HC Deb 20 March 1995 vol 257 cc32-3W
Mrs. Beckett

To ask the Secretary of State of Health what was the expenditure on the NHS in each year since 1965 showing any percentage increase or decrease from the pervious year taking account of(a) inflation, (b) NHS inflation, (c) the impact of demographic changes on activity and unit costs and (d) the impact of technological advance on activity and unit costs.

Mr. Sackville

The information available is shown in the table. We have no means of adjusting these figures for the impact of demographic changes on the national health service as a whole or of technological change.

Information on estimated growth in demand for hospital and community health services from demographic changes is in the departmental report (Cm 2812).

Gross National Health Service expenditure1
£ million
Year Cash Adjusted by general inflation2 (1993–94 prices) Percentage change over previous year Adjusted by NHS inflation (1990–91 prices)3 Percentage change over previous years
1971–72 2,000 14,251 — 16,554 —
1972–73 2,281 15,029 5.5 17,433 5.3
1973–74 2,592 15,980 6.3 18,075 3.7
1974–75 3,426 17,653 10.5 17,976 -0.5
1975–76 4,511 18,530 5.0 18,377 2.2
1976–77 5,149 18,634 0.6 18,546 0.9
1977–78 5,689 18,123 -2.7 18,817 1.5
1978–79 6,525 18,697 3.2 19,531 3.8
1979–80 7,755 19,040 1.8 19,344 -1.0
1980–81 10,103 20,964 10.1 19,890 2.8
1981–82 11,329 21,434 2.2 20,557 3.4
1982–83 12,353 21,818 1.8 21,027 2.3
1983–84 13,114 22,135 1.5 21,279 1.2
1984–85 14,102 22,664 2.4 21,567 1.4
1985–86 14,923 22,737 0.3 21,695 0.6
1986–87 16,044 23,729 4.4 21,942 1.1
1987–88 17,653 24,789 4.5 22,354 1.9
1988–89 19,628 25,834 4.2 22,595 1.1
1989–90 21,148 26,017 0.7 22,946 1.5
1990–91 23,673 26,963 3.6 23,673 3.2
1991–92 26,813 28,734 6.6 — —
1992–93 29,393 30,292 5.4 — —
1993–94 30,419 30,419 0.4 — —
1994–954 31,946 31,320 3.0 — —
1995–965 33,441 31,753 1.4 — —
1 Information on National Health Service expenditure is not available on a comparable basis before 1971–72.
2 Measured by the GDP deflator.
3 Figures for NHS inflation not available after 1990–91.
4 Forecast outturn.
5 Plan.