HC Deb 26 March 1996 vol 274 cc514-5W
Sir Terence Higgins

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list for each year since 1966 the annual expenditure on the national health service in real terms. [22668]

Mr. Horam

A consistent series of figures is available only from 1973–74. The information is shown in the table.

NHS total gross expenditure for England
Year Gross Expenditure (adjusted by gross domestic product deflator to 1994–95 prices) in £ million
1973–74 16,266
1974–75 17,969
1975–76 18,899
1976–77 18,966
1977–78 18,447
1978–79 19,031
1979–80 19,380
1980–81 21,338
1981–82 21,817
1982–83 22,207
1983–84 22,530

NHS total gross expenditure for England
Year Gross Expenditure (adjusted by gross domestic product deflator to 1994–95 prices) in £ million
1984–85 23,068
1985–86 23,124
1986–87 24,138
1987–88 25,216
1988–89 26,279
1989–90 26,462
1990–91 27,421
1991–92 29,230
1992–93 30,798
1993–94 30,975
1994–95 31,983
1995–961 33,032
1 Estimated.