HC Deb 01 April 1998 vol 309 c564W
Mr. Malcolm Bruce

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is his estimate of his Department's planned real level of expenditure on the National Health Service in 1995–96 prices in(a) 1997–98 and (b) 1998–99, using (i) the estimates of spending and of the GDP deflator as contained in the "Financial Statement and Budget Report" 1997–98 and (ii) the estimates of spending and of the GDP deflator as contained in the "Financial Statement and Budget Report" for March 1998. 37132]

Mr. Win Griffiths

Estimates of NHS spending in Wales will be published shortly in the Welsh Office Departmental Annual Report (Cm 3915), as part of a series of departmental reports (Cm 3902 to Cm 3920) which, accompanied by the document "Public Expenditure: Statistical Analyses" (Cm 3901), present the Government's expenditure plans for 1998–99. Departmental reports are planned to be published 3–7 April.