HC Deb 06 June 1985 vol 80 c231W
Mr. Dobson

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what proportion of spending by health authorities was devoted to community health in 1979 and each succeeding year.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

The annual financial accounts of health authorities in England show the proportion of spending (excluding expenditure on family practitioner services) devoted to community health services as:

Percent
1979–80 8.3
1980–81 8.5
1981–82 8.5
1982–83 8.6
1983–84 8.7