§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what was the level of capital spending on hospital and community health services in net terms after deducing proceeds from land and property sales, in each year since 1974–75(a) in cash terms, (b) adjusted using the gross domestic product deflator and (c) adjusted using the relevant index of NHS prices;
386W(2) to ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the level of (a) total NHS expenditure, (b) current expenditure on the hospital and community health services, (c) capital expenditure on the hospital and community health services, (d) expenditure on the family practitioner services, (e) expenditure on centrally funded NHS services and (f) expenditure on personal social services, in each year since 1974–75, (i) in cash terms, (ii) adjusted using the relevant pay and prices index and (iii) adjusted using the gross domestic product deflator.
§ Mr. Sackville[pursuant to his reply, 18 November]: I regret that there was an error in my previous reply. The last figure in the HCHS capital net table was incorrectly calculated. The revised table is as follows:
HCHS capital net expenditure (including trusts' capital expenditure) Cash Adjusted by GDP 1990–91 prices Adjusted input unit costs 1990–91 prices A B A B A B 1974–75 — 242 — 1,100 — 1,043 1975–76 — 326 — 1,181 — 1,075 1976–77 — 355 — 1,133 — 1,046 1977–78 — 314 — 881 — 809 1978–79 — 357 — 904 — 824 1979–80 — 392 — 850 — 749 1980–81 — 536 — 983 — 814 1981–82 — 646 — 1,080 — 950 1982–83 — 676 — 1,055 — 979 1983–84 — 685 — 1,022 — 972 1984–85 — 760 — 1,080 — 1,035 1985–86 — 796 — 1,072 — 1,024 1985–86 888 — 1,195 — 1,142 — 1986–87 892 — 1,162 — 1,093 — 1987–88 902 — 1,115 — 1,051 — 1988–89 906 — 1,044 — 998 — 1989–90 1,191 — 1,288 — 1,202 — 1990–91 1,372 — 1,372 — 1,372 — 1991–92 1,427 — 1,331 — — — 1992–93 1,856 — 1,660 — — —