§ Mr. Robin CookTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what was Government spending on the 123W hospital and community health services per household as a proportion of the average household income in 1978–79, 1982–83 and 1986–87.
§ Mr. Newton[holding answer 25 February 1988]: Gross expenditure on the hospital and community health services (United Kingdom) represented 4.5, 5 and 4.5 per cent. Of 124W average income per household in 1978–79, 1982–83 and 1986–87, respectively. However, as these figures are affected by changes in the number and composition of households, a more reliable indicator is expenditure per person which rose from £106 in 1978–78 to £198 in 1982–83 and to £249 in 1986–87.