HC Deb 15 December 1989 vol 163 cc875-7W
Mr. Robin Cook

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give for Scotland for each year since 1974–75 (i) total National Health Service expenditure, (ii) current expenditure on the hospital and community health services, (iii) capital expenditure on the hospital and community health services, (iv) expenditure on the family practitioner services, (v) expenditure on centrally funded National Health Service services, and (vi) expenditure on personal social services, giving each in(a) cash terms, (b) adjusted using the relevant pay and prices index and (c) adjusted using the gross domestic product deflator; and if he will place in the Library details of the methods used to make these adjustments.

Mr. Rifkind

The information in the format requested is not fully available. As I indicated to the hon. Member in my letter of 30 March 1988, there is no index which relates to the movement of pay and prices within the Health Service in Scotland. The Department of Health maintains indices for pay and price movements in England, but the composition of expenditure on hospital and community health services in Scotland—particularly the proportions accounted for by the various categories of staff costs— differs from that in England. Details of gross expenditure, broken down by service, in both cash terms and adjusted by the gross domestic product deflator, are given in the tables.

(i) Total National Health Service Expenditure
At 1988–89 prices
£ million cash Adjusted by the GDP deflator
1974–75 458 1,809
1975–76 603 1,894
1976–77 685 1,898
1977–78 777 1,891
1978–79 893 1,964
1979–80 1,064 2,003
1980–81 1,343 2,137
1981–82 1,531 2,219
1982–83 1,660 2,244
1983–84 1,773 2,289
1984–85 1,901 2,339
1985–86 2,015 2,352
1986–87 2,144 2,421
1987–88 2,328 2,497
1988–89 2,591 2,591

(ii) Hospitals and community health services: current expenditure
At 1988–89 prices
£ million cash Adjusted by the GDP deflator
1974–75 323 1,276
1975–76 421 1,322
1976–77 479 1,327
1977–78 549 1,336

£ million cash Adjusted by the GDP deflator
1978–79 627 1,379
1979–80 749 1,410
1980–81 964 1,534
1981–82 1,081 1,567
1982–83 1,154 1,658
1983–84 1,227 1,584
1984–85 1,307 1,608
1985–86 1,380 1,611
1986–87 1,474 1,665
1987–88 1,605 1,721
1988–89 1,783 1,783

(iii) Hospitals and community health services: capital expenditure
At 1988–89 prices
£ million cash Adjusted by the GDP deflator
1974–75 30 118
1975–76 39 122
1976–77 37 103
1977–78 38 93
1978–79 51 112
1979–80 58 109
1980–81 59 94
1981–82 84 122
1982–83 92 124
1983–84 99 128
1984–85 107 130
1985–86 119 139
1986–87 104 117
1987–88 107 115
1988–89 117 117

(iv) Family practitioner services
At 1988–89 prices
£ million cash Adjusted by the GDP deflator
1974–75 80 316
1975–76 109 342
1976–77 129 357
1977–78 145 352
1978–79 167 367
1979–80 197 370
1980–81 246 391
1981–82 281 407
1982–83 322 435
1983–84 347 448
1984–85 382 470
1985–86 402 469
1986–87 440 496
1987–88 485 520
1988–89 545 545

(v) Centrally Financed Services
At 1988–89 prices
£ million cash Adjusted by the GDP deflator
1974–75 25 99
1975–76 34 107
1976–77 40 111
1977–78 45 110
1978–79 47 103
1979–80 61 115
1980–81 74 118
1981–82 85 123
1982–83 92 124
1983–84 100 129
1984–85 106 130
1985–86 114 133
1986–87 125 141
1987–88 130 139
1988–89 146 146

(vi) Social Work Services At 1988–89 prices
£ million cash Adjusted by the GDP deflator
1974–75 77 304
1975–76 93 292
1976–77 118 327
1977–78 123 299
1978–79 149 328
1979–80 189 356
1980–81 239 380
1981–82 263 381
1982–83 285 385
1983–84 302 390
1984–85 323 397
1985–86 348 406
1986–87 356 402
1987–88 417 447
1988–891 466 466
1 provisional outturn

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