§ Mr. Timothy Smithasked 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.
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§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe 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.