HC Deb 06 November 1992 vol 213 c453W
Mr. Nigel Evans

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was being spent on average on the national health service per week for each family in 1979 and at the latest available date.

Mr. Sackville

Total spending on the health service in the United Kingdom per week, for a family of four persons, was £11.05 in 1978–79—£31.28 at 1992–93 prices. Total spending in 1992–93 is planned to be £47.56, a real terms increase of 52 per cent.