HC Deb 17 September 2004 vol 424 cc1986-7W
Mr. Burstow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the total expenditure on drugs in the NHS was in England in(a) cash terms and (b) real terms in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; and what the expected expenditure on drugs in the NHS in England is over the next 10 years in (i) cash terms and (ii) real terms; [187879]

(2) what the total NHS expenditure on drugs was in each year since 1990–91 in (a) real terms and (b) cash terms; and if he will estimate the projected change in this budget for each year until 2009–10. [187882]

Ms Rosie Winterton

The total gross National Health Service expenditure on drugs in England for each year from 1990–91, for which figures are available, in both real and cash terms, is shown in the table.

£million
Year Real terms Cash terms
1990/91 3,677 2,552
1991/92 3,977 2,926
1992/93 4,336 3,294
1993/94 4,731 3,686
1994/95 5,076 4,016
1995/96 5,379 4,379
1996/97 5,663 4,769
1997/98 6,019 5,195
1998/99 6,271 5,567
1999/2000 6,857 6,220
2000/01 7,298 6,698
2001/02 7,755 7,293
2002/03 8,459 8,230
Source:
Prescription Pricing Authority, England.

Data are not available for projected changes in expenditure over the next 10 years.

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