§ Lord Bleaseasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will indicate, for each year from 1974 to 1983, the percentage of the total amount of the running costs of the services delivered through each of the four Health and Social Services Boards in Northern Ireland which was spent in the provision of primary health care.
§ The Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office (The Earl of Mansfield)The percentage of the total revenue expenditure of Health and Social Services Boards spent on the provision of primary health care 755WA for the financial years 1974–75 to 1982–83 is as follows:—
BOARD 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 Northern 15.77 15.12 14.42 14.42 13.98 13.90 14.22 14.00 14.03 Southern 13.56 13.56 12.96 11.98 11.92 11.72 12.28 12.03 12.37 Western 12.65 12.32 11.24 10.79 10.77 10.91 11.36 11.34 11.44 Eastern 8.11 8.14 7.85 7.88 7.95 7.99 8.48 8.49 8.55 Note: Expenditure on primary health care includes the cost of general medical practitioners and other community health care services such as health centres, home nursing and health visiting services, et cetera.