§ Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what has been the annual level of National Health Service expenditure expressed in constant prices since 1950 to date; and what is his present estimate for each year to 1984.
§ Dr. VaughanThe information is not readily available in the form requested. Table E7 in the report of the Royal Commission on the National Health Service, Cmnd. 7615, HMSO July 1979, gives information for the United Kingdom between 1949 and 1977 at 1970 constant prices. The Government's expenditure plans for the NHS in England up to 1983–84 were published in the recent public expenditure White Paper, Cmnd. 8175, which also gives comparable figures in constant prices back to 1975–76. Both are available in the Library of the House.