§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is her estimate of the rate of medical cost inflation in each of the year since 1993–94; and what it is in the current year. [28966]
§ Mr. SackvilleThere is no separate measure of medical cost inflation. The retrospective measure of current inflation in the hospital and community health services in 1993–94 is provisionally estimated at 3.4 per cent. Estimates for later years are not yet available.