§ 27. Dr. StarkeyTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on proposals for future investment in the health service and education. [145819]
§ Mr. Andrew SmithIn Budget 2000 the Government announced an unprecedented increase in NHS UK funding of 6.1 per cent. average annual real terms growth over the four years to 2003–04—the longest period of sustained growth in the history of the NHS. The Government announced in the 2000 Spending Review an increase in education spend of 5.4 per cent. average annual real terms growth over the four years to 2003–04.