Hospital and Community Health Service

HC Deb 14 March 1989 vol 149 cc159-60W

Mr. Robin Cook

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what has been the level of expenditure in each year since 1978–79 on the hospital and community health services adjusted by the HCHS pay and prices deflator.

Mr. Mellor

The information is as follows:

Gross Current Expenditure	Cash	£ million Adjusted using HCHS pay and prices deflator
1978–79	4,522	10,896
1979–80	5,395	10,790
1980–81	7,097	11,089
1981–82	7,835	11,322
1982–83	8,439	11,450

Gross Current Expenditure	Cash	£ million Adjusted using HCHS pay and prices deflator
1983–84	8,882	11,461
1984–85	9,386	11,446
1985–86	9,886	11,469
1986–87	10,623	11,522
1987–88	11,730	11,730