NHS: Finance Mr. Lansley To ask the Secretary of State for Health what (a) net NHS expenditure, (b) net NHS expenditure per head and (c) net NHS expenditure as a proportion of GDP is planned to be in England in each year from 2008-09 to 2010-11. Mr. Bradshaw Information on planned net NHS expenditure and net NHS expenditure per head from 2008-09 to 2010-11 is given in the following table. The Department does not provide forecast expenditure as a proportion of gross domestic product (GDP) as forecasts of GDP are the remit of HM Treasury. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |2008-09|2009-10|2010-11| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Net NHS expenditure (England) (£ million) |96,213 |102,742|108,183| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Population (million) |51.488 |51.888 |52.297 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Net NHS expenditure per head (£) |1,869 |1,980 |2,069 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Notes:1. NHS expenditure is the sum of revenue and capital expenditure net of non-trust depreciation and impairments. This is in line with HMT guidance.2. Population projection figures source: Office for National Statistics.| | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------