National Health Service Capital Expenditure

HC Deb 22 May 1989 vol 153 cc415-6W

Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will provide figures for National Health Service capital expenditure in each year since 1975 in 1988 prices, excluding the effect of asset disposal and realisation.

Mr. Freeman

The information requested is shown in the table:

NHS capital expenditure (England)—Net of Capital Receipts at 1988 prices
	£ million
Year	Net of capital receipts at 1988–89 prices1
1974–75	967
1975–76	1,039
1976–77	998
1977–78	778
1978–79	800
1979–80	765
1980–81	875
1981–82	972
1982–83	944
1983–84	927
1984–85	974
1985–86	980

Year	Net of capital receipts at 1988–89 prices1
1986–87	966
1987–88	899
1988–89	874
1989–90 (plan)	910
1 As measured by GDP deflator.