HC Deb 26 November 1993 vol 233 c242W
Ms Primarolo

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the expenditure on health expressed as a percentage of gross domestic product in each EC country.

Dr. Mawhinney

Total health service expenditure in the United Kingdom as a percentage of gross domestic product was 6.1 per cent. in 1992–93 which compares with 4.7 per cent. in 1978–79. Figures for other European Community countries are not available on a comparable basis.