Departmental report : 1999/2000 / Department of Health presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Health and the Chief Secretary to the Treasury.

  • Great Britain. Department of Health
Date:
2000
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Credit: Departmental report : 1999/2000 / Department of Health presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Health and the Chief Secretary to the Treasury. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Figure 2.2: Local Authority Expenditure) £ million 1993-94 199495 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 i outturn outturn outturn outturn outturn estimated outturn Department of Health Main Local Authority (LA) expenditure Current spending Personal social services?) ) 5,660 6,618 7,327 7,943 8,461 8,940 Port Health 5 4 4 4 Total current spending 5,665 6,622 7,331 7,947 8,461 8,940 Capital spending Personal social services 118 156 160 136 120 L335 Total net capital spending 118 156 160 136 120 133 of which: Gross spending 187 201 200 193 161 194 Gross receipts -69 —45 —40 —57 4] -61 Total local authority expenditure 5,783 6,778 7,491 8,083 8,581 9,073 1 LA PSS expenditure did not form part of the control total until 1993-94, except for the element of central government support within it. This was described in the Statistical Supplement to the 1992 Autumn Statement (Cm 2219). 2 From 1993-94 includes additional resources for community care reforms. 3 From 1997-98 figures for port health are no longer separately identifiable and will be covered by DETR returns. 4 From 1998-99 figures include Welfare to Work LA Expenditure where shown. 5 Local authorities decide on the level of expenditure on personal social services, as part of their annual council tax setting deliberations. Expenditure figures for future years are, therefore, not available. THE HEALTH AND PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES PROGRAMMES 2.9 The health and personal social services programmes consist of: ¢ NHS Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS), providing all hospital care and a wide range of community services; * NHS Family Health Services (FHS), providing general medical, dental, pharmaceutical and some ophthalmic services and covering the cost of medicines prescribed by general medical practitioners (GPs); * central Health and Miscellaneous Services (CHMS), providing services which are administered centrally, for example certain public health functions and support to the voluntary sector; * provision of social care by local authorities, supported by the Department of Health and the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions programmes; and, ¢ the administration of the Department of Health. 2.10 Provision for these programmes appears in the 1999-00 Supply Estimates®®) for Class II. Full details of spending, performance and value for money for each of the sub-programmes are contained in the following chapters. Comprehensive Spending Review 2.11 The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced the result of the Comprehensive Spending Review on 14 July 1998. The White Paper Modern Public Services for Britain: Investing in Reform?) sets out details of an extra £18 billion for the NHS in England over the 3 years 1999-00 to 2001-02. 2.12 Provision of an extra £3 billion was announced for Personal Social Services which represented an increase of 3.1 per cent in real terms year on year.