§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will give for each year since 1978–79 the percentage increase in the cash limits set for hospital and community health services which was intended to cover pay and price inflation and the percentage increase which would have been required fully to cover pay and price inflation in each year.
§ Mr. MellorThe information is as follows:
cost improvements which, in the years since 1984–85 provided a significant contribution to the margin available for service development.