§ Mr. Pendryasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will provide figures for actual public expenditure on the Health Service from 1978–79 to 1983–84 and planned public expenditure from 1984–85 to 1986–87 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, broken down by hospital and community health services, family practitioner services and central health and miscellaneious services.
§ Mr. Peter ReesThe information is set out in the following table.
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1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 †1985–86 †1986–87 Northern Ireland Hospital and Community Health Services 206 254 321 359 383 411 421 434 449 Family Practitioner Services 51 60 75 87 99 109 115 114 124 Central Health and Miscellaneous Services 57 68 88 98 107 115 120 123 128 Total NHS (Northern Ireland) 314 382 484 544 589 635 656 671 701 * Figures are based on those published in Cmnd. 9143. No account has been taken of the reduction in national insurance surcharge announced in the Budget. † No decision has yet been taken on the breakdown of planned expenditure on health in Wales for 1985–86 and 1986–87.