NHS Share of GDP

HL Deb 31 July 1997 vol 582 cc105-6WA

Baroness Cumberlege

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What share of GDP the NHS has received in each financial year since 1970.

Baroness Jay of Paddington

The information requested is set out in the table.

UK National Health Service expenditure as a proportion of Gross Domestic Product 1970 to 1996–97
Year	Proportion of Cross Domestic Product Per cent.1
1970	3.9
1971	3.9
1972	4.0
1973	4.1
1974–75	4.8
1975–76	5.1
1976–77	5.0
1977–78	4.8
1978–79	4.7
1979–80	4.7
1980–81	5.3
1981–82	5.5
1982–83	5.5
1983–84	5.3
1984–85	5.4
1985–86	5.2
1986–87	5.1
1987–88	5.1
1988–89	5.1
1989–90	5.1
1990–91	5.2
1991–92	5.7
1992–93	6.0
1993–94	5.9
1994–95	5.8
1995–96	5.8
1996–972	5.7

Notes:

¹Using the GDP deflator of 2 July 1997.

²NHS expenditure provisional outturn figure.