Mrs. Chalkwrasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether she will publish in the Official Report a comparison of the level of supplementary benefit with the equivalent provision in other countries belonging to the European Economic Community.
§ Mr. MeacherNo other EEC country has a single comprehensive national
1967–1968 1968–1969 1969–1970 1970–1971 1971–1972 1972–1973 1973–1974 1974–1975* £p £p £p £p £p £p £p £p Class A RHB long stay hospitals 23.99 26.07 29.48 34.47 40.65 46.18 56.43 84.08 Class B RHB psychiatric hospitals 13.43 14.98 16.39 19.74 23.99 28.57 34.73 50.01 Class C RHB acute and other hospitals 41.72 45.27 49.73 59.50 69.82 80.90 96.21 140.47 Class D London teaching hospitals 62.60 66.55 72.40 86.49 100.34 116.64 137.55 200.82 Class E provincial teaching hospitals and RHB university hospitals 52.59 57.99 59.38 71.13 83.16 96.59 113.83 166.19 * Figures for 1974–5 based on incomplete costing returns.