Mr. Milianasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give figures for Scotland for the increase in 150W National Health Service expenditure from 1978–79 to 1983–84 in cash, cost and volume terms similar to those given for England in the annual report 1984 on the National Health Service in England.
§ Mr. YoungerThe Information requested is as follows:
Expenditure on the NHS 1978–79 to 1983–84 £ million gross Cash Cost (at 1983–84 prices measured by the GDP deflator) * Volume (1983–84 prices measured by the NHS pay and prices deflator) 1978–79 883 1,515 1,650 1983–84 1,764 1,764 1,764 Increases in £ million 881 249 114 Percentage increases 99.8 16.4 6.9 * A series of deflator factors for the NHS in Scotland is not available. The measurement of volume input given in this table makes use of the deflator factors used in table 2 of ` The Health Service in England Annual Report 1984".