§ Mr. Corbynasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the number of people on the waiting list for acute surgery in each London health district from November 1982 until the latest available date.
§ Mr. Whitney[pursuant to his reply, 17 December 1985, c. 155]: The available information at 30 September and 31 March is given in the table.
prices since 1970, expressing 1970 costs as 100; and whether separate indices are used to deflate health service costs in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. Hayhoe[pursuant to his reply, 19 December 1985, c. 312]: There is not an index of National Health 559W Service pay and price movements, but indices are maintained, based on centrally assessed movements of pay and prices in England, for health and community health service revenue and capital expenditure respectively. The indices are available from 1971–72 and are shown in the table with the index for 1971–72 expressed as 100. Figures are not available for the current financial year.
Real increases in expenditure on the HCHS are measured by reference to general inflation, as recorded by movements in the GDP deflator, since this approach records changes in the real cost of the service. It would, in any event, be highly misleading to revalue district or health board expenditure by reference to national pay and price indices, because the composition of that expenditure can vary from the national average.
Separate pay and price indices are not maintained for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Hospital and Community Health Services Revenue Capital 1971–72 100.0 100.0 1972–73 109.0 108.2 1973–74 119.6 123.9 1974–75 162.9 154.1 1975–76 209.8 201.3 1976–77 238.7 225.4 1977–78 259.2 257.7 1978–79 284.1 287.8 1979–80 342.4 347.4 1980–81 438.2 437.4 1981–82 474.2 451.4 1982–83 505.0 458.6 1983–84 530.6 465.9 1984–85 561.4 483.1