HC Deb 20 November 1990 vol 181 c89W
14. Mr. Moate

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what are the latest figures for capital expenditure and revenue expenditure on the national health service hospital services; and what were the comparable figures in 1979.

Mr. Waldegrave

This year expenditure on the hospital and community health services in England is expected to be some £17.2 billion, a real terms increase of 40 per cent. over the 1978–79 figure of £4.9 billion.

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