Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentage of gross domestic product the UK has spent on healthcare since 2010; and what are the comparable figures for Germany and France.

The following table shows the United Kingdom combined public and private expenditure on healthcare as a percentage of gross domestic product from 2010 to 2014.

Source: Data extracted from Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) – January 2017

Prior to 2013, UK expenditure on healthcare was not directly comparable with other OECD countries due to differing interpretations of what was classified as health expenditure.

Following an update to the international accounting manual (the System of Health Accounts 2011) all OECD countries were asked to use the revised methodology to measure spend on healthcare.

Since 2013 UK figures are now consistent with other OECD countries. The following table shows comparable combined public and private expenditure on healthcare as a percentage of gross domestic product between the UK, Germany and France.

Source: Data extracted from Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) – January 2017