HC Deb 30 November 1982 vol 33 c121W
25. Mr. Knox

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the total National Health Service expenditure in (a) 1978 and (b) in 1981, expressed in 1978 prices.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

I regret that figures are not readily available expressed at 1978 prices. At November 1980 prices total gross expenditure on the National Health Service in England was £9,811 million in 1978–79 and is estimated to have been £10,258 million in 1981–82.