§ Mr. Eadieasked the Secretary of State for Scotland by how much approximately total expenditure on the National Health Service will increase in each of the next five years; what are the corresponding figures for the previous five years; and what are the medical services to which it will be allocated.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellFor the first part of the Question I would refer the hon. Member to the reply given to my hon. Friend the Member for Fife, East (Sir J. Gilmour), on 23rd February, 1972. As indicated in paragraph 27 of the White Paper on Public Expenditure—Cmnd. 4829ߞcomparative information over a period of five past years at constant prices is not available.
Among the main priorities for which additional resources are being made available over the next five years is the improvement of hospital facilities for the old and the mentally ill.—[Vol. 831, c. 303–4]