§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the percentage increase in real terms of the budgets of(a) the NHS and (b) local authority personal social services has been in each year since 1997; and what the projected percentage increases are for each year for which planning assumptions have been made. [64289]
§ Jacqui SmithThe information is requested is set out in the tables.
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Table 1: NHS expenditure, 1996–97 to 2007–08 Year Net NHS expenditure (£ billion) Percentage real terms increase 1996–97 133.0 –0.1 1997–98 134.7 2.0 1998–99 136.6 2.7 1999–2000 139.9 6.4 2000–01 144.2 7.8 2001–02 249.4 8.9 2002–03 353.7 6.1 2003–04 361.3 7.3 2004–05 367.4 7.3 2005–06 374.4 7.6 2006–07 381.8 7.3 2007–08 390.2 7.5 1Outturn 2Estimated outturn 3Plan Notes:
1. Expenditure pre 2000–01 is shown on a cash basis.
2. Expenditure figures from 2000–01 to 2002–03 are on a Stage 1 Resource Budgeting basis. This was introduced in April 2001 and introduced accruals accounting, ie accounting for resources consumed against cash paid out.
3. Expenditure figures from 2003–04 to 2007–08 are on a Stage 2 Resource Budgeting basis (to be introduced from April 2003) and include non—cash items such as capital charges and the cost of new provisions.
4. Because of the introduction of Resource Budgeting Stages 1 and 2, the figures are not consistent across the whole period.
Table 2: Local authority expenditure on personal social services, 1996–97 to 2000–01 Year Outturn1 (£ million) Percentage increase 1996–97 8.991 — 1997–98 9.284 3.3 1998–99 9.677 4.2 1999–2000 10,483 8.3 2000–012 10,963 4.6 1 Outturn figures at 2001–02 prices. 2 Latest available figures. Notes:
No planning figures are available for future years because local authorities set budgets once central Government allocations are announced, and decisions have been taken locally about council tax. However, following the 2002 Spending Review total personal social service resources (as allocated by central Government) are set to increase by on average 6 per cent. per annum in real terms over the next three years—2003–04 to 2005–06.