HC Deb 30 January 2002 vol 379 cc423-4W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his estimate is of the planned expenditure on health as a percentage of GDP in(a) 2001–02, (b) 2002–03 and (c) 2003–04. [28031]

Mr. Hutton

The planned gross national health service expenditure on health as a percentage of gross domestic product for the financial years 2001–02, 2002–03 and 2003–04 is shown in the table. The figure for 2003–03 includes the extra £1 billion announced by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer in his pre-Budget report on the 27 November 2001.

Gross NHS spend as a percentage of GDP
NHS spend
2001–02 6.3
2002–03 6.5
2003–04 6.6

Note:

These figures do not include private spending