§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what has been the level of capital investment in the National Health Service each year since 1960 at (a) current prices and (b) constant 1986 prices.
§ Mr. NewtonThe information requested is as follows:
NHS Capital Expenditure—England Year Cash terms (£m) (a) At 1985–86 prices (£m)(b) 1960–61 25 196 1961–62 32 244 1962–63 34 245 1963–64 53 377 1964–65 61 415 1965–66 68 444 1966–67 75 472 1967–68 90 548 1968–69 95 549 1969–70 101 556 1970–71 119 608 1971–72 162 755 1972–73 205 887 1973–74 251 1,014 1974–75 254 860 1975–76 334 898 1976–77 364 865 1977–78 325 678 1978–79 373 703 1979–80 418 674 1980–81 568 773 1981–82 693 859 1982–83 718 830 1983–84 751 831 1984–85 844 895 1985–86 922 922 Notes:
1. The figures for 1970–71 and earlier years are income and expenditure based. For 1971–72 and subsequent years the figures are cash based.
2. Comparisons over such a long period cannot be made with precision because of changes in the structure of the NHS and in the method of calculating GDP.
3. The figures in column (b) have been revalued to 1985–86 levels using the GDP deflator.