Mr. Alan WilliamsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table showing the relevant figures in tables 17.25 and 17.27 of Cm. 288-II adjusted by the hospital and community health services pay and prices deflator; and what were the equivalent figures in 1978–79.
§ Mr. Grist[holding answer 29 February 1988]: The table sets out the information requested.
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Total net expenditure on hospital and community health services £ million Year Actual 1Adjusted 1978–79 299.8 710.8 1983–84 596.2 764.6 1984–85 639.6 775.9 1985–86 690.9 785.0 1986–87 726.9 784.3 1987–88 2803.0 803.0 1 1987–88 prices using the hospital and community health services pay and prices indices. Figures relating to the hospital and community health services pay and prices terms have been constructed by reference to indices maintained by the Department of Health and Social Security from English data: no separate pay and prices indices for Wales are available. The figures for 1987–88 are provisional.
2 The estimated outturn for 1987–88 excludes the additional £3.8 million announced on 16 December 1987.
Note: The totals include expenditure on the services for the disabled and the administrative costs of the artificial limb and appliance service which will from 1 April 1988 be transferred to the Welsh Health Common Services Authority.