§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the per capita spending on health and personal social services in cash terms and 1986–87 prices each year since 1979 to the latest available date for (a) all ages, (b) births, (c) 0 to four years, (d) five to 15 years, (e) 16 to 64 years (f) 65 to 74 years and (g) 75 years and over, giving the amount spent on (i) personal social services, (ii) family practitioner services, (iii) hospital and community health services and (iv) total in Scotland.
§ Mr. John MacKay[pursuant to his reply,4 February 1987, c. 709]: The information most closely available to that sought is as follows:
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(i) Personal Social Services Per Capita spending in cash terms
1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–861 All ages 36 47 51 54 59 63 67
(ii) Family Practioner Services: Recurrent Expenditure Per head by age in cash terms
Year All ages Births 0–4 5–14 15–64 65–74 75 + 1980–81 46 39 40 32 41 64 108 1981–82 56 47 44 41 52 70 131 1982–83 — — — — — — — 1983–84 69 54 56 46 62 105 160 1984–85 76 61 62 51 67 118 171 1985–861 80 64 70 68 69 114 176
(iii) Hospital and community health services: recurrent expenditure Per head by age in cash terms
All ages Births 0–4 5–14 15–64 65–74 75 + 1980–81 189 916 110 69 122 380 921 1981–82 215 1,111 112 81 137 415 1,070 1982–83 — — — — — — — 1983–84 242 1,253 117 92 141 509 1,238 1984–85 259 1,339 128 97 149 547 1,332 1985–861 276 1,389 142 101 156 555 1,442
(it) Personal social services Per capita spending at 1986–87 prices
1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–861 All ages 62 66 65 65 68 69 69
(v) Family practitioner services: recurrent expenditure Per head by age at 1986–87 prices
All ages Births 0–4 5–14 15–64 65–74 75 + 1980–81 64 54 57 45 58 90 151 1981–82 71 60 56 53 66 89 168 1982–83 — — — — — — — 1983–84 79 62 64 52 70 119 183 1984–85 82 67 68 55 73 129 187 1985–86 82 66 72 70 71 118 182
(vi) Hospital and community health services: recurrent expenditure Per head by age at 1986–87 prices
All ages Births 0–4 5–14 15–64 65–74 75 + 1980–81 265 1,284 154 96 171 532 1,290 1981–82 274 1,417 143 104 174 530 1,365 1982–83 — — — — — — — 1983–84 275 1,426 133 105 160 580 1,414 1984–85 283 1,462 140 106 163 597 1,455 1985–86 284 1,430 146 104 161 572 1,485 1 Estimated expenditure. Notes:
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- 1. Information about expenditure on personal social services by age group is not maintained.
- 2. An analysis of total expenditure by age group on health services in Scotland (which include a number of servces financed centrally) is not available.
- 3. Details of health service expenditure by age group for 1979–80 and for 1982–83 are not available.
- 4. Per capita spending at 1986–87 prices has been calculated by application of the appropriate GDP deflator factors at market prices.
- 5. The hospital and community health services figures given include spending on the ambulance and blood transfusion service which are financed through the Common Services Agency.