NHS Running Costs

HC Deb 19 March 1999 vol 327 c630W

Mr. Syms

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the total running cost of the NHS in real terms has been in each year since 1979. [74742]

Mr. Denham

National Health Service total net expenditure, at 1997–98 prices, is shown in the table:

Year	£million
1978–79	19,575
1979–80	19,899
1980–81	21,919
1981–82	22,399
1982–83	22,810
1983–84	23,045
1984–85	23,494
1985–86	23,597
1986–87	24,494
1987–88	25,545
1988–89	26,439
1990–91	27,732
1991–92	29,654
1992–93	31,665
1993–94	31,919
1994–95	33,262
1995–96	33,795
1996–97	33,822
1997–98	34,664
1998–99	35,961

Note:

Using current GDP deflator estimates