Health and Social Services

HC Deb 28 April 1988 vol 132 c265W

8. Ms. Mowlam

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the current level of funding for health and social services in the Province.

Mr. Needham

Total funding for the health and personal social services in Northern Ireland in 1988–89 will amount to £873 million — equivalent to over £557 per head of the population.