§ Mr. Ralph HowellTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the expenditure of the National Health Service for 1960,1970, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1987; and what percentage of the gross domestic product these expenditures represented.
§ Mr. NewtonData on net NHS expenditure, excluding NHS charges, for readily available years are shown in the table. The data have been derived from Central Statistical Office national accounts.
Net expenditure of the National Health Service in total and as a percentage of GDP Net expenditure £ million Percentage of GDP 1970 2,031 3.9 1980 11,939 5.2
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Staff reporting to each Title and responsibilities Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Executive grades Clerical and other Total Principal establishments and finance officer Establishments and personnel 6 2 26.0 20.0 140.5 868.5 880.0 1,943.0 Central management support Departmental finance Economic advice Operation research Statistics and research Director of Social Security operations Operations in: 3 — 19.0 67.0 490.0 27,899.0 63,010.0 91,488.0 —The Social security regional organisation —Newcastle central office —North Fylde central office Social security computing Deputy secretary: Social security policy Social security policy 4 — 12.0 2.0 45.0 207.0 52.0 322.0 Deputy secretary: Family practitioner services and medicines policy Family practitioner services 4 — 12.0 12.0 55.5 183.0 154.0 420.5 Policy relating to medicines Deputy secretary: Health and personal social services policy Policy relating to: 6 — 17.0 2.5 50.0 198.0 128.5 402.0 —Health issues —Primary care —Community services —Hospitals —Mental, maternity and child health —Child care Director of operations: NHS management board Liaison with health authority on policy accountability and planning 4 1 13.0 20.0 77.5 217.5 82.0 415.0
Net expenditure £ million Percentage of GDP 1982 14,448 5.2 1983 16,307 5.4 1984 17,163 5.4 1985 18,327 5.2 1986 19,939 5.3 Notes:
(a) Before April 1 1974 local authorities incurred both capital and current expenditure on the National Health Service. The table contains all readily identifiable elements of such expenditure.
(b) Data beyond 1986 are not available.
(c) There are slight rounding differences between these figures and those published by the OECD for purposes of international comparisons.