HL Deb 25 June 1997 vol 580 cc178-80WA
Lord Monkswell

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will list for every year from 1947 to date the percentage of GDP spent on the National Health Service, together with the percentages of the total raised by general taxation and through charges to patients, together with the percentages of the total spent on capital costs and on running costs.

Baroness Jay of Paddington

Information on the percentage of gross domestic product spent on the National Health Service is available from 1949 and is given in Table A. The available information on contributions from general taxation and charging, and on capital costs and running costs, is set out in the Department of Health departmental reports, but refers to England only. A summary of the available information is given in Tables B and C. Copies of the departmental reports are available in the Library.

Table A: UK NHS Expenditure as a proportion of GDP 1949 to 1996–97
Year Proportion of GDP per cent.
1949 3.5
1950 3.6
1951 3.4
1952 3.1
1953 3.1
1954 3.0
1955 3.0
1956 3.0
1957 3.1
1958 3.2
1959 3.2
1960 3.3
1961 4.2
1962 3.4
1963 3.4
1964 3.4
1965 3.5
1966 3.7
1967 3.9
1968 3.9
1969 3.8
1970 3.9
1971 3.9
1972 4.0
1973 4.1
1974–75 4.8
1975–76 5.1
1976–77 5.0

Table A: UK NHS Expenditure as a proportion of GDP 1949 to 1996–97
Year Proportion of GDP per cent.
1977–78 4.8
1978–79 4.7
1979–80 4.7
1980–81 5.3
1981–82 5.5
1982–83 5.5
1983–84 5.3
1984–85 5.4
1985–86 5.2
1986–87 5.1

Table B: Sources of Finance (England)1
Percentages
Year Total Public Consolidated Fund Expenditure NHS Contribution Total from other sources Charges Capital refunds to NHS Trusts2 Miscellaneous3
1978–79 97.5 87.5 10.0 2.5 2.2 — 0.3
1979–80 97.4 87.5 9.9 2.6 2.3 — 0.3
1980–81 97.2 88.7 8.5 2.8 2.5 — 0.3
1981–82 97.0 87.3 9.7 3.0 2.7 — 0.3
1982–83 96.9 85.2 11.7 3.1 2.8 — 0.3
1983–84 96.6 85.2 11.4 3.4 3.0 — 0.4
1984–85 96.5 85.0 11.5 3.5 3.0 — 0.5
1985–86 96.4 84.9 11.5 3.6 2.9 — 0.7
1986–87 95.8 83.7 12.1 4.2 3.1 — 1.1
1987–88 95.7 82.2 13.5 4.3 2.9 — 1.4
1988–89 95.2 80.1 15.1 4.8 3.1 — 1.7
1989–90 94.1 77.5 16.6 5.9 4.5 — 1.4
1990–91 94.5 78.8 15.7 5.6 4.5 — 1.1
1991–92 94.7 80.7 14.0 5.6 4.1 — 1.1
1992–93 95.0 81.8 13.2 5.2 3.7 — 1.5
1993–94 94.7 82.0 12.7 5.4 3.1 1.2 1.1
1994–95 94.5 82.4 12.1 5.6 2.4 2.2 1.0
1995–96 94.3 82.1 12.2 5.8 2.3 2.5 1.0
1996–97 93.0 80.8 12.5 6.7 2.4 3.2 1.1
Notes:
1 Information is only available in the Department of Health for 1978–79.
2 Capital refunds to NHS trusts were not separately identified prior to 1993–94.
3 Mainly health authority capital receipts.

Table C: NHS gross expenditure on capital and departmental administration (England)1
£ million
Year NHS Total Expenditure NHS Capital Expenditure NHS Capital Expenditure as a percentage of NHS Total Expenditure Departmental Administration2 Departmental Administration as a percentage of NHS Total Expenditure
1985–86 14,923 1,012 6.8 159 1.1
1986–87 16,060 1,096 6.8 174 1.1
1987–88 17,653 1,129 6.4 167 1.0
1988–89 19,628 1,221 6.2 180 1.0
1989–90 21,148 1,454 6.9 201 1.0
1990–91 23,654 1,604 6.8 299 1.3
1991–92 26,786 1,693 6.3 324 1.2
1992–93 29,371 1,868 6.4 384 1.3
1993–94 30,402 1,807 5.9 345 1.1
1994–95 31,983 2,073 6.5 338 1.1
1995–96 33,483 2,018 6.0 329 1.0
1996–97 34,933 2,012 5.8 315 1.0
1997–98 35,958 1,621 4.5 303 0.8
1998–99 36,622 1,546 4.2 302 0.8
1999–00 37,329 1,562 4.2 301 0.8
Notes:
1 Information is available from 1985–86 onwards in the departmental report series. Prior to that date the information is available in the Department of Health's chapter of The Government's Expenditure Plans which were produced by Treasury in January every year up to 1990. (Copies available in the Library).
2 Departmental administration is used as a proxy for running costs as this is the measure used in the departmental report series.

Table A: UK NHS Expenditure as a proportion of GDP 1949 to 1996–97
Year Proportion of GDP per cent.
1987–88 5.1
1988–89 5.1
1989–90 5.1
1990–91 5.2
1991–92 5.7
1992–93 6.0
1993–94 5.9
1994–95 5.8
1995–96 5.8
1996–97 5.8