§ 13. Mr. Simon Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the average change in expenditure on National Health Service hospital and community health services between 1980–81 and 1985–86, as measured in terms of input volume by (a) Greater London health authorities in total and (b) inner London health authorities in total.
§ Mr. NewtonI regret that the information requested is not available. It would not be appropriate to apply input volume measures to health authority expenditure at district level as these measures reflect centrally assessed movements in NHS pay and prices, and local expenditure can differ substantially from the national average.