§ Mr. Robin CookTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give for each year since 1974–75 (i) total National Health Service expenditure, (ii) current expenditure on hospital and community health services, (iii) capital expenditure on hospital and community health service, (iv) expenditure on family practitioner services, (v) expenditure on centrally funded National Health Service services and (vi) expenditure on personal social services; if he will give each(a) in cash terms, (b) adjusted using the relevant pay and prices index and (c) adjusted using the gross domestic product deflator; and if he will place in the Library details of the methods used to make these adjustments.
§ Mr. Michael Forsyth[holding answer 18 February 1988]: The information in the format requested is not fully available. Details of expenditure, broken down by service, in both cash terms and as adjusted by the gross domestic product deflator, are given in the following tables.
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(i) Total National Health Service expenditure At 1987–88 prices £ million cash Adjusted by the GDP deflator 1974–75 453 1,667 1975–76 596 1,746 1976–77 676 1,749 1977–78 768 1,745 1978–79 882 1,810 1979–80 1,053 1,849 1980–81 1,330 1,970 1981–82 1,519 2,047 1982–83 1,648 2,073 1983–84 1,758 2,112 1984–85 1,885 2,169 1985–86 1,997 2,168 1986–87 2,126 2,233 1987–881 2,334 2,334 1 provisional outturn
(ii) Hospitals and community health services: gross current expenditure At 1987–88 prices £ million cash Adjusted by the GDP deflator 1974–75 318 1,170 1975–76 414 1,213 1976–77 470 1,216 1977–78 540 1,227 1978–79 617 1,266 1979–80 737 1,232 1980–81 951 1,403 1981–82 1,069 1,441 1982–83 1,142 1,437 1983–84 1,212 1,456 1984–85 1,291 1,486 1985–86 1,363 1,480 1986–87 1,456 1,529 1987–881 1,585 1,585 1 Provisional outturn.
(iii) Hospitals and community health services: Gross capital expenditure At 1987–88 prices £ million cash Adjusted by the GDP deflator 1974–75 30 110 1975–76 39 114 1976–77 37 96 1977–78 38 86 1978–79 51 105 1979–80 58 102 1980–81 59 87 1981–82 84 113 1982–83 92 116 1983–84 99 119 1984–85 106 122 1985–86 119 129 1986–87 104 109 1987–881 112 112 1 Provisional outturn.
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(iv) Family Practitioner Services at 1987–88 prices Year £ million cash Adjusted by the GDP deflator 1974–75 80 294 1975–76 109 319 1976–77 129 334 1977–78 145 329
Year £ million cash Adjusted by the GDP deflator 1978–79 167 343 1979–80 197 346 1980–81 246 364 1981–82 281 379 1982–83 322 405 1983–84 347 417 1984–85 380 437 1985–86 400 434 1986–87 438 460 11987–88 491 491 1 provisional outturn.
(v) Centrally Financed Services at 1987–88 prices Year £ million cash Adjusted by the GDP deflator 1974–75 25 92 1975–76 34 100 1976–77 40 104 1977–78 45 102 1978–79 47 96 1979–80 61 107 1980–81 74 110 1981–82 85 115 1982–83 92 116 1983–84 100 120 1984–85 108 124 1985–86 115 125 1986–87 128 134 11987–88 146 146 1 provisional outturn.
(vi) Personal Social Services At 1987–88 prices £ million cash Adjusted by the GDP deflator 1974–75 77 283 1975–76 93 272 1976–77 118 305 1977–78 123 279 1978–79 149 306 1979–80 189 332 1980–81 239 354 1981–82 263 354 1982–83 285 359 1983–84 302 363 1984–85 323 372 1985–86 348 379 1986–87 356 374 1987–881 398 398 1 Provisional outturn.
Gross Domestic Product Deflators as at June 1988 GDPD 1974–75 28.540 1975–76 35.863 1976–77 40.592 1977–78 46.232 1978–79 51.179 1979–80 59.814 1980–81 70.919 1981–82 77.938 1982–83 83.488 1983–84 87.413 1984–85 91.277 1985–86 96.729 1986–87 100.000 1987–88 105.034