§ Mr. Gurdenasked the Minister of Health if he will state the insurance: taxation ratio in the financing of the National Health Service over the past 10 years, showing the figure for each year separately.
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§ Mr. K. RobinsonThe total cost of the National Health Service is met not only from taxation and National Health Service contributions paid as part of the combined weekly insurance contribution, but also from local authority rates, payments by persons using the Service and miscellaneous income.
HEALTH AND WELFARE SERVICES—ENGLAND AND WALES SOURCES OF FINANCE 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 £m. Per cent. £m. Per cent. £m. Per cent. £m. Per cent. £m. Per cent. (a) Exchequer (excluding grants to local authorities) 505 70.3 543 70.2 617 71.7 607 67.4 629 66.4 (b) National Health Service contributions 92 12.8 99 12.8 102 11.9 130 14.4 142 15.0 (c) Other (including rates and Exchequer grants to local authorities, payments by persons using the services, etc.) 121 16.9 131 17.0 141 16.4 164 18.2 176 18.6 718 100 773 100 860 100 901 100 947 100
1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 (provisional) £m. Per cent. £m. Per cent. £m. Per cent. £m. Per cent. £m. Per cent. (a) Exchequer (excluding grants to local authorities) 687 67.0 769 68.5 893 72.0 987 72.7 1,106 74.0 (b) National Health Service contribution 147 14.3 146 13.0 144 11.6 147 10.8 141 9.4 (c) Other (including rates and Exchequer grants to local authorities, payments by persons using the services, etc.) 192 18.7 207 18.5 204 16.4 224 16.5 247 16.6 1,026 100 1,122 100 1,241 100 1,358 100 1,494 100