To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was (a) total NHS spending and (b) hospital and community health services' spending as a proportion of real national disposable income in each year since 1987–88.
The concept of "real national disposable income" is not used in United Kingdom national accounts. The table gives NHS and HCHS expenditure for the years requested as a proportion of United Kingdom gross domestic product.
Total NHS (UK) spending and hospital and community health services' spending as a percentage of personal disposable income
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Total NHS Gross Expenditure
| Total NHS Gross Expenditure as a percentage of gross domestic product
| Total hospital and community health services' 1 Gross Expenditure | Total health and community health services' 1 Gross Expenditure as a percentage of gross domestic product
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£ million
| £ million
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| 1987–88 | 21,653 | 5·0 | 16,383 | 3·8 |
| 1988–89 | 24,067 | 5·0 | 18,145 | 3·8 |
| 1989–90 | 25,986 | 5·0 | 19,646 | 3·8 |
| 1990–91 | 29,055 | 5·2 | 22,073 | 4·0 |
1 New definition of HCHS expenditure which will be used in the forthcoming departmental report. Includes Family Health Services Authority administration, Disablement Services Authority and family health service cash-limited spending. | ||||