HC Deb 08 February 1993 vol 218 cc477-8W
Mr. Hinchliffe

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will publish a table to show expenditure on(a) mental illness, (b) mental handicap or learning disability and (c) social services as a proportion of gross domestic product for each year since 1979.

Mr. Yeo

[holding answer 29 January 1993]: The information requested is given in the table.

Gross expenditure on mental illness, mentally handicapped

or learning disabilities and social services

as a percentage of gross domestic product1 2 3

England
Year Mental illness Per cent. Mentally handicapped or learning disabilities Per cent. Total Personal social services Per cent.
1979–80 0.43 0.27 1.11
1980–81 0.49 0.30 1.18
1981–82 0.51 0.32 1.22

General Dental Service: England Courses of Dental Treatment for Children by FHSA
FHSA April 1989 to March 1990 April 1990 to March 1991 April 1991 to March 1992 Percentage Change 1991–92 over 1989–90
Kingston and Richmond 58,944 48,979 22,342 -62.10
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 84,074 71,050 33,590 -60.05
Dorset 146,983 117,040 37,158 -74.72
Hampshire 362,618 274,159 83,816 -76.89
Wiltshire 120,136 92,853 30,133 -74.92
Isle of Wight 27,287 20,877 5,410 -80.17
Berkshire 169,052 126,665 45,759 -72.93
Buckinghamshire 155,722 118,016 37,000 -76.24
Northamptonshire 127,993 97,252 31,717 -75.22
Oxfordshire 138,516 102,239 32,031 -76.88
Avon 249,164 192,215 63,441 -74.54
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 101,631 82,423 26,810 -73.62
Devon 253,798 192,449 63,506 -74.98
Gloucestershire 128,220 94,368 31,500 -75.43
Somerset 123,215 91,892 31,371 -74.54

Year Mental illness Per cent. Mentally handicapped or learning disabilities Per cent. Total Personal social services Per cent.
1982–83 0.50 0.32 1.24
1983–84 0.48 0.31 1.22
1984–85 0.48 0.32 1.22
1985–86 0.45 0.30 1.16
1986–87 0.44 0.29 1.16
1987–88 0.46 0.29 1.17
1988–89 0.48 0.31 1.15
1989–90 0.47 0.31 1.16
1990–91 N/a N/a 1.20
1 Gross domestic product (GDP) figures for England relate to calendar years; all other expenditure figures relate to financial years. Percentage figures are therefore approximate.
2 Figures for spending on services for mentally ill and people with learning disability combine relevant (current) expenditure in the Hospital and Community Health Services and Personal Social Services. Figures do not include spending by Family Health Services. From 1988–89 onwards spending on Community Mental Health Nurses and Community Psychiatric Nurses is identifiable and included in the figures.
3 Changes in data definition and collection may mean that figures are not directly comparable.