§ Mr. MossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if she will estimate the amount by which DHSS spending in Northern Ireland would increase in(a) 1999–2000, (b) 2000–01, (c) 2001–02 and (d) 2002–03 if the real annual rate of increase were the same as the average rate of increase over the period 1978–79 to 1997–98. [51024]
§ Mr. WorthingtonIf the real annual rate of increase were the same as the average rate of increase over the period 1978–79 to 1997–98, DHSS would get, in 1999–2000, an extra £316 million, in 2000–01, an extra £647 million, in 2001–02, an extra £999 million and in 2002–03, an extra £1,372 million, each compared to DHSS total net planned expenditure in 1998–99.