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Mr. Kenneth Clarke
Table A shows gross expenditure on the NHS in England for each year at November 1980 prices. Since public expenditure is now planned in cash terms, we do not have a comparable run of figures in 1982 prices. When estimating the proportion of national income devoted to the health service, it is usual to look at gross domestic product rather than gross national product. We do not have such figures for England only; table B therefore shows total NHS expenditure for the United Kingdom—net of charges but including an estimate of non-trading capital consumption—as a percentage of GDP at factor cost on a calendar year basis from 1970 to 1980.
| Table A |
| Year |
Gross NHS expenditure England, £ million, November 1980 prices |
| 1970–71 |
8,395 |
| 1971–72 |
8,560 |
| 1972–73 |
8,940 |
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| Year |
Gross NHS expenditure England, £ million, November 1980 prices |
| 1973–74 |
9,164 |
| 1974–75 |
9,154 |
| 1975–76 |
9,385 |
| 1976–77 |
9,499 |
| 1977–78 |
9,584 |
| 1978–79 |
9,794 |
| 1979–80 |
9,800 |
| *1980–81 |
9,908 |
| *1981–82 |
10,265 |
| Note: * Provisional figure. |
| Table B |
| Year |
Total net NHS expenditure, United Kingdom, as a percentage of GDP at factor cost |
| 1970 |
4.64 |
| 1971 |
4.64 |
| 1972 |
4.78 |
| 1973 |
4.67 |
| 1974 |
5.27 |
| 1975 |
5.57 |
| 1976 |
5.58 |
| 1977 |
5.46 |
| 1978 |
5.41 |
| 1979 |
5.45 |
| *1980 |
6.10 |
| Note: * Latest available year. |