HC Deb 16 April 1985 vol 77 c151W
16. Mr. Knox

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what percentage of the gross domestic product was spent on the National Health Service in the most recent year for which figures are available; and how this compares with the percentage in 1978.

Mr. John Patten

The United Kingdom spent 5.6 per cent. of the gross domestic product on the National Health Service in 1983; the corresponding figure for 1978 was 4.8 per cent.