§ Mr. Alfred MorrisTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the total spending of his Department on research in mental handicap in each of the years 1979 to 1989; and how much was spent on new starts to projects in each of the past five years.
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Total expenditure on health care in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development member states in 1983 and 1984 in 1980 prices (national currencies) 1983 1984 Percentage real terms change Australia 9,982,601 10,509,122 5.3 Austria 81,285,812 83,227,616 2.4 Belgium 254,891,104 258,690,637 1.5 Canada 27,474,068 28,584,524 4.0
§ Mr. Freeman[holding answer 11 December 1989]: The total spending of the Department on research on mental health in each of the years 1979 to 1989 was as follows:
Year Spending on mental handicap £K 1978–79 360 1979–80 394 1980–81 573 1981–82 789 1982–83 657 1983–84 669 1984–85 674 1985–86 692 1986–87 456 1987–88 615 1988–89 773 These sums of money are inclusive of expenditure on new starts to projects. A separate annual figure for new starts is not readily available.