HC Deb 16 July 1991 vol 195 c142W
Miss Emma Nicholson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what has been the change in real terms since 1979 on spending on family planning facilities.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

Estimated total expenditure on NHS family planning services in England was £94.6 million in 1988–89, the latest year for which figures are available. This represents an increase in real terms of 33 per cent. since 1979.