HC Deb 19 November 1992 vol 214 cc385-6W
Mr. Blunkett

To 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;

(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

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