NHS Expenditure

HC Deb 07 May 1985 vol 78 c374W

Mr. Wilson

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give details of the expenditure on the National Health Service in Scotland, in real terms, for the years 1975–76 onwards to the present time.

Mr. John MacKay

The information requested is as follows:

	£ million
1975−76	1,448.9
1976−77	1,454.2
1977−78	1,441.4
1978−79	1,504.9
1979−80	1,535.4
1980−81	1,635.7
1981−82	1,698.0
1982−83	1,723.0
1983−84	1,758.1
* 1984−85	1,819.0
* Provisional.

Note: The figures given are for gross expenditure expressed in 1983–84 cost terms, using GDP deflator factors.