§ 32. Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what total spending in the NHS will be in the current financial year; and what estimate he has made of the level in(a) 2006 and (b) 2007. [106269]
§ Mr. DenhamIn 1999–2000 total gross National Health Service expenditure in England is forecast to be £43,049 million.
As my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister said in the House on 19 January 2000, Official Report, columns 835–42, if we continue to manage the economy properly we will be able to sustain increases in the National Health Service funding which will bring us up to the European average.
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