HC Deb 17 February 1988 vol 127 c632W
Mr. Robin Cook

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what was Government spending on the National Health Service per household as a proportion of the average household income in 1978–79 and 1986–87.

Mr. Newton

[holding answer 11 February 1988]: Gross NHS expenditure per household in the United Kingdom represented 6.3 per cent. of average household income in 1978 and 6.7 per cent. in 1986. The figures for total health care expenditure are 6.9 per cent. and 7.5 per cent. respectively.

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