National Health Service (Expenditure) (Hansard, 18 May 1989)

HC Deb 18 May 1989 vol 153 c259W 259W

§ Mr. Livsey
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish the inflation-adjusted expenditure on the National Health Service in Wales per year over each of the last 10 years up to the year ending March 1989.

§ Mr. Grist
The information requested is set out in the following table:

Total National Health Service gross expenditure

Year ¹£ million

1979–80 904.7

1980–81 982.0

1981–82 1,018.6

1982–83 1,048.9

1983–84 1,064.1

1984–85 1,096.1

1985–86 1,109.7

1986–87 1,154.3

1987–88 1,219.0

1988–89 1,273.7

¹ Actual expenditure has been adjusted for the effect of general inflation by using the gross domestic product market price deflator, brought to a 1988–89 price base.

Total National Health Service gross expenditure
Year	¹£ million
1979–80	904.7
1980–81	982.0
1981–82	1,018.6
1982–83	1,048.9
1983–84	1,064.1
1984–85	1,096.1
1985–86	1,109.7
1986–87	1,154.3
1987–88	1,219.0
1988–89	1,273.7
¹ Actual expenditure has been adjusted for the effect of general inflation by using the gross domestic product market price deflator, brought to a 1988–89 price base.