§ Mrs. Margaret EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what was the actual amount of expenditure on the National Health Service in Scotland each year from 1959 until the present(a) in cash and (b) adjusted for inflation;
(2) what was the spending on the National Health Service in Scotland each year from 1959 until the present adjusted for inflation in the National Health Service in Scotland.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythInformation is readily available only from 1974–75 and this is set out in the following table:
Total National Health Service expenditure (a) £ million cash (b) Adjusted by the GDP deflator to 1988–89 prices 1974–75 458 1,802 1975–76 603 1,890 1976–77 685 1,895 1977–78 777 1,890 1978–79 893 1,959 1979–80 1,064 2,001 1980–81 1,343 2,130 1981–82 1,531 2,213 1982–83 1,660 2,241 1983–84 1,773 2,288 1984–85 1,901 2,337 1985–86 2,015 2,348 1986–87 2,144 2,421 1987–88 2,328 2,498 1988–89 2,571 2,571 1989–901 2,815 2,668 1 Projected outturn.