Nurses' Pay

HC Deb 15 December 1987 vol 124 cc445-6W

Mr. Wigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table showing(a) in current terms and (b) in constant money terms, the expenditure on the National Health Service in Wales over each of the past 10 years, indicating the sum within each figure which is represented by nurses' pay.

Mr. Grist

The information is given in the table:

£ million
	Total net expenditure on the National Health Service	Expenditure on nurses' pay
Year	Actual	1Constant prices	Actual	1Constant prices
1976–77	306.7	752.3	70.6	173.2
1977–78	346.8	746.9	77.2	166.3
1978–79	398.0	774.3	87.2	169.7
1979–80	465.9	775.5	106.6	177.4
1980–81	599.1	841.2	150.5	211.3
1981–82	682.9	873.3	162.3	207.5
1982–83	751.0	895.9	176.6	210.7
1983–84	797.2	909.1	185.2	211.2
1984–85	862.0	941.6	201.9	220.5
1985–86	920.7	948.4	215.0	221.5
1986–87	989.3	989.3	235.4	235.4
1 Actual expenditure revalued to 1986–87 prices using the GDP deflator.