HC Deb 12 December 1989 vol 163 cc607-8W
42. Mr. Summerson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a further statement on the funding announced for the National Health Service for the year 1990–91.

Patients treated in NHS hospitals, Northern regional health authority, 1983 and 1988–89
Change
1983 1988–89 Number Per cent.
In-patient cases 409,115 461,033 51,918 13
Day cases1 66,093 90,445 24,352 37
New out-patients 557,120 591,378 34,253 6
Total out-patient attendances 2,451,627 2,474,700 23,073 1
1 1988–89 figure is provisional

Source: 1983, SH3 return, 1988–89 SH3a, KP70, KH09, KH18 returns.

53. Mr. Knox

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of gross domestic product was spent on the National Health Service in the most recent year for which figures are available; and what was the percentage in 1978.

56. Mr. Brazier

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding the National Health Service will receive in 1990–91; and how much funding it received in 1978–79.

57. Mr. Andrew Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what will be the level of funding for the National Health Service in the next financial year; and what it was in 1979.

79. Mr. Patrick Thompson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much the Government will spend on the National Health Service 1990–91; and how much it spent in 1978–79.

Mr. Freeman

In 1990–91 the Government plan to spend nearly £22 billion on the National Health Service in England, which taken together with income from land sales, charges and other receipts means that gross expenditure next year will be over £23.3 billion. In addition, if health authorities do no more than they have achieved in recent years they will have a further £150 million from their cost improvement programmes.

In 1978–79 Government spending on the NHS amounted to £6.3 billion and gross expenditure totalled £6.5 billion. Planned expenditure for 1990–91 represents an increase of 45 per cent, in real terms over and above general inflation.

Mr. Campbell-Savours

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations he has received on the level of funding for the National Health Service in the northern region.

Mr. Freeman

We have received no recent representations on the allocation of funds to the Northern regional health authority.

102. Mr. Devlin

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what has been the increase in funding to the National Health Service northern region between 1983 and 1989; and what increase has occurred in the number of in-patients, out-patients and day case patients.

Mr. Freeman

The information is given in the tables.

Increase in revenue funding of Northern regional health authority between 1982–83 and 1989–90
Cash terms Per cent. Real terms Per cent.
65.4 14.5

Mr. Freeman

The percentage of gross domestic product spent on the National Health Service was 4.9 per cent. in 1978 and 5.2 per cent. in 1988, the most recent year for which the figures are available.