The Rt. Hon. Sir John Major KG CH

Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1990-1997

1990Chancellor (1989-1990)

Mr Major’s Written Parliamentary Answer on National Income – 14 March 1990

Below is the text of Mr Major’s written Parliamentary Answer on National Income on 14th March 1990.


Mr. Denzil Davies To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage, in the latest available year, of the national income of the United Kingdom was made up of interest, dividends and private rents.

Mr. Major [holding answer 12 March 1990]: Interest and dividends are redistributive transactions which have no net impact on national income. The share of rent in total domestic income is given in table 16.3 of the CSO publication “United Kingdom National Accounts”, 1989 edition.

In-patient cases treated, by district health authority. Northern RHA, 1983 to 1988–89
Health authority 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987–88 1988–89
Hartlepool 16,096 16,315 16,876 18,845 18,825 18,857
North Tees 22,670 23,887 24,491 24,777 24,338 23,833
South Tees 47,035 48,450 51,246 54,262 56,389 55,464
East Cumbria 22,508 22,908 22,217 23,483 24,503 25,764
South Cumbria 17,744 18,194 19,736 20,245 22,088 22,483
West Cumbria 14,702 15,400 15,819 15,616 16,019 15,682
Darlington 16,656 17,321 18,126 17,977 19,066 18,858
Durham 16,725 16,858 17,409 17,470 18,756 18,991
North West Durham 13,220 13,449 13,459 13,295 13,020 12,603
South West Durham 14,846 14,905 15,533 16,293 16,969 17,620
Northumberland 25,303 25,767 27,018 27,713 29,236 28,433
Gateshead 19,927 20,004 21,050 21,105 21,729 20,685
Newcastle 79,645 80,748 82,086 84,769 92,352 92,094
North Tyneside 17,304 18,031 19,329 19,102 20,265 20,387
South Tyneside 15,509 16,898 17,626 17,323 17,055 17,604
Sunderland 49,225 50,945 51,110 48,820 52,156 51,675
Northern RHA 409,115 420,080 433,131 441,095 462,766 461,033