§ Mr. Woodburnasked the Minister of Health (1) what was the cost of pharmaceutical prescriptions in the last available year as a percentage of the cost in 1950 adjusted to the 1950 price level, or in any other fashion, to show a real comparison;
(2) what was the cost of the National Health Service in the last available year as a percentage of the cost of 1950 adjusted to the 1960 price level, or in any other fashion, to show a real comparison.
§ Mr. PowellThe following table shows 1959–60 expenditure for Great Britain as a percentage of expenditure in 1950–51 after adjustment for the change in the Price Index of Consumers' Expenditure from 1950 to 1959:
Per cent. Gross cost of National Health Service (excluding local health authority services) 124 Gross cost of pharmaceutical prescriptions dispensed in the year 148