HC Deb 24 March 1982 vol 20 c357W
Mr. Moyle

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what proportion of the National Health Service budget for England was spent on preparing the service to meet the impact of war for the last financial year for which figures are available.

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

Regional health authorities were allocated £520,000 in 1981–82 for the employment of emergency planning officers. Actual expenditure figures for 1981–82 are not yet available, but on the latest estimate of £10,900 million for total NHS expenditure, the proportion allocated for these posts is about 0.0047 per cent.