HC Deb 08 July 1982 vol 27 cc185-6W
Mr. Timothy Smith

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will list total expenditure on health and, in a separate column, total net expenditure on the personal social services in the United Kingdom for each year since 1970–71 at November 1980 prices.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

The information requested relating to England is as follows; I have asked my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to let my hon. Friend have the information relating to the services for which they are responsible. I have interpreted "total expenditure on health" to mean gross expenditure on the NHS.

Gross NHS expenditure England £ million, November 1980 prices Net expenditure on the Personal Social Services, England*
1970–71 8,395 †N/A
1971–72 8,560 1,042
1972–73 8,940 1,210
1973–74 9,164 1,392
1974–75 9,154 1,471
1975–76 9,385 1,574
1976–77 9,499 1,569
1977–78 9,584 1,547
1978–79 9,794 1,602
1979–80 9,800 1,675
1980–81 9,908 1,723
‡1981–82 10,265 1,706
Notes
* Includes central Government expenditure on personal social services.
† Comparable figures for 1970–71 not available.
‡ All figures for 1981–82 are provisional.