HC Deb 21 March 2000 vol 346 c521W
Mr. Gareth R. Thomas

To 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. Hutton

Gross 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

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