Prescriptions

HC Deb 21 December 1988 vol 144 cc321-2W

Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish the total expenditure on(a) family practitioner services and (b) general practitioner prescribed prescriptions in England in cash terms and real terms for each year since 1980, and also expressing both as an index based upon 1980.

Mr. Mellor

Gross expenditure on family practitioner services, and on the pharmaceutical services, including remuneration costs, in England since 1980–81 is given in the tables in cash and in real terms.

Table 1: Gross expenditure on Family Practitioner Services. England
	Cash	Real terms at 1987–88 prices (a)
	£ million	Index	£ million	Index 1980–81=100
		1980–81=100		1980–81=100
1980–81	2,116	100.0	3,136	100.0
1981–82	2,442	115.4	3,295	105.1
1982–83	2,829	133.7	3,563	113.6
1983–84	3,039	143.6	3,661	116.7
1984–85	3,345	158.1	3,835	122.3
1985–86	3,524	166.5	3,834	122.3
1986–87	3,788	179.0	3,988	127.2
1987–88	4,202	198.6	4,202	134.0

Table 2: Gross expenditure on the Pharmaceutical Services. England
	Cash	Real terms at 1987–88 prices (a)
	£ million	Index	£ million	Index
		1980–81=100		1980–81=100
1980–81	974	100.0	1,443	100.0
1981–82	1,125	115.5	1,518	105.2
1982–83	1,290	132.4	1,625	112.6
1983–84	1,431	146.9	1,723	119.4
1984–85	1,551	159.2	1,778	123.2
1985–86	1,657	170.1	1,803	124.9
1986–87	1,787	183.5	1,881	130.3
1987–88	1,975	202.8	1,975	136.9
(a) adjusted in line with the GDP deflator at market prices.