§ Mr. W. Hamiltonasked the Minister of Health to what extent the increased expenditure on the National Health Service in the last ten years has been due to increased salaries and wages, and increased costs, respectively.
§ Mr. PowellThis information is only available for the hospital service, as follows:
Hospital Service, England and Wales £m. Increase in expenditure, 1949–50 to 1959–60 203 Due to increases in salary and wage rates 108 Due to increases in price levels 49