§ Mr. Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give details of the expenditure on the National Health Service in Scotland, in real terms, for the years 1975–76 onwards to the present time.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe information requested is as follows:
£ million 1975−76 1,448.9 1976−77 1,454.2 1977−78 1,441.4 1978−79 1,504.9 1979−80 1,535.4 1980−81 1,635.7 1981−82 1,698.0 1982−83 1,723.0 1983−84 1,758.1 * 1984−85 1,819.0 * Provisional. Note: The figures given are for gross expenditure expressed in 1983–84 cost terms, using GDP deflator factors.