§ 14. Mr. MoateTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what are the latest figures for capital expenditure and revenue expenditure on the national health service hospital services; and what were the comparable figures in 1979.
§ Mr. WaldegraveThis year expenditure on the hospital and community health services in England is expected to be some £17.2 billion, a real terms increase of 40 per cent. over the 1978–79 figure of £4.9 billion.