§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give a breakdown of expenditure on the National Health Service for each health board area in Scotland for each of the last five years; and what is the planned expenditure for 1983–84 and 1984–85.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe following table shows the total expenditure on hospitals and community health services, family practitioner services and on locally managed capital programmes for each of the Scottish health boards for the five years to 31 March 1983 and an estimate of expenditure for the year to 31 March 1984. I am not yet in a position to make an announcement about allocations to boards for 1984–85.
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§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the expenditure on the National Health Service in Scotland in each of the last five years; and what is the planned expenditure in 1983–84 and 1984–85, respectively.
§ Mr. John MacKayNet expenditure on the National Health Service in Scotland in each of the five years to 31 March 1983, and the estimated net expenditure for the year to 31 March 1984, is shown in the following table. I expect to announce shortly the provision to be made for the health programme for 1984–85.
£ million 1978–79 869.0 1979–80 1,035.3 1980–81 1,306.7 1981–82 1,490.3 1982–83 1,615.4 1983–84 *1,724.0 * (latest estimate).