§ Mr. Robin CookTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was(a) total NHS spending and (b) hospital and community health services spending as a proportion of real national disposable income in each year since 1987–88.
§ Mr. Dorrell[pursuant to the reply 28 January, column 433]: I have subsequently been advised that the term -real national disposable income" does appear in the national accounts. The cash figures that underlie this series are the gross national disposable income (GNDI) figures and the following table gives gross NHS and HCHS spending in the United Kingdom as a proportion of GNDI for the years 1987–88 to 1989–90.
Gross expenditure as a proportion of Gross National Disposable Income Financial Year NHS Total 1HCHS Total 1987–88 5.1 3.8 1988–89 5.0 3.8 1989–90 5.0 3.8 Source: CSO. 1 New definition of HCHS expenditure which was used in the Departmental Report. Includes Family Health Services Authority administration, Disablement Services Authority and Family Health Service cash-limited spending.