§ Mr. Dewarasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish a table showing separately for (i) hospital and community health services, (ii) family practitioner services and (iii) social services, actual and planned expenditure in Northern Ireland for the years 1978–79 to 1988–89 in (a) cash prices, (b) cost terms and (c) volume terms, and showing the percentage increases over 1978–79 on a basis consistent with table 2.12 of Cmnd. 9702-II.
§ Mr. NeedhamThe following tables contain the information requested. The expenditure figures shown are net of patient charges, as are those in table 2.12 of Cmnd. 9702-II.
Expenditure on central health and miscellaneous services is excluded.
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1. Hospital and community health services actual and planned expenditure £ million* Cash Adjusted by GDP deflator (1984–85 prices) Adjusted by hospital and community health services pay and price factors (1984–85 prices)† 1978–79 208 370 405 1979–80 253 385 410 1980–81 321 412 408 1981–82 360 420 424 1982–83 380 414 421 1983–84 406 423 429 1984–85 426 426 426 1985–86 447 426 n.a. 1986–87 470 428 n.a. 1987–88 488 430 n.a. 1988–89 509 435 n.a. Percentage increase over the period‡ 145 17.6 5.2
2. Family practitioner services actual and planned expenditure £ million* Cash Adjusted by GDP deflator (1984–85 prices) Adjusted by family practitioner services pay and price factors (1984–85 prices)† 1978–79 52 93 110 1979–80 60 91 108 1980–81 75 96 108 1981–82 87 101 110 1982–83 99 108 113 1983–84 109 114 118 1984–85 115 115 115 1985–86 121 115 n.a. 1986–87 130 118 n.a. 1987–88 136 120 n.a. 1988–89 143 122 n.a. Percentage increase over the period‡ 175 31.2 4.5 126W
3. Personal social services actual and planned expenditure £ million* Cash Adjusted by GDP deflator (1984–85 prices) Adjusted by personal social services pay and price factors (1984–85 prices)† 1978–79 43 77 81 1979–80 55 84 88 1980–81 69 88 91 1981–82 78 91 92 1982–83 85 93 93 1983–84 92 96 96 1984–85 95 95 95 1985–86 100 95 n/a 1986–87 105 96 n/a 1987–88 110 97 n/a 1988–89 115 98 n/a Percentage increase over the period‡ 167 27.3 17.3 * In Northern Ireland, the services are administered by health and social services boards and presentation of separate hospital and community health services and personal social services figures therefore involve a calculated attribution of certain costs, especially those for common services.
† No separate record is maintained of pay and price movements within the health service in Northern Ireland. The indices used are those calculated by the Department of Health and Social Security from English data, and which are available only to 1984–85.
‡ Percentage increase in figures adjusted by NHS factors covers the years 1984–85 only.