§ Mr. Michael MorrisTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Leeds, North-West (Dr. Hampson) of 1 July,Official Report, column 19, how many generic manufacturers made representations; and how many of these actually manufacture in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. Leigh[holding answer 9 July 1991]: The represenations received from the manufacturers of generic medicines have come through their representative bodies,
Central Government (a) Local Authorities (a) Health (c) Year £ million Percentage of GDP £ million Percentage of GDP £ million Percentage of GDP 1960 6,678 2.63 2,266 8.9 861 3.4 1970 14,396 28.3 6,522 12.8 1,979 3.9 1980 75,877 33.3 28,323 12.4 11,633 5.1 1990 156,286 28.9 56,416 10.4 1n.a. 2n.a. 1 1989 = £25,332 million. 2 1989 = 5.1 per cent. of GDP. Central Government expenditure includes health expenditure given under (c). Money GDP figures, used as the denominator for the calculation of the percentages, have been adjusted for the distortion arising from abolition of domestic rates.