NHS: Finance

(asked on 7th February 2018) - View Source
Questioner
Simon Clarke Portrait
Simon Clarke
(Conservative - Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative estimate he has made of the change in the level of real term funding for the NHS in 2010-11 and 2017-18.

Answered by
Steve Barclay Portrait
Steve Barclay
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
This question was answered on 20th February 2018

The table below sets out National Health Service funding and real terms increases from 2013-14, when NHS England was established.

Year

NHS England Mandate (cash) £ billion

Real terms increase % (2017-18 prices)

2017-18

109.9

2.1

2016-17

106.0

3.2

2015-16

100.5

2.6

2014-15

97.3

1.3

2013-14

94.7

Prior to 2013-14, NHS funding was measured only through the Department’s total departmental expenditure limit (TDEL). The table below sets out TDEL from 2010-11 – 2013-14.

Year

TDEL (cash) £ billion

Real terms increase % (2017-18 prices)

2013-14

109.8

2.6

2012-13

105.2

0.2

2011-12

102.8

1.0

2010-11

100.4

0.22

Notes:

- Expenditure figures from 2010-11 are on an aligned basis following the Government's Clear Line of Sight programme.

- Total expenditure is the sum of revenue + capital expenditure net of non-trust depreciation.

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