HC Deb 09 February 1987 vol 110 cc96-7W
Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what has been the expenditure per head of the population on the National Health Service in Wales in each year since 1979 at current and outturn prices.

Mr. Mark Robinson

The information is set out in the following table:

Adjusted to 1986–87 prices by GDP deflator
Cash
£ £
1979–80 165.79 276.22
1980–81 212.76 298.81
1981–82 242.72 310.40
1982–83 267.58 319.07
1983–84 283.92 324.10
1984–85 307.07 335.99
1985–86 327.44 337.26

Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the planned change of resource input into the National Health Service in Wales in real terms between 1986–87 and 1987–88,1988–89 and 1989–90 both as a whole and in terms of (a) hospital services, (b) general practitioner services, (c) general dental services, (d) ophthalmic services and (e) pharmaceutical services.

Mr. Mark Robinson

The available information is as follows:

Persons supplied with lenses per 1,000 population
Family practitioner committee 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 19851
Clwyd 77.6 81.5 79.6 81.2 82.7 81.5 58.5
Dyfed 96.2 95.5 94.2 95.8 98.6 10.30 66.0
Gwent 103.0 109.2 108.8 110.7 107.8 117.1 77.3
Gwynedd 98.7 99.0 97.9 94.9 95.9 95.1 59.8
Mid Glamorgan 115.7 114.0 114.2 116.3 113.9 120.0 80.4
Powys 76.8 71.9 68.5 75.5 77.4 83.0 52.8
South Glamorgan 118.7 113.3 116.3 114.3 123.4 115.8 72.9
West Glamorgan 111.0 109.0 110.1 114.5 108.1 123.4 80.7
1 Due to legislative changes in April 1985 subsidised NHS lenses were no longer available to adults in higher income groups.

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