Health and Social Services Expenditure

HC Deb 19 March 1996 vol 274 c128W

Mr. McGrady

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland further to the press statement issued on 12 February concerning health and social services expenditure for 1996–97 in respect of relative spending on health and social services in Northern Ireland and England, what is spending on health and social services per head in(a) Northern Ireland and (b) England. [20552]

Mr. Moss

Based on the 1995 public expenditure survey settlement, spending in 1996–97 on health and social services in Northern Ireland will be £954 per head. The comparable figure for England will be £835 per head.