Nhs Spending

Mr. Robin Cook
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.

Mr. Dorrell
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.

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|1987–88|
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|1988–89|
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|1989–90|
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|1990–91|
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