§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales what was the National Health Service hospital expenditure in Wales in 1973; and what proportion of this total was expended on hospitals for the mentally handicapped.
§ Mr. John MorrisThe total expenditure on National Health Service hospitals in Wales for the financial year 1972–73, the latest year for which the information is available, was £77.064 million. Of this 4.57 per cent. was spent on hospitals for the mentally handicapped.