§ Mr. CanavanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was(a) total United Kingdom expenditure on health and (b) Government expenditure on health, expressing both as a percentage of GNP, in each of the last 20 years.
§ Mr. Dorrell[holding answer 8 February 1991]: The table shows total United Kingdom expenditure on health and total public spending on health since 1970. It expresses each as a proportion of gross domestic product, rather than gross national product. GDP has been used in this presentation for the sake of consistency with other sources of information on public spending such as the autumn statement and the Budget report.
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Total United Kingdom and total Government spending on health as a proportion of GDP 1970–1989 Total United Kingdom expenditure on health Percentage of GDP Total Government spending on health Percentage of GDP 1970 2,195 4.24 1,896 3.66 1971 2,500 4.33 2,158 3.74 1972 2,868 4.44 2,493 3.86
Total United Kingdom expenditure on health Percentage of GDP Total Government spending on health Percentage of GDP 1973 3,233 4.36 2,806 3,78 1974 4,356 5.20 3,874 4.63 1975 5,838 5.52 5,268 4.98 1976 6,902 5.52 6,233 4.99 1977 7,775 5.34 6,996 4.80 1978 8,934 5.31 8,044 4.78 1979 10,373 5.24 9,288 4.69 1980 13,343 5.77 11,952 5.17 1981 15,405 6.09 13,744 5.43 1982 16,461 5.95 14,474 5.23 1983 18,636 6.17 16,367 5.42 1984 19,768 6.08 17,293 5.32 1985 21,270 5.97 18,496 5.19 1986 23,059 6.02 19,862 5.19 1987 25,302 6.02 21,790 5.18 1988 28,010 5.98 24,024 5.13 1989 30,731 6.03 26,461 5.19 Source: CSO.