HC Deb 20 April 1989 vol 151 cc262-3W
Mr. Robin Cook

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was Government spending on the hospital and community health service budget as a proportion of the average household income in 1987–88.

Mr. Freeman

Gross expenditure on the hospital and community health service per household in the United Kingdom in 1987–88 represented 4.5 per cent. of average household income in that year.