the programme headings used on page 16 of "The Way Forward", is not yet available. Provisional figures for 1978–79 are set out in the table below. However, the 1978–79 figures have been calculated on a November 1978 price base and are not strictly comparable with the figures given 507W in "The Way Forward" based on November 1975 prices. The costs of some components of the health and personal social services total—for example, family practitioner services—have risen more rapidly over the period than the rest, thus increasing the corresponding shares of total expenditure when moving
HEALTH AND PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES CURRENT AND CAPITAL EXPENDITURE (ENGLAND): PROGRAMME EXPENDITURE AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL November 1978 prices Percentage of total Programme 1975–76 out-turn 1979–80 illustrative projection 1978–79 provisional (as given in "The Way Forward" revalued) per cent. per cent. per cent. General and acute hospital (including maternity) 40.3 38.4 39.5 Primary Care … … … … … 19.2 20.3 20.0 Services mainly for the elderly and physically handicapped … … … … … 13.3 13.4 13.3 Services mainly for children … … … 5.3 5.6 5.5 Services for the mentally ill … … … 7.4 7.8 7.4 Services for the mentally handicapped … … … 4.4 4.5 4.3 Other … … … … … … 10.1 10.0 10.0 Total … … … … … … 100.0 100.0 100.0