HC Deb 29 October 1986 vol 103 c139W
Mr. Pavitt

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the cost to public expenditure of each 1 per cent. increase in the proportion of gross domestic product devoted to the National Health Service.

Mr. MacGregor

In 1985–86 it would have cost £3.6 billion to increase public expnditure on the health services of the United Kingdom by one percentage point of GDP.