§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will update the table showing total growth on the National Health Service expenditure given in his answer of 14 May 1985, Official Report, columns 119–20, so as to provide information for 1985–86.
§ Mr. Newton[pursuant to his reply, 3 November 1986, c. 363–64]: The information is set out in the following table. Since the reply to the hon. Member last year there have been a number of technical changes to the figuring to reflect a revised Vote structure and a change in accounting
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District health authority Total all cases Non-urgent cases on list for more than one year as a percentage of all cases East Hertfordshire 1,285 5.8 North Tyneside 1,306 5.1 Bury 981 5.1 Northallerton 506 3.8 Huntingdon 111 1.2 Halton 143 0.0