Mr. Gareth R. ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent on social services(a) nationally and (b) in London in each year from 1979 to 1999. [115104]
§ Mr. HuttonGross expenditure on local authority personal social services for England and London is provided in the table.
Local authority personal social sercives gross expenditure 1979–80 to 1997–98 England and London £ million Year1 England London 2 1979–80 1,489 3— 1980–81 1,844 3— 1981–82 2,038 3— 1982–83 2,249 3— 1983–84 2,492 645 1984–85 2,642 681 1985–86 2,804 716 1986–87 3,080 794 1987–88 3,423 865 1988–89 3,776 963 1989–90 4,204 829 1990–91 4,698 1,140 1991–92 5,127 1,214 1992–93 5,470 1,294 1993–94 6,278 1,401 1994–95 7,503 1,595 1995–96 8,393 1,771 1996–97 9,263 1,898 1997–98 9,984 2,064 1 Data for 1998–99 are expected to be published in May 2000 2 Includes all 33 inner and outer London authorities 3 Denotes information not available Source:
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