Lord Warner – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Warner on 2016-01-20.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the actual expenditure on public health in (1) 1996–97, (2) 2000–01, (3) 2009–10, and (4) 2014–15; and what percentage of total expenditure on the NHS and public health those amounts represent.

Lord Prior of Brampton

Expenditure on public health in 2014-15 was £5,062 million.

Public health expenditure in 2014-15 represents 4.5% of total Departmental health expenditure of £113,345 million.

The Department is unable to provide figures on public health from earlier years as prior to 2013-14 primary care trusts were responsible for public health and budgets were determined locally.