§ Mr. Bakerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will publish an index of public expenditure on health and personal social services, and an index of expenditure on social security, at constant prices, for each year since 1945.
§ Mr. MoyleIndices of net expenditure at constant prices on the health and personal social services (HPSS), and on social security (SS), are shown below from 1949–50 onwards. Details of expenditure on these services before the first full years of operation of the NHS, and of the National Insurance Fund, are not available in a form that would be comparable with later figures. The index for health and personal social services reflects the substantial changes in the nature of these services, as well as increases in the volume of expenditure.
HPSS SS 1949–50 … … … 100 100 1950–51 … … … 107 99 1951–52 … … … 104 94 1952–53 … … … 113 105 1953–54 … … … 105 108 1954–55 … … … 109 108 1955–56 … … … 116 115 1956–57 … … … 123 115 1957–58 … … … 122 119 1958–59 … … … 125 141 1959–60 … … … 129 148 1960–61 … … … 136 150 1961–62 … … … 133 161 1962–63 … … … 137 165 1963–64 … … … 143 186 1964–65 … … … 163 186 1965–66 … … … 157 209 1966–67 … … … 164 213 1967–68 … … … 170 236 1968–69 … … … 174 254 1969–70 … … … 184 259 1970–71 … … … 198 259 1971–72 … … … 204 276 1972–73 … … … 212 292 1973–74 … … … 223 288 1974–75 … … … 232 306 1975–76 … … … 240 339
§ Mr. Bakerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will estimate the proportion of public expenditure on health and social services, and 448W of expenditure on social security, devoted to those aged under 16 and over 65 years at five year intervals since 1945.
§ Mr. MoyleAnalysis of expenditure in the health and personal social services by age group has only been undertaken recently. The proportion of current expenditure devoted to those aged under 16 and over 64 in 1975–76, including births, was 65 per cent. It is estimated that the equivalent proportion for social security expenditure is also 65 per cent. The social security estimate includes expenditure on claims for an adult dependent under 65 years of age by a person aged 65 and over, and supplementary benefit can only be allocated on a statistical basis. The proportion or expenditure in earlier years of the sequence requested could only be obtained at inordinate expense, and in any case the sources on which the analysis is based do not extend as far back as 1945.