Public Expenditure on Health and Personal Social Services 2009 - Health Committee Contents

1.  GENERAL EXPENDITURE

1.1.2  What has UK health spending been as a proportion of GDP in each year from 1993-94? Could this be split between public (NHS) and private spending? (Q2)

Answer

  2.  The information requested is given in table 2.

Table 2

UK HEALTH SPENDING AS A PERCENTAGE OF GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP)

Year		UK public spending (£ billion)	Public spending as a % of GDP	Private spending as a % of GDP	Total health spending as a % of GDP
Cash
1993-94	Outturn	36.6	5.5%	1.3%	6.8%
1994-95	Outturn	39.4	5.6%	1.3%	6.9%
1995-96	Outturn	41.4	5.6%	1.3%	6.9%
1996-97	Outturn	42.8	5.4%	1.5%	6.9%
1997-98	Outturn	44.5	5.3%	1.3%	6.6%
Accruals
1998-99	Outturn	46.9	5.3%	1.4%	6.7%
1999-2000	Outturn	49.4	5.2%	1.4%	6.6%
2000-01	Outturn	54.2	5.5%	1.4%	6.9%
2001-02	Outturn	59.8	5.8%	1.3%	7.1%
2002-03	Outturn	66.2	6.1%	1.3%	7.4%
2003-04	Outturn	74.9	6.5%	1.3%	7.8%
2004-05	Outturn	82.9	6.8%	1.3%	8.1%
2005-06	Outturn	89.6	7.1%	1.2%	8.3%
2006-07	Outturn	94.5	7.0%	1.2%	8.2%
2007-08	Outturn	102.0	7.2%	1.2%	8.4%
2008-09	Estimated outturn	110.5	7.7%	1.2%	8.9%
Source:
1.  Public spending—Table 4.2/Table 4.4 HM Treasury PESA 2009.
2.  Private spending—data not readily available to the Department of Health. Figures are based on historical trend.

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Prepared 20 January 2010