§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is his estimate of his Department's planned real level of expenditure on the National Health Service in 1995– 96 prices in(a) 1997–98 and (b) 1998–99, using (i) the estimates of spending and of the GDP deflator as contained in the Financial Statement and Budget report 1997–98 and (ii) the estimates of spending and of the GDP deflator as contained in the Financial Statement and Budget report for March 1998. [37135]
§ Mr. Milburn[holding answer 1 April 1998]: Figures on real terms expenditure on the National Health Service can be found in the Departmental Report, copies of which are available in the Library.